Rockets · 55 entries

All Launch Vehicles

Every rocket in the encyclopedia, ordered by first flight — from the R-7 of 1957 to today's reusable heavy-lift vehicles.

Vehicle	Country	First flight	Lift class	LEO payload	Status
R-7 Semyorka	Soviet Union	1957	Medium-lift	—	Retired
Saturn I	United States	1961	Medium-lift	—	Retired
Titan II GLV	United States	1964	Medium-lift	—	Retired
Proton	Russia	1965	Heavy-lift	23,000 kg	Active
Saturn IB	United States	1966	Heavy-lift	—	Retired
Soyuz	Russia	1966	Medium-lift	—	Active
Saturn V	United States	1967	Super heavy-lift	140,000 kg	Retired
N1	Soviet Union	1969	Super heavy-lift	—	Retired
Ariane 1	Europe	1979	Medium-lift	—	Retired
Space Shuttle	United States	1981	Heavy-lift	27,500 kg	Retired
Ariane 3	Europe	1984	Medium-lift	—	Retired
Zenit	Ukraine / Russia	1985	Medium-lift	—	Retired
Ariane 2	Europe	1986	Medium-lift	—	Retired
Energia	Soviet Union	1987	Super heavy-lift	100,000 kg	Retired
Ariane 4	Europe	1988	Medium-lift	—	Retired
Delta II	United States	1989	Medium-lift	—	Retired
Titan IV	United States	1989	Heavy-lift	—	Retired
Pegasus	United States	1990	Small-lift	450 kg	Active
PSLV	India	1993	Medium-lift	3,800 kg	Active
H-II	Japan	1994	Medium-lift	—	Retired
Ariane 5	Europe	1996	Heavy-lift	—	Retired
Long March 3B	China	1996	Heavy-lift	—	Active
Long March 2F	China	1999	Medium-lift	8,400 kg	Active
Minotaur	United States	2000	Small-lift	—	Active
H-IIA	Japan	2001	Medium-lift	—	Retired
GSLV	India	2001	Medium-lift	—	Active
Atlas V	United States	2002	Medium-lift	—	Active
Delta IV Heavy	United States	2004	Heavy-lift	28,800 kg	Retired
Falcon 1	United States	2006	Small-lift	—	Retired
Falcon 9	United States	2010	Medium-lift	22,800 kg	Active
Vega	Europe	2012	Small-lift	1,500 kg	Retired
Antares	United States	2013	Medium-lift	—	Retired
Epsilon	Japan	2013	Small-lift	1,200 kg	Active
Angara A5	Russia	2014	Heavy-lift	24,000 kg	Active
New Shepard	United States	2015	Suborbital	—	Active
Long March 5	China	2016	Heavy-lift	25,000 kg	Active
Long March 7	China	2016	Medium-lift	—	Active
Electron	United States / New Zealand	2017	Small-lift	300 kg	Active
LVM3	India	2017	Medium-lift	10,000 kg	Active
Falcon Heavy	United States	2018	Super heavy-lift	63,800 kg	Active
LauncherOne	United States	2020	Small-lift	—	Retired
Firefly Alpha	United States	2021	Small-lift	1,000 kg	Active
Space Launch System (SLS)	United States	2022	Super heavy-lift	95,000 kg	Active
Vega-C	Europe	2022	Small-lift	2,300 kg	Active
SSLV	India	2022	Small-lift	500 kg	Active
Starship	United States	2023	Super heavy-lift	—	In development
H3	Japan	2023	Medium-lift	—	Active
Vulcan Centaur	United States	2024	Heavy-lift	—	Active
Ariane 6	Europe	2024	Heavy-lift	—	Active
New Glenn	United States	2025	Heavy-lift	45,000 kg	Active
Spectrum	Germany	2025	Small-lift	—	In development
Neutron	United States	—	Medium-lift	13,000 kg	In development
Terran R	United States	—	Heavy-lift	—	In development
Long March 9	China	—	Super heavy-lift	—	In development
Miura 5	Spain	—	Small-lift	—	In development