Launch Providers
The agencies and companies that build and fly launch vehicles.
- ArianespaceLaunch provider
The European launch-services company marketing the Ariane and Vega families from the Guiana Space Centre.
CountryEuropeSince1980 - Blue OriginLaunch provider
The company behind the reusable New Shepard suborbital vehicle, the orbital New Glenn, and the BE-3/BE-4 engines.
CountryUnited StatesSince2000 - CNSALaunch provider
China's national space administration, associated with the Long March family of launch vehicles.
CountryChina - ESALaunch provider
The European Space Agency, which funds and develops the Ariane and Vega launch vehicles operated by Arianespace.
CountryEurope - Firefly AerospaceLaunch provider
A launch and space company operating the small-to-medium-lift Firefly Alpha rocket.
CountryUnited StatesSince2017 - Isar AerospaceLaunch provider
A German launch startup developing the small-lift Spectrum rocket.
CountryGermanySince2018 - ISROLaunch provider
The Indian Space Research Organisation, operator of the PSLV, GSLV, LVM3, and SSLV launch vehicles.
CountryIndia - JAXALaunch provider
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, which develops the H-IIA, H-IIB, H3, and Epsilon launch vehicles.
CountryJapan - Lockheed MartinLaunch provider
The aerospace manufacturer whose lineage (the Martin Company → Martin Marietta → Lockheed Martin) built and operated the Titan family of launch vehicles.
CountryUnited StatesSince1995 - NASALaunch provider
The U.S. civil space agency, operator of the Saturn family, Space Shuttle, and the Space Launch System.
CountryUnited States - Northrop Grumman Space SystemsLaunch provider
The aerospace company (via the former Orbital Sciences / Orbital ATK) that operates the Antares, Pegasus, and Minotaur launch vehicles.
CountryUnited States - PLD SpaceLaunch provider
A Spanish launch company developing the Miura family, including the suborbital Miura 1 and orbital Miura 5.
CountrySpainSince2011 - Relativity SpaceLaunch provider
A launch company developing the medium-lift, reusable Terran R using large-scale additive manufacturing (3D printing).
CountryUnited StatesSince2015 - Rocket LabLaunch provider
A small-launch provider operating the Electron rocket and developing the medium-lift, reusable Neutron.
CountryUnited States / New ZealandSince2006 - RoscosmosLaunch provider
The Russian state space corporation operating the Soyuz, Proton, and Angara launch vehicles.
CountryRussia - SpaceXLaunch provider
The commercial launch provider behind Falcon 1, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship, and a pioneer of orbital-class booster reuse.
CountryUnited StatesSince2002 - United Launch AllianceLaunch provider
A Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture operating the Atlas V, Delta IV, and Vulcan Centaur for U.S. government and commercial launches.
CountryUnited StatesSince2006 - Virgin OrbitLaunch provider
A now-defunct air-launch company that operated LauncherOne, released from a modified Boeing 747 carrier aircraft.
CountryUnited StatesSince2017