List of launch service providers

A launch service provider is a type of company that uses launch vehicles and related services provided by a Launch Agency, including furnishing the launch vehicles, launch support, equipment and facilities, for the purpose of launching satellites into orbits or deep space.^[1] There are over 100 launch companies from all over the world.^[2] These companies and their launch vehicles are in various stages of development, with some (such as SpaceX, RocketLab, and ULA) already in regular operation, while others are not.^[3]

In 2018, the launch services sector accounted for $5.5 billion out of a total $344.5 billion "global space economy".^[4]^: 9 It is responsible for the ordering, conversion or construction of the carrier rocket, assembly and stacking, payload integration, and ultimately conducting the launch itself. Some of these tasks may be delegated or sub-contracted to other companies. For example, United Launch Alliance formally subcontracted the production of GEM solid rocket motors for their Delta II and Delta IV (Medium version) rockets to Alliant Techsystems. (Both vehicles are now retired.)^[5]^[6] An LSP does not necessarily build all the rockets it launches.

A document central to successful launch service provision is the Interface Control Document (ICD), a contract that specifies the integration and mission requirements responsibilities across the service provider and the service solicitor.^[7]

In some cases, an LSP is not required to launch a rocket. Government organizations such as the military and defense forces may conduct the launch themselves.

Current launch service providers

Corporate

Antrix Corporation (India)^[4]
Arianespace (France)^[4]^[8]^: 34
Astra (United States)
Blue Origin (United States)^[4]
CAS Space (China)
Deep Blue Aerospace (China)
Eurockot Launch Services (Germany)
Evolution Space (United States)
Firefly Aerospace (United States)^[4]
Galactic Energy (China)
GK Launch Services (Russia, Kazakhstan)^[4]
INNOSPACE (Korea)^[4]
International Launch Services aka ILS (United States)^[8]^: 34
Interstellar Technologies (Japan)
ISC Kosmotras (Russia)
i-Space (China)
Landspace (China)
LinkSpace (China)^[4]
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries via MHI Launch Services (Japan)^[4]
Northrop Grumman Space Systems Group (United States)
HyImpulse (Germany)
OneSpace (China)^[4]
Orienspace (China)
PLD Space (Spain)^[4]
Relativity Space (United States)
Rocket Factory Augsburg (Germany)
Rocket Lab (United States/New Zealand)^[4]
Sea Launch (Switzerland)^[8]^: 34
Space One (Japan)
Space Pioneer (China)
SpaceX (United States)^[4]^[8]^: 34
Starsem (France)
Stoke Space (United States) ^[9]
United Launch Alliance aka ULA (United States)^[4]
Up Aerospace (United States) ^[10]
Vector Launch (United States)^[4]
Virgin Galactic (United States)^[11]
Zero 2 Infinity (Spain)

Former Corporate

Orbital ATK (United States)^[4]
Orbital Sciences Corporation (United States)^[8]^: 34
Stratolaunch Systems (United States)^[4]
Virgin Orbit (United States)^[4]

Governmental and State-owned

CALT (China)
DARPA (United States)^[4]
ExPace (China)^[4]
Glavkosmos (Russia)^[12]^: 71
ISA (Iran)^[4]
JAXA (Japan)^[4]
NADA (North Korea)^[4]
NASA (United States)^[13]
NSIL (India)^[14]

References

^ "Launch Services Definition: 101 Samples". Law Insider. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
^ "Launch Service Providers". RocketLaunch.org.
^ "Launch Database | SpaceFund". Retrieved 2023-05-20.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w The Annual Compendium of Commercial Space Transportation: 2018 (Report). United States Government (Federal Aviation Administration). January 2018. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
^ "Propulsion Products Catalog" (PDF). Orbital ATK. 5 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
^ Clark, Stephen (14 September 2018). "Engineers say goodbye to society-changing Delta 2 rocket – Spaceflight Now". Spaceflight Now. Pole Star Publications. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
^ Federal Aviation Administration (2012). "Commercial Space Transportation: 2011 Year in Review". In Freeman SO, Butler KI (eds.). Commercial Space Industry: Manufacturing, Suborbitals and Transportation (This is an edited, reformatted and augmented version of the Federal Aviation Administration, HQ-121525.INDD, dated January 2012.). Space Science, Exploration and Policies. New York: Nova Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-62257-303-5. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Moore, Maurice H. (February 2011). Department of Defense Spacelift In A Fiscally Constrained Environment (MS (Master of Military Art and Science) thesis). U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.
^ https://www.stokespace.com ^{[bare URL]}
^ "Rocket carrying cremains crashes after launching from Spaceport America". 2 May 2023.
^ https://www.virgingalactic.com ^{[bare URL]}
^ Brooks, Timothy A. (1991). "Regulating International Trade in Launch Services". High Technology Law Journal. 6 (1): 66. eISSN 2380-4734. ISSN 0885-2715. JSTOR 24122277. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
^ Heiney, Anna (2018-04-10). "LSP Overview". NASA. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
^ "Mandate | NSIL". www.nsilindia.co.in. Retrieved 2023-08-02.

[1] "Launch Services Definition: 101 Samples". Law Insider. Retrieved 2023-05-20.

[2] "Launch Service Providers". RocketLaunch.org.

[3] "Launch Database | SpaceFund". Retrieved 2023-05-20.

[:0-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w The Annual Compendium of Commercial Space Transportation: 2018 (Report). United States Government (Federal Aviation Administration). January 2018. Retrieved 2022-04-21.

[5] "Propulsion Products Catalog" (PDF). Orbital ATK. 5 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.

[6] Clark, Stephen (14 September 2018). "Engineers say goodbye to society-changing Delta 2 rocket – Spaceflight Now". Spaceflight Now. Pole Star Publications. Retrieved 2022-04-21.

[7] Federal Aviation Administration (2012). "Commercial Space Transportation: 2011 Year in Review". In Freeman SO, Butler KI (eds.). Commercial Space Industry: Manufacturing, Suborbitals and Transportation (This is an edited, reformatted and augmented version of the Federal Aviation Administration, HQ-121525.INDD, dated January 2012.). Space Science, Exploration and Policies. New York: Nova Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-62257-303-5. Retrieved 2022-04-22.

[:1-8] Moore, Maurice H. (February 2011). Department of Defense Spacelift In A Fiscally Constrained Environment (MS (Master of Military Art and Science) thesis). U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.

[9] ttps://www.stokespace.com ^{[bare URL]}

[10] "Rocket carrying cremains crashes after launching from Spaceport America". 2 May 2023.

[11] ttps://www.virgingalactic.com ^{[bare URL]}

[TradeInLaunchServices1991-12] Brooks, Timothy A. (1991). "Regulating International Trade in Launch Services". High Technology Law Journal. 6 (1): 66. eISSN 2380-4734. ISSN 0885-2715. JSTOR 24122277. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

[13] Heiney, Anna (2018-04-10). "LSP Overview". NASA. Retrieved 2023-05-20.

[14] "Mandate | NSIL". www.nsilindia.co.in. Retrieved 2023-08-02.

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v t e Orbital launch systems
List of orbital launch systems Comparison of orbital launch systems
Current	Angara 1.2 A5 Ariane 6 Atlas V Ceres 1 1S Chollima-1 Electron Falcon 9 Block 5 Falcon Heavy Firefly Alpha Gravity-1 GSLV H-IIA H3 Hyperbola-1 Jielong 1 3 KAIROS^† Kaituozhe 2 Kinetica 1 Kuaizhou 1 1A 11 Long March 2C 2D 2F 3A 3B/E 3C 4B 4C 5 5B 6 6A 7 7A 8 11 11H LVM3 Minotaur I IV V C Nuri OS-M1^† Pegasus XL Proton-M PSLV Qaem 100 Qased RS1^† Shavit 2 Simorgh SLS Block 1 Soyuz-2 2.1a / STA 2.1b / STB 2-1v SSLV Starship Tianlong-2 Unha Vega C Vulcan Centaur Zhuque 2
In development	Antares 330 Bloostar Cyclone-4M Deca Epsilon S Eris Gravity-2 Hyperbola-2 Irtysh Kuaizhou 21 31 Long March 9 10 12 Miura 5 MLV Neutron New Glenn New Line 1 NGLV Nova OS-M 2 4 Orbex Prime Pallas-1 Red Dwarf SLS Block 1B Block 2 Soyuz-7 Terran R Tianlong-3 VLM Vega E Zero Zhuque 3 Zuljanah
Retired	Antares 110 120 130^† 230 230+ Ariane 1 2 3 4 5 ASLV Athena I II Atlas B D E/F G H I II III LV-3B SLV-3 Able^† Agena Centaur Black Arrow Conestoga^† Delta A B C D E G J L M N 0100 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 II III IV IV Heavy Diamant Dnepr Energia Epsilon Europa I^† II^† Falcon 1 Falcon 9 v1.0 v1.1 v1.2 "Full Thrust" Feng Bao 1 GSLV Mk I H-I H-II H-IIB Juno I Juno II Kaituozhe-1 Kosmos original 1 2/2I 3 3M Lambda 4S LauncherOne Long March 1 1D^† 2A 2E 3 3B 4A Mu 4S 3C 3H 3S 3SII V N1^† N-I N-II Naro-1 Paektusan^† Pilot-2^† R-7 Luna Molniya M L Polyot Soyuz original FG L M U U2 Soyuz/Vostok Sputnik Voskhod Vostok L K 2 2M R-29 Shtil' Volna^† Rocket 3 Safir 1 1A 1B Saturn I IB V Scout X-1 Blue Scout II^† X-2^† X-2M X-3 X-3M X-4 X-2B^† B A B-1 D-1 A-1 E-1 F-1 G-1 Shavit original 1 SLV Space Shuttle SPARK^† Sparta SS-520 Start-1 Terran 1^† Thor Able Ablestar 1 2 Agena A B D Burner 1 2 Delta DSV-2U Thorad-Agena SLV-2G SLV-2H Titan II GLV IIIA IIIB IIIC IIID IIIE 34D 23G CT-3 IV Tsyklon R-36-O original 2 3 Universal Rocket UR-500 Proton Proton-K Rokot Strela Vanguard Vega original VLS-1^† Zenit 2 2M 2FG 3SL 3SLB 3F Zhuque 1^†
Classes	Sounding rocket Small-lift launch vehicle Medium-lift launch vehicle Heavy-lift launch vehicle Super heavy-lift launch vehicle
This Template lists historical, current, and future space rockets that at least once attempted (but not necessarily succeeded in) an orbital launch or that are planned to attempt such a launch in the future Symbol ^† indicates past or current rockets that attempted orbital launches but never succeeded (never did or has yet to perform a successful orbital launch)