launch vehicle
rocket used to carry payload into outer space
Proton
two-stage prototype version of the Soviet Proton carrier rocket used to launch satellites into space
NEXUS
concept design for a rocket (never built)
heavy-lift launch vehicle
orbital launch vehicle capable of lifting heavy payloads to low-Earth orbit
Vector-H
launch vehicle
Al-Abid
Iraqi civilian rocket project
OmegA
canceled American launch vehicle
Sparta
three-stage rocket that launched Australia's first Earth satellite, WRESAT, on 29 November 1967
Soyuz-U
Soyuz rocket design variant - Universal
J-I
Japanese solid-fuel launch vehicle
Little Joe
solid-fuel booster rocket used during Project Mercury
Little Joe II
American rocket type
super heavy-lift launch vehicle
orbital launch vehicle capable of lifting very heavy payloads to low-Earth orbit
Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle
five-stage solid propellant rocket
reusable launch vehicle
space launch vehicle designed to be partially or fully reused
Nova
series of proposed rocket designs
H-I
Japanese liquid-fuelled carrier rocket
Athena
Lockheed Martin expendable launch system
Diamant
French expendable satellite launcher
Europa
family of European rockets
Scout
family of American rockets
Thor-Agena
American orbital launch vehicle
Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle
1960s American crewed suborbital rocket
N-II
launch vehicle
expendable launch vehicle
space launch vehicle that is expended after use
Firefly
launch vehicle
medium-lift launch vehicle
orbital launch vehicle capable of lifting moderate payloads to low-Earth orbit
Dnepr
converted Satan ICBM used as a satellite launch vehicle
Safir
Iranian satellite rocket
single-stage-to-orbit
type of space launch vehicle which does not use a series of stages or boosters to reach orbit
Epsilon
Japanese satellite launch rocket
Titan
American rocket family
Soyuz at the Guiana Space Centre
European Space Agency program
Irtysh
Proposed Russian heavy-lift rocket
small-lift launch vehicle
orbital launch vehicle capable of lifting small payloads to low-Earth orbit
Themis
European Space Agency reusable launcher prototype
Pegasus II
air-launched orbital rocket
Vector-R
launch vehicle
Firefly Beta
two-stage orbital launch vehicle
Delta IV Heavy
retired expendable launch system in the Delta rocket family
Rus-M
canceled Russian proposal for a crewed launch vehicle
Saturn
family of American rocket boosters
Satellite Launch Vehicle
first launch vehicle of the Indian Space Research Organisation
Falcon
launch vehicles developed and operated by SpaceX
CALLISTO
launch vehicle