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Comparison of solid-fuelled orbital launch systems

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This article contains the lift launch systems constructed by some solid fuel stages except the final stage.

All stages solid fueled

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Vehicle Stage number Origin Manufacturer Height
(meter) 		Diameter
(meter) 		Weight
(ton) 		Mass to
LEO
(kg) 		Mass to
Other Orbit
(kg) 		Maiden flight Retired Record Status
ASLV 5  India ISRO 24 1 41 150 1987 1994 2/4 Retired
Epsilon
(without PBS) 		3  Japan IHI AeroSpace 24.4 2.6 90.8 2016 - 1/1 Active
J-I 2(+1)  Japan NASDA / ISAS 33.1 1.8 88.5 1000 1996 1996 1/1* Retired
Kaituozhe-1 4  China CASIC 13.6 1.4 SSO: 50 2002 ? 0/2 ?
Kaituozhe-2  China CASIC 2017 1/1 Active
Kuaizhou-11 4  China CASIC ? 2.2 78 1500 SSO: 1000@700 km 2017 - - Development
L-4S 4  Japan Tokyo univ. 16.5 0.735 9.4 26 1966 1970[1] 1/5 Retired
Minotaur I 4  United States Orbital Sciences 19.2 1.67 36.2 580 SSO: 331 2000 - 11/11 Active
Minotaur IV Lite 3  United States Orbital Sciences 23.88[citation needed] 2.34[citation needed] 86.3[citation needed] - 2010 - 2/2* Active
Minotaur IV 4  United States Orbital Sciences 23.88[2] 2.34[citation needed] 86.3[citation needed] 1735[citation needed] 2010 - 1/1 Active
Minotaur IV+ 4  United States Orbital Sciences 23.88 2.34 86.3 1985 2011 1/1 Active
Minotaur IV/Orion 38 4  United States Orbital Sciences 2017 - 1/1 Active
Minotaur V 5  United States Orbital Sciences 1.67 GTO:640 TLI:447 2013 [3] - 1/1 Active
M-3C 3  Japan Tokyo univ. 20.2 1.41 41.8 195 1974 1979 3/4 Retired
M-3H 3  Japan Tokyo univ. 23.8 1.41 48.7 300 1977 1978 3/3 Retired
M-3S 3  Japan Tokyo univ. 23.8 1.41 48.7 300 1980 1984 4/4 Retired
M-3SII 3(+1)  Japan ISAS 27.8 1.41 61 770 1985 1995 7/8 Retired
M-4S 4  Japan Tokyo univ. 23.6 1.41 43.6 180 1970 1972 3/4 Retired
M-V 3(+1)  Japan ISAS 30.8 2.5 140 1850 Interplanetary: 500 1997 2006 6/7 Retired
Pegasus 3  United States Orbital Sciences 16.9 1.27 18.5 375 1990 10/11 ?
Pegasus XL 3  United States Orbital Sciences 17.6 1.27 23.13 443 1994 - 29/32 Active
Qaem 100 3  Iran IRGC 80 2022 - 2/3 Active
Scout 4[4]  United States NACA 23 1.01 21.5 1961 1994 Retired
Scout-A 4  United States NACA 25 1.01 17.85 1965 1970 [5] Retired
Shavit 3  Israel IAI 15.3[citation needed] 1.352[citation needed] 23.2[citation needed] 160[citation needed] 1988 1990 2/2 Retired
Shavit1 (LK-A) 3  Israel IAI 17.2 1.352 27.3 240 1995 2004 2/4 Retired
Shavit2 (LK-1) 3  Israel IAI 19.5[citation needed] 1.352[citation needed] 31.2[citation needed] 350[citation needed] 2007 - 4/4 Active
SLV 4  India ISRO 22 1 17 40 1979 1983 3/4 Retired
RPS-420 4  Indonesia LAPAN 9.5 0.42 50 (2014) - 0/0 Development
SPARK
(Super Strypi) 		3  United States Hawaii, Sandia,
Aerojet Rocketdyne 		SSO: 250 2015 - 0/1 Active
SS-520(3-stage) 3  Japan ISAS/JAXA 9.54 0.52 2.6 4 - 2017 - 1/2 Active
Start-1 4  Russia MIT 22.7 1.61 47.2 532 SSO: 167 1993 - 6/6 Active
Taiwan SLV 4  Republic of China NSPO 50 - - 0/0 Development
Taurus 3+1  United States Orbital Sciences 27 2.35 69 1259 SSO: 889 1994 - 5/6 ?
Taurus XL
Minotaur-C 		3+1  United States Orbital Sciences 32 2.35 77 1458 SSO: 1054 2004 - 2/4 Active
VLS-1 4  Brazil AEB, DCTA-IAE, Avibrás 19.5[citation needed] 1.01[citation needed] 50.7[citation needed] 380[6] 1997 2016 0/3 Retired
VLM-1 3  Brazil/ Germany AEB, DCTA-IAE, Avibrás, DLR 19.6 1.45 28 30 - 2025 - 0/0 Development
* Including suborbital mission

All stages solid fueled except uppermost stage

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Vehicle Main stages Origin Manufacturer Height
(meter) 		Diameter
(meter) 		Weight
(ton) 		Mass to... (kg) Maiden
flight 		Retired Record Status
Solid Liquid LEO Other orbit
Ares I 1 1  United States Alliant Techsystems / Boeing 94 5.5 25000 (2015) 0/0 Cancelled
Athena I 2 1  United States Lockheed Martin 1995 2001 3/4 Retired
Athena Ic 2 1  United States Lockheed Martin
Alliant Techsystems 		(2012) 0/0 Development
Athena II[7] 3 1  United States Lockheed Martin 30.5 2.36 120.2 1896 1998 1999 2/3 Retired
Athena IIc 3 1  United States Lockheed Martin
Alliant Techsystems 		(2012) 0/0 Development
Epsilon PBS 3 1  Japan IHI AeroSpace 24.4 2.6 90.8 2013 - 3/4 Active
Hyperbola-1 3 1  China i-Space 20 31 300 2019 - 1/1 Active
Kuaizhou-1 3 1  China CASIC 18 1.4 32 ~300 SSO: 430@500 km 2013 - 1/1 Active
Kuaizhou-1A 3 1  China CASIC 1.4 30 ~300 SSO: 200@700 km 2014 - 2/2 Active
Long March 11 3 1  China 2015 - 7/7 Active
Minotaur IV HAPS  United States Orbital Sciences 23.88 2.34 86.3 2010 - 1/1 Active
Vega 3 1  European Union ESA / ISA 30 3 137 2000(?) SSO: 1500 2012 2024 20/22 Retired
Vega-C 3 1  European Union ESA / ISA 35 3.4 2022 - 1/2 Active
Zuljanah 2 1  Iran MODAFL 25.5 1.5 52 220 - 0/0 Development

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "Spaceflight Now | Minotaur Launch Report | Minotaur rocket poised to send research to new heights".
  3. ^ "10.0 Integration, Launch, and Deployment | NASA". 16 October 2021.
  4. ^ "NASA - Scout Launch Vehicle Program". Archived from the original on 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  5. ^ "LTV SLV-1 Scout".
  6. ^ "Veículo Lançador de Satélites", Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre (in Portuguese), 2024-02-18, retrieved 2024-06-01
  7. ^ "Athena Mission Planner's Guide (MPG)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 7, 2017. Retrieved November 20, 2022.

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