Launch Vehicles

Country Company Vehicle LEO GTO First Launch
USA Orbital ATK Antares 200 7,000 kg 2016
USA ULA Atlas V 401 9,800 kg 4,750 kg 2002
USA ULA Atlas V 431 15,718 kg 7,700 kg 2005
USA ULA Atlas V 501 8,123 kg 3,775 kg 2010
USA ULA Atlas V 551 18,814 kg 8,900 kg 2006
USA ULA Delta IV M+(4,2) 13,140 kg 6,390 kg 2002
USA ULA Delta IV M+(5,2) 11,470 kg 5,490 kg 2012
USA ULA Delta IV M+(5,4) 14,140 kg 7,300 kg 2009
USA ULA Delta IV Heavy 28,790 kg 14,220 kg 2004
USA SpaceX Falcon 9 Full Thrust 22,800 kg Expendable: 8,300 kg Reusable: 5,500 kg 2015
USA SpaceX Falcon Heavy 63,800 kg 26,700 kg 2018
USA SpaceX ITS 550,000 kg 2022
USA Virgin Orbit LauncherOne 500 kg N/A 2018
USA Orbital ATK Minotaur I 580 kg N/A 2000
USA Orbital ATK Minotaur IV 1600 kg N/A 2010
USA Orbital ATK Minotaur V N/A 532 kg 2013
USA Orbital ATK Minotaur VI 3,100 kg 860 kg TBD
USA Orbital ATK Minotaur C 1,458 kg N/A 1994
USA Blue Origin New Glenn 45,000 kg 13,000 kg 2020
USA Orbital ATK Pegasus 450 kg N/A
USA NASA Space Launch System Block 1 70,000 kg 2019
USA NASA Space Launch System Block 1B 105,000 kg 2021
USA NASA Space Launch System Block 2 130,000 kg 2029
USA Vector Space Systems Vector-R 64 kg N/A 2018
USA ULA Vulcan Centaur 2019
USA ULA Vulcan 561 ACES 15,059 kg 2023
USA ULA Vulcan Heavy 23,000 kg
USA & New Zealand Rocket Lab Electron 150 kg (SSO) N/A 2017
Europe EADS Astrium Ariane 5 ECA 21,000 kg 10,865 kg 2002
Europe EADS Astrium Ariane 5 ES N/A 8,000 kg 2008
Europe ArianeGroup Ariane 6 A62 N/A 4,500 kg 2020
Europe ArianeGroup Ariane 6 A64 20,000 kg 12,000 kg 2020
Europe ESA / ASI Vega 1,330 kg (SSO) N/A 2012
Europe ESA / ASI Vega C 2,300 kg N/A 2019
Russia Kruchinev Proton M+ 23,000 kg 6,920 kg 2007
Russia Kruchinev Proton Light N/A 3,600 kg 2019
Russia Kruchinev Proton Medium N/A 5,000 kg 2018
Russia Eurockot Rokot 1,950 kg N/A 1994
Russia Kruchinev Strela 1,400 kg N/A 2003
Russian OKB-1 Soyuz-2.1v 2,850 kg N/A 2013
Russia OKB-1 Soyuz-FG 6,900 kg N/A 2001
Russia OKB-1 Soyuz-2.1b 8,200 kg 2,400 kg 2006
Russia OKB-1 Soyuz ST-B 9,000 kg 3,250 kg using Fregat-MT 2011
Russia Kruchinev Angara 1.2 3,175 kg N/A 2014
Russia Kruchinev Angara A3 12,700 kg 2,177 kg (Briz-M)
Russia Kruchinev Angara A5 21,772 kg 4,899 kg (Briz-M)6,804 (KVTK) 2014
Russia RKK Energia Soyuz 5 9,000 kg 2022
China CALT, SAST Long March 2 3,850-8,600 kg 1,250 kg 1982
China CALT Long March 3 6,000-11,500 kg 2,600-5,500 kg 1994
China CALT Long March 4 4,200 kg 1,500 kg 1999
China CALT Long March 5 25,000 kg 14,000 kg 2016
China SAST Long March 6 1,080 kg (SSO) 2015
China CALT Long March 7 13,500 kg 2016
China CALT Long March 8 7,600 kg 2,500 kg 2018
China CALT Long March 9 140,000 kg 66,000 kg 2028
China CALT Long March 11 700 kg 2015
India ISRO GSLV Mk II 5,000 kg 2,500 kg 2010
India ISRO GSLV Mk III 10,000 kg 4,000 kg 2014
India ISRO PSLV 2,800-3,800 kg 1,050-1,300 kg 1993
India ISRO ULV 15,000 kg 6,000 kg 2021
Japan IHI Epsilon 1,200 kg 2013
Japan Mitsubishi H-IIA 202 10,000 kg 4,100 kg 2001
Japan Mitsubishi H-IIA 204 6,000 kg 2006
Japan Mitsubishi H-IIB 16,500 kg 8,000 kg 2009
Japan Mitsubishi H-III 6,500 kg 2020
Ukraine Yuzhnoye / Yuzhma Cyclone-4M 5,000 kg 1,000 kg 2020
Ukraine Yuzhnoye / RKK Energia Zenit-3 7,000 kg 3,750 – 6,100 kg 1999