The Long March 7A (CZ-7A or LM-7A) is not a stand-alone rocket but a specific configuration of the Long March 7 family, the medium-lift liquid-fuelled launcher developed by China's space industry and first flown on 25 June 2016. The…
Kuaizhou 11 (KZ-11) is the largest model in the Kuaizhou family, a Chinese series of "quick-reaction" orbital launch vehicles manufactured by ExPace, the commercial subsidiary of the state-owned CASIC. The name Kuaizhou means "speedy…
The Long March 8 (CZ-8) is an orbital launch vehicle developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) around a very specific design target: placing up to 5000 kg into a 700 km Sun-synchronous orbit. It is a two-stage,…
The Long March 6A (CZ-6A within China, LM 6A for export) is a Chinese medium-lift launch vehicle in the Long March family, developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) and built by the Shanghai Academy of…
Vega C, or "Vega Consolidation", is a European expendable medium-lift launch vehicle developed and produced by the Italian company Avio. It is an evolution of the original Vega launcher, designed to offer greater launch performance and…
Kinetica 1, known in Chinese as Lijian-1 (LJ-1, "Powerful Rocket-1"), is a small-lift orbital launch vehicle developed by CAS Space, a company linked to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It measures 29.7 m tall and 2.65 m in diameter and…
Jielong 3, marketed internationally as Smart Dragon 3 or SD-3, is a solid-propellant orbital launch vehicle developed by China Rocket, the commercial subsidiary of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT). It stands 31 metres…
Starship is a two-stage, fully reusable, super heavy-lift launch vehicle under development by the American company SpaceX. It is built and launched from Starbase in Texas and is intended as the successor to the company's Falcon 9 and…
Gravity-1 (引力一号, Yinli-1) is a solid-propellant expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed, built and operated by the Chinese aerospace company Orienspace. It stands 29.4 metres tall with a core diameter of 2.65 metres, weighs 405…
The Long March 12 (LM-12 or CZ-12) is a Chinese medium-lift kerolox launch vehicle built by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology. It stands 62 m tall, weighs 433 tonnes at liftoff and comprises two stages. It can place at least…
New Glenn is a family of two-stage partially reusable launch vehicles developed and operated by the American company Blue Origin. It is named after NASA astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth. All versions use seven-meter…
The Long March 8A (CZ-8A) is an upgraded version of the Chinese Long March 8 launcher — that is, a specific configuration of that family rather than a standalone rocket. The base vehicle, the Long March 8, was developed by the China…
Ariane 64 (A64) is the heavy configuration of Ariane 6, the European expendable launch system developed for the European Space Agency and CNES, manufactured by a consortium of European companies led by ArianeGroup and operated by…
Soyuz 2.1b/Volga is not a distinct rocket but a specific configuration: a Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle fitted with the Volga upper stage. Soyuz-2 is the Russian series of expendable medium-lift launch vehicles and the seventh major iteration…
Soyuz-5, also known as Irtysh and formerly codenamed Fenix in Russian and Sunkar in Kazakh, is a Russian medium-lift launch vehicle developed by RKTs Progress. It is intended to replace the Ukrainian-built Zenit and to serve as the basis…
The Zhuque-2E Block 2 is the latest configuration of the Zhuque-2, the medium-class orbital launch vehicle built by the Chinese company LandSpace and the first methane-fuelled rocket to reach orbit. Like the rest of the family it is a…
The Long March 12B (CZ-12B) is a Chinese reusable medium-lift to heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Commercial Rocket Co., Ltd. (CACL), a commercial joint venture operating under the…
The H3-30 is a specific configuration of the H3, the Japanese medium-lift launch vehicle developed by JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as the successor to the H-IIA and H-IIB. H3 configurations are identified by two digits and a…
The Long March 10B (CZ-10B) is a Chinese partially reusable, two-stage medium-lift launch vehicle. It is the third member of the Long March 10 series and is derived from technologies developed for the Long March 10A — that is, it is a…
Vikram-1 (also written Vikram-I) is a four-stage, expendable small-lift orbital launch vehicle developed by the Indian company Skyroot Aerospace. Its first three stages burn solid propellant, while the fourth acts as a liquid kick stage…
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