Launchers today and tomorrow | ||||||||
Brugge | Gunter | SUPER LAUNCHERS | ||||||
Country | Launcher | Weight [ton] | Latitude launch site | Mass to LEO [kg] | Mass to GTO [kg] | Cost [mil.USD] | Cost/kg to LEO [USD] | Note |
USA | Electron | 13 | -39 | 200 | 6 | 30 000 | ||
Pegasus | 24 | 0 | 470 | 12 | 25 000 | from plane | ||
LauncherOne | 35 | 500 | 12 | 25 000 | from plane | |||
Minotaur | 90 | 37 | 1 900 | 25 | 13 000 | |||
Antares | 300 | 37 | 7 800 | 80 | 10 300 | |||
Atlas 5 (420) | 420 | 28 | 17 000 | 7 000 | 160 | 9 400 | ||
Atlas 5 (550) | 570 | 28 | 20 500 | 8 700 | 190 | 9 300 | ||
Delta Heavy | 730 | 28 | 25 000 | 13 000 | 250 | 10 000 | ||
Vulcan | 550 | 28 | 27 000 | 15 000 | year 2022 | |||
Falcon 9 | 550 | 28 | 23 000 | 8 300 | ||||
Falcon Heavy | 1400 | 34 | 64 000 | 27 000 | ||||
SLS | 28 | 90 000 | year 2022 | |||||
New Glenn | 28 | 45 000 | year 2022 | |||||
SH Starship | 28 | year 2022 | ||||||
China | Ceres | 41 | 300 | |||||
Jielong | 23 | 41 | 300 | |||||
Kuaizhou | 30 | 41 | 400 | from transporter | ||||
Hyperbola | 30 | 41 | 500 | |||||
CZ 11 | 60 | 41 | 700 | from barge | ||||
CZ 2 | 470 | 41 | 8 500 | 70 | 8 200 | |||
CZ 3 | 450 | 28 | 12 000 | 5 500 | 80 | 6 700 | ||
CZ 4 | 250 | 38 | 4 200 | |||||
CZ 5 | 800 | 19 | 25 000 | 14 000 | ||||
CZ 6 | 100 | 38 | 1 500 | |||||
CZ 7 | 500 | 19 | 13 000 | 6 000 | ||||
CZ 8 | 340 | 19 | 7 600 | |||||
CZ 9 | 4100 | 19 | 130 000 | ? year 2025 | ||||
Russia | Shtil | 40 | 69 | 280 | 3 | 11 000 | from submarine | |
Start | 50 | 51 | 500 | 9 | 18 000 | from transporter | ||
Strela | 100 | 63 | 1 600 | |||||
Rokot | 110 | 63 | 1 800 | 15 | 8 300 | |||
Dnepr | 210 | 46 | 3 700 | 25 | 6 800 | |||
Soyuz | 310 | 46 | 8 000 | 2 500 | 50 | 6 200 | ||
Proton | 700 | 46 | 22 000 | 8 000 | 90 | 4 100 | ||
Angara 5 | 790 | 63 | 25 000 | 10 000 | ||||
EU | Vega | 140 | 5 | 2 500 | 40 | 16 000 | ||
Soyuz ST | 310 | 5 | 8 000 | 3 000 | 60 | 7 500 | ||
Ariane 5 ATV | 760 | 5 | 22 000 | 170 | 7 700 | |||
Ariane 5 ECA | 780 | 5 | 11 000 | 180 | ||||
Japan | SS 520 | 3 | 31 | 4 | ||||
Epsilon | 90 | 30 | 1 500 | 30 | 20 000 | |||
H 2A (202) | 290 | 30 | 10 000 | 4 100 | 80 | 8 000 | ||
H 2A (204) | 440 | 30 | 6 000 | 100 | ||||
H 2B (304) | 550 | 30 | 16 500 | 8 000 | 130 | 7 900 | ||
H 3 | 570 | 30 | 6 500 | |||||
India | PSLV | 300 | 13 | 2 200 | 1 100 | 30 | 14 000 | |
GSLV | 410 | 13 | 5 000 | 2 100 | 45 | 9 000 | ||
GSLV 3 | 630 | 13 | 10 000 | 4 000 | ||||
Israel | Shavit | 30 | 31 | 300 | ||||
Iran | Safir | 20 | 35 | 50 | ||||
Qased | 36 | |||||||
N. Korea | Unha | 90 | 39 | 100 | ||||
S. Korea | Naro | 140 | 34 | 100 | ||||
Launches since year 2015 | |||||||||
Wikipedia 2021 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |||||
Country | Year 2015 | Year 2016 | Year 2017 | Year 2018 | Year 2019 | Year 2020 | Year 2021 | ||
Russia | 25 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 22 | ||
China | 19 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 32 | 35 | 50 | ||
USA | 18 | 22 | 29 | 34 | 27 | 40 | 48 | ||
EU | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 7 | ||
India | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||
Japan | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
Iran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Israel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
North Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sum | 83 | 83 | 86 | 112 | 97 | 104 | 131 | ||
Launcher | Year 2015 | Year 2016 | Year 2017 | Year 2018 | Year 2019 | Year 2020 | Year 2021 | ||
CZ | 19 | 21 | 15 | 37 | 25 | 32 | 46 | ||
Soyuz | 17 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 21 | ||
Atlas | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
Proton | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
Falcon | 6 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 25 | 31 | ||
Ariane | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
PSLV | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||
H | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
Delta | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
Vega | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
Rokot | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
GSLV | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Zenit | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Safir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dnepr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Antares | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
Epsilon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Pegasus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Shavit | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Unha | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Kuaizhou | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
Minotaur | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Angara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Electron | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | ||
SS 520 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hyperbola | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jielong | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Qased | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | ||
Ceres | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||
LauncherOne | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
Astra Rocket | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
Sum | 83 | 83 | 86 | 112 | 97 | 104 | 131 | ||
Launch site | Latitude | Year 2015 | Year 2016 | Year 2017 | Year 2018 | Year 2019 | Year 2020 | Year 2021 | |
Baikonur | 46 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 13 | |
Cape Canaveral | 28 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 30 | 31 | |
Kourou | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 7 | |
Xichang | 28 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 15 | |
Plesetsk | 63 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | |
Jiuquan | 41 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 18 | |
Sriharikota | 13 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |
Taiyuan | 38 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 14 | |
Tanegashima | 30 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Vandenberg | 34 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
Semnan | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Yasniy | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wallops | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
Kagoshima | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Palmachim | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Sohae | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kodiak | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Wenchang | 19 | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
Vostochny | 51 | - | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
Onenui | -39 | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | |
Tai Rui | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | ||
Shahroud | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | |
YS(DeBo 3) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | ||
Mojave | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
Sum | 83 | 83 | 86 | 112 | 97 | 104 | 131 |