Comparison of orbital launchers families

Updated on Dec 20, 2023

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This page contains a list of orbital launchers' families. To see the long complete list of launch systems, see Comparison of orbital launch systems.

Description

Family: Name of the family/model of launcher

Country: Origin country of launcher

Manufac.: Main manufacturer

Mass: Maximum mass of payload, for 3 altitudes

LEO, low Earth orbit

GTO, geostationary transfer orbit

TLI, trans-Lunar injection

Cost: Price for a launch at this time, in millions of US$

Total launches: flights which lift-off, or where the vehicle is destroyed during the terminal count

Launches reaching space (regardless of outcome)

Launches reaching any orbit, regardless of outcome

Launches reaching the target orbit, without damage to the payload

Status: Actual status of launcher (retired, development, active)

First flight: Year of first flight of first family's member

Last Flight: Year of Last flight (for vehicles retired from service)

Refs: citations

Same cores are grouped together (like Ariane 1, 2 & 3, but not V).

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