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This article contains the lift launch systems constructed by some solid fuel stages except the final stage.
All stages solid fueled
| Vehicle | Stage number | Origin | Manufacturer | Height (meter) |
Diameter (meter) |
Weight (ton) |
Mass to LEO (kg) |
Mass to Other Orbit (kg) |
Maiden flight | Retired | Record | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASLV | 5 |  India
|
ISRO | 24 | 1 | 41 | 150 | 1987 | 1994 | 2/4 | Retired | |
| Epsilon (without PBS) |
3 |  Japan
|
IHI AeroSpace | 24.4 | 2.6 | 90.8 | 2016 | - | 1/1 | Active | ||
| J-I | 2(+1) | Japan
|
NASDA / ISAS | 33.1 | 1.8 | 88.5 | 1000 | 1996 | 1996 | 1/1* | Retired | |
| Kaituozhe-1 | 4 |  China
|
CASIC | 13.6 | 1.4 | SSO: 50 | 2002 | ? | 0/2 | ? | ||
| Kaituozhe-2 | China
|
CASIC | 2017 | 1/1 | Active | |||||||
| Kuaizhou-11 | 4 | China
|
CASIC | ? | 2.2 | 78 | 1500 | SSO: 1000@700 km | 2017 | - | - | Development |
| L-4S | 4 | Japan
|
Tokyo univ. | 16.5 | 0.735 | 9.4 | 26 | 1966 | 1970 | 1/5 | Retired | |
| Minotaur I | 4 |  United States
|
Orbital Sciences | 19.2 | 1.67 | 36.2 | 580 | SSO: 331 | 2000 | - | 11/11 | Active |
| Minotaur IV Lite | 3 | United States
|
Orbital Sciences | 23.88 | 2.34 | 86.3 | - | 2010 | - | 2/2* | Active | |
| Minotaur IV | 4 | United States
|
Orbital Sciences | 23.88 | 2.34 | 86.3 | 1735 | 2010 | - | 1/1 | Active | |
| Minotaur IV+ | 4 | United States
|
Orbital Sciences | 23.88 | 2.34 | 86.3 | 1985 | 2011 | 1/1 | Active | ||
| Minotaur IV/Orion 38 | 4 | United States
|
Orbital Sciences | 2017 | - | 1/1 | Active | |||||
| Minotaur V | 5 | United States
|
Orbital Sciences | 1.67 | GTO:640 TLI:447 | 2013 | - | 1/1 | Active | |||
| M-3C | 3 | Japan
|
Tokyo univ. | 20.2 | 1.41 | 41.8 | 195 | 1974 | 1979 | 3/4 | Retired | |
| M-3H | 3 | Japan
|
Tokyo univ. | 23.8 | 1.41 | 48.7 | 300 | 1977 | 1978 | 3/3 | Retired | |
| M-3S | 3 | Japan
|
Tokyo univ. | 23.8 | 1.41 | 48.7 | 300 | 1980 | 1984 | 4/4 | Retired | |
| M-3SII | 3(+1) | Japan
|
ISAS | 27.8 | 1.41 | 61 | 770 | 1985 | 1995 | 7/8 | Retired | |
| M-4S | 4 | Japan
|
Tokyo univ. | 23.6 | 1.41 | 43.6 | 180 | 1970 | 1972 | 3/4 | Retired | |
| M-V | 3(+1) | Japan
|
ISAS | 30.8 | 2.5 | 140 | 1850 | Interplanetary: 500 | 1997 | 2006 | 6/7 | Retired |
| Pegasus | 3 | United States
|
Orbital Sciences | 16.9 | 1.27 | 18.5 | 375 | 1990 | 10/11 | ? | ||
| Pegasus XL | 3 | United States
|
Orbital Sciences | 17.6 | 1.27 | 23.13 | 443 | 1994 | - | 29/32 | Active | |
| Qaem 100 | 3 |  Iran
|
IRGC | 80 | 2022 | - | 2/3 | Active | ||||
| Scout | 4 | United States
|
NACA | 23 | 1.01 | 21.5 | 1961 | 1994 | Retired | |||
| Scout-A | 4 | United States
|
NACA | 25 | 1.01 | 17.85 | 1965 | 1970 | Retired | |||
| Shavit | 3 |  Israel
|
IAI | 15.3 | 1.352 | 23.2 | 160 | 1988 | 1990 | 2/2 | Retired | |
| Shavit1 (LK-A) | 3 | Israel
|
IAI | 17.2 | 1.352 | 27.3 | 240 | 1995 | 2004 | 2/4 | Retired | |
| Shavit2 (LK-1) | 3 | Israel
|
IAI | 19.5 | 1.352 | 31.2 | 350 | 2007 | - | 4/4 | Active | |
| SLV | 4 | India
|
ISRO | 22 | 1 | 17 | 40 | 1979 | 1983 | 3/4 | Retired | |
| RPS-420 | 4 |  Indonesia
|
LAPAN | 9.5 | 0.42 | 50 | (2014) | - | 0/0 | Development | ||
| SPARK (Super Strypi) |
3 | United States
|
Hawaii, Sandia, Aerojet Rocketdyne |
SSO: 250 | 2015 | - | 0/1 | Active | ||||
| SS-520(3-stage) | 3 | Japan
|
ISAS/JAXA | 9.54 | 0.52 | 2.6 | 4 | - | 2017 | - | 1/2 | Active |
| Start-1 | 4 |  Russia
|
MIT | 22.7 | 1.61 | 47.2 | 532 | SSO: 167 | 1993 | - | 6/6 | Active |
| Taiwan SLV | 4 |  Republic of China
|
NSPO | 50 | - | - | 0/0 | Development | ||||
| Taurus | 3+1 | United States
|
Orbital Sciences | 27 | 2.35 | 69 | 1259 | SSO: 889 | 1994 | - | 5/6 | ? |
| Taurus XL Minotaur-C |
3+1 | United States
|
Orbital Sciences | 32 | 2.35 | 77 | 1458 | SSO: 1054 | 2004 | - | 2/4 | Active |
| VLS-1 | 4 |  Brazil
|
AEB, DCTA-IAE, Avibrás | 19.5 | 1.01 | 50.7 | 380 | 1997 | 2016 | 0/3 | Retired | |
| VLM-1 | 3 | Brazil/ Germany
|
AEB, DCTA-IAE, Avibrás, DLR | 19.6 | 1.45 | 28 | 30 | - | 2025 | - | 0/0 | Development |
- * Including suborbital mission
All stages solid fueled except uppermost stage
| Vehicle | Main stages | Origin | Manufacturer | Height (meter) |
Diameter (meter) |
Weight (ton) |
Mass to... (kg) | Maiden flight |
Retired | Record | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solid | Liquid | LEO | Other orbit | ||||||||||
| Ares I | 1 | 1 | United States
|
Alliant Techsystems / Boeing | 94 | 5.5 | 25000 | (2015) | 0/0 | Cancelled | |||
| Athena I | 2 | 1 | United States
|
Lockheed Martin | 1995 | 2001 | 3/4 | Retired | |||||
| Athena Ic | 2 | 1 | United States
|
Lockheed Martin Alliant Techsystems |
(2012) | 0/0 | Development | ||||||
| Athena II | 3 | 1 | United States
|
Lockheed Martin | 30.5 | 2.36 | 120.2 | 1896 | 1998 | 1999 | 2/3 | Retired | |
| Athena IIc | 3 | 1 | United States
|
Lockheed Martin Alliant Techsystems |
(2012) | 0/0 | Development | ||||||
| Epsilon PBS | 3 | 1 | Japan
|
IHI AeroSpace | 24.4 | 2.6 | 90.8 | 2013 | - | 3/4 | Active | ||
| Hyperbola-1 | 3 | 1 | China
|
i-Space | 20 | 31 | 300 | 2019 | - | 1/1 | Active | ||
| Kuaizhou-1 | 3 | 1 | China
|
CASIC | 18 | 1.4 | 32 | ~300 | SSO: 430@500 km | 2013 | - | 1/1 | Active |
| Kuaizhou-1A | 3 | 1 | China
|
CASIC | 1.4 | 30 | ~300 | SSO: 200@700 km | 2014 | - | 2/2 | Active | |
| Long March 11 | 3 | 1 | China
|
2015 | - | 7/7 | Active | ||||||
| Minotaur IV HAPS | United States
|
Orbital Sciences | 23.88 | 2.34 | 86.3 | 2010 | - | 1/1 | Active | ||||
| Vega | 3 | 1 |  European Union
|
ESA / ISA | 30 | 3 | 137 | 2000(?) | SSO: 1500 | 2012 | 2024 | 20/22 | Retired |
| Vega-C | 3 | 1 | European Union
|
ESA / ISA | 35 | 3.4 | 2022 | - | 1/2 | Active | |||
| Zuljanah | 2 | 1 | Iran
|
MODAFL | 25.5 | 1.5 | 52 | 220 | - | 0/0 | Development | ||
See also
- Comparison of orbital rocket engines
- Comparison of orbital launch systems
- Comparison of orbital launchers families
- Comparison of orbital spacecraft
- Comparison of space station cargo vehicles
- List of space launch system designs
- List of orbital launch systems
References
- "OHSUMI | Spacecraft".
- "Spaceflight Now | Minotaur Launch Report | Minotaur rocket poised to send research to new heights".
- "10.0 Integration, Launch, and Deployment | NASA". 16 October 2021.
- "NASA - Scout Launch Vehicle Program". Archived from the original on 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- "LTV SLV-1 Scout".
- "Veículo Lançador de Satélites", Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre (in Portuguese), 2024-02-18, retrieved 2024-06-01
- "Athena Mission Planner's Guide (MPG)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 7, 2017. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
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