This is a list of conventional orbital launch systems. This is composed of launch vehicles, and other conventional systems, used to place satellites into orbit.

Argentina

• ORBIT II – Retired

• TRONADOR – Under Development

Australia

• AUSROC IV – Cancelled

• Austral Launch Vehicle – Under Development

• Eris (Gilmour Space Technologies) – Under Development

Brazil

• VLS-1 – Retired

• VLM – Under Development

• MLBR –Under Development

Canada

• Aurora - Under Development

China

CASC Launchers

Long March

Long March 1 – Retired

• Long March 1D

Long March 2

• Long March 2A – Retired

• Long March 2C

• Long March 2D

• Long March 2E – Retired

Long March 2F

• Long March 2F/G

• Long March 2F/T

Long March 3 – Retired

• Long March 3A – Retired

Long March 3B – Retired

• Long March 3B/E

Long March 3C – Retired

• Long March 3C/E

Long March 4

• Long March 4A – Retired

• Long March 4B

• Long March 4C

Long March 5

• Long March 5B

Long March 6

• Long March 6A

• Long March 6C

Long March 7

• Long March 7A

Long March 8

• Long March 8A

• Long March 9 – Under Development

Long March 10– Under Development

• Long March 10A

• Long March 11

• Long March 12

Other

• Feng Bao 1 – Retired

Ceres-1

• Ceres-1S

• Ceres-2 - Under development

Gravity

• Gravity-1

• Gravity-2 – Under development

Hyperbola-1

• Hyperbola-3

Jielong

• Jielong 1

• Jielong 3

• Kaituozhe-1 – Retired

Kuaizhou

• Kuaizhou 1 - Retired

• Kuaizhou 1A - Retired

• Kuaizhou 1A Pro

• Kuaizhou 11

Tianlong-2

• Tianlong-3

Zhuque

• Zhuque-1 – Retired

• Zhuque-2 - Retired

• Zhuque-2E

• Zhuque-3 – Under Development

Kinetica 1

• Kinetica 2 - Under development

European Union

Ariane

• Ariane 1 – Retired

• Ariane 2 – Retired

• Ariane 3 – Retired

• Ariane 4 – Retired

• Ariane 5 – Retired

• Ariane 6 – Operational

• Ariane Next – Under Development

Europa – Retired

• Europa I – Retired

• Europa II – Retired

• Maia – Under Development

Vega

• Vega – Retired

• Vega-C – Operational

• Vega-E – Under Development

France

Diamant – Retired

• Diamant A – Retired 1965-1967

• Diamant B – Retired 1970-1971

• Diamant BP4 – Retired 1972-1975

• Zéphyr (Latitude) – Under Development

Germany

• OTRAG – Retired

• Spectrum (Isar Aerospace) – Under Development

• RFA One (Rocket Factory Augsburg AG) – Under Development

• SL1 (HyImpulse) – Under Development

India

ISROISRO/Department of SpaceDoS systems

• SLV-3 – Retired

• Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV) – Retired

Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)

• PSLV-G – Retired

• PSLV-CA – Operational

• PSLV-XL – Operational

• PSLV-DL – Operational

• PSLV-QL – Operational

Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV)

• GSLV Mark I – Retired

• GSLV Mark II – Operational

• RLV TD: GSLV derived ascent vehicle for RLV ORE campaign.

Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM-3)

• LVM3 – Operational

• Human-rated LVM3 – Under development

• LVM3 with semi-cryogenic engine – Under development

• Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) – Operational

• Next Generation Launch Vehicle (NGLV) – Under development

Private agencies

Vikram (Skyroot Aerospace):

• Vikram-I – Operational

• Vikram-II – Under development

• Agnibaan (AgniKul Cosmos): – Under development

  Razor Crest Mk I (EtherealX) – Under development

• Mach Blue (Cosmicport) – Under development

Iran

• Safir – Retired

• Simorgh – Operational

• Qased – Operational

• Qaem 100 – Operational

• Qaem 105 – Under Development

• Zuljanah – Operational

Iraq

• Al Abid – Abandoned in R&D phase

Israel

• Shavit 2

Italy

• SISPRE C-41 – Retired

• Italian LTV SCOUT (jointly with United States of America) – Retired

• AERITALIA/SNIA/BPD ALFA – Retired

• ALENIA/SNIA-BPD SAN MARCO SCOUT (jointly with NASA) – Cancelled

Vega (jointly with European Space Agency)

• Vega – Retired

• Vega-C – Operational

• T4i Odyssey – Under Development

Japan

Active

• H3 (JAXA)

• KAIROS (Space One)

Inactive

Lambda (ISAS) – Retired

• L-4S

Mu (ISAS) – Retired

• M-V

N (NASDA) – Retired

• N-I

• N-II

• H-I (NASDA) – Retired

H-II — Retired

• H-II (NASDA)

• H-IIA (JAXA)

• H-IIB (JAXA)

• J-I (NASDA/ISAS) – Retired

• GX (Galaxy Express) – Cancelled

Epsilon (JAXA) – Retired

• Epsilon S (JAXA) – Under Development

• SS-520 (JAXA) – Retired

• ZERO (Interstellar Technologies) – Under Development

• DECA (Interstellar Technologies) – Under Development

Malaysia

• DNLV (Independence-X Aerospace) – Under Development

New Zealand

• Electron (Rocket Lab, developed in New Zealand and the United States)

• Neutron – Under Development

North Korea

• Chollima-1

• Paektusan-1 – Retired

Unha

• Unha-2 – Retired

• Unha-3

Taiwan

• TSLV – Under Development

• Hapith V – Under Development

• HTTP-3a – Under Development

Philippines

• Haribon SLS-1 (OrbitX) – Under Development

Romania

• Haas – Under Development

Singapore

• Volans (Equatorial Space Systems) – Under Development

Soviet Union and successor states (Russia and Ukraine)

1. Russia/USSR

• Angara

• CORONA (SSTO) – Open

Kosmos – Retired

• Kosmos-1

• Kosmos-2I

• Kosmos-3

• Kosmos-3M

Lin Industrial projects

• Adler – Under Development

• Aldan – Under Development

• Aniva – Under Development

• Taymyr – Under Development

• Vyuga – Under Development

  N1 – Retired

R-7

• Luna – Retired

Molniya – Retired

• Molniya-M

• Molniya-L

• Polyot – Retired

Soyuz family

Soyuz – Retired

• Soyuz-L

• Soyuz-M

Soyuz-U

• Soyuz-U2

• Soyuz-FG

Soyuz-2

• Soyuz 2.1A

• Soyuz 2.1B

• Soyuz 2.1V – Retired

• Sputnik – Retired

• Stalker (rocket)

• Voskhod – Retired

Vostok – Retired

• Vostok-L

• Vostok-K

• Vostok-2

• Vostok-2M

• Soyuz/Vostok

R-29

• Shtil'

• Volna

• Rus-M – Canceled

• Start-1

Soyuz-5 family - Under Development

• Irtysh - Under Development

• Yenisey - Under Development

• Don - Under Development

Soyuz-7 family - Under Development

• Amur - Under Development

Universal Rocket

UR-100

• Rokot

• Strela

Proton (UR-500) – Retired

• Proton-K

• Proton-M

• Energia – Retired

• Ukraine

Zenit

• Zenit 2 – Retired

• Zenit-2M – Retired

• Zenit-3SL

• Zenit 3SLB

• Zenit-3F

R-36

• Dnepr

Tsyklon

• Tsyklon-2 – Retired

• Tsyklon-3 – Retired

Tsyklon-4 – Abandoned

• Cyclone-4M – Under Development

South Africa

RSA – Cancelled

• RSA-1

• RSA-2

• RSA-3

• CHEETAH-1 – Under Development

South Korea

• Blue Whale 1 (Perigee Aerospace) – Under Development

HANBIT family (Innospace)

• HANBIT-Micro – Under Development

• HANBIT-Mini – Under Development

• HANBIT-NANO

• HANBIT-TLV

Korea Space Launch Vehicle family (KSLV)

• KSLV-I (Naro) – Retired

• KSLV-II (Nuri)

• KSLV-III – Under Development

Solid-fuel space launch vehicle family

• Solid-fueled GYŪB‑TV1 (Test Vehicle 1)

• Solid-fueled GYŪB‑TV2 (Test Vehicle 2)

• Solid-fueled LV – Under Development

Spain

INTA Family

• INTA Capricornio – Cancelled

• INTA Programa PILUM – Under Development

PLD Space Family

• PLD Space Miura Next – Under development

• PLD Space Miura 5 – Under development

• PLD Space Miura 1 – Operational

Pangea Aerospace Family

• Pangea Aerospace Meso – Under development

Zero 2 Infinity Family

• Zero 2 Infinity Bloostar – Under development

Celestia Aerospace Family

• Celestia Aerospace Sagittarius – Under development

Turkey

• UFS – Under Development since 2007

United Kingdom

• Black Arrow – Retired

• Black Prince – Cancelled

• Prime (Orbex) – Under Development

• Skyrora XL (Skyrora) – Under Development

• Skylon (Reaction Engines) – Cancelled

United States

Active

• Alpha (Firefly Aerospace)

• Antares (Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems)

• Atlas V (United Launch Alliance)(Nearing Retirement)

• Electron (Rocket Lab) (New Zealand/United States company)

Minotaur (Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems)

• Minotaur I

• Minotaur IV

• Minotaur V

• Minotaur-C

• Pegasus (Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems)

• Space Launch System (NASA)

SpaceX launch vehicles

• Falcon 9 Block 5 – Operational

• Falcon Heavy – Operational

• Starship – In testing

• New Glenn (Blue Origin)

• Vulcan Centaur (United Launch Alliance)

Inactive

Ares – Canceled

• Ares I

• Ares IV

• Ares V

Astra Space launch vehicles

• Rocket 3 – Retired

• Rocket 4 – Under development

Athena – Retired

• Athena I

• Athena II

Atlas

• Atlas B – Retired

• Atlas D – Retired

• Atlas-Able – Retired

• Atlas-Agena – Retired

• Atlas E/F – Retired

• Atlas H – Retired

• Atlas LV-3B – Retired

• Atlas SLV-3 – Retired

Atlas-Centaur – Retired

• Atlas G – Retired

• Atlas I – Retired

• Atlas II – Retired

• Atlas III – Retired

• Conestoga – Retired

• LauncherOne

Minotaur

• Minotaur I

• Minotaur IV

• Minotaur V

• Minotaur-C

• Nova (Stoke Space) – Under development

• OmegA – Canceled

• Orbital Accelerator (SpinLaunch) – Under Development

• Phantom Express – Canceled

• Pilot – Retired

Redstone – Retired

• Juno I

• Sparta

Jupiter

• Juno II

Relativity Space launch vehicles

• Terran 1 – Retired

• Terran R – Under Development

• RS1 (ABL Space Systems) – Retired

Saturn

Saturn I – Retired 1961-1963

• Saturn IB – Retired 1966-1975

• Saturn V – Retired 1967-1973

Scout – Retired

• Scout X-1

• Scout X-2

• Scout X-2B

• Scout X-2M

• Scout X-3

• Scout X-3M

• Scout X-4

• Scout A

• Scout A-1

• Scout B

• Scout B-1

• Scout D-1

• Scout E-1

• Scout F-1

• Scout G-1

• Space Shuttle – Retired

SpaceX launch vehicles

• Falcon 1 – Retired

• Falcon 1e – Canceled

• Falcon 5 – Canceled

Falcon 9

• Falcon 9 Air – Canceled

• Falcon 9 v1.0 – Retired

• Falcon 9 v1.1 – Retired

• Falcon 9 Full Thrust – Retired

Thor – Retired

• Thor-Able

• Thor-Ablestar

Thor-Agena

• Thorad-Agena

• Thor-Burner

• Thor DSV-2U

Delta

• Thor-Delta

• Delta A

• Delta B

• Delta C

• Delta D

• Delta E

• Delta G

• Delta J

• Delta L

• Delta M

• Delta N

• Delta II

• Delta III

• Delta IV

• Delta IV Heavy

Titan – Retired

• Titan II GLV

• Titan 23G

• Titan IIIA

• Titan IIIB

• Titan IIIC

• Titan IIID

• Titan IIIE

• Titan 34D

• Commercial Titan III

• Titan IV

• Vanguard – Retired

• Vector-R – Under Development

• Vector-H – Under Development

See also

• Comparison of orbital launch systems

• Comparison of orbital launcher families

Lists of orbital launch vehicles by payload capacity:

• Small-lift launch vehicle (up to 2,000kg to Low Earth Orbit (LEO))

• Medium-lift launch vehicle (from 2,000 to 20,000kg to LEO)

• Heavy-lift launch vehicle (from 20,000 to 50,000kg to LEO)

• Super heavy-lift launch vehicle (beyond 50,000kg to LEO)

References