Medium-lift launch vehicle
A medium-lift launch vehicle - MLV a rocket orbital launch vehicle that is capable of lifting between 2,000 to 20,000 kg (4,400 to 44,100 lb) of payload into Low Earth orbit - LEO.[1]
Medium-lift launch vehicles
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Launch of an Atlas B intercontinental ballistic missile
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Launch of the first American manned orbital space flight Atlas and Friendship 7
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A Falcon 9 v1.0 launches with an uncrewed Dragon spacecraft, 2012
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Falcon 9 booster tank at the SpaceX factory, 2008
Vehicle | Origin | Manufacturer | Mass to LEO (kg) |
Mass to other orbits (kg) |
Launches | Status | First flight | Last flight |
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R-7 Semyorka Soyuz | ![]() ![]() |
RSC Energia TsSKB-Progress | Operational | 1957 | ||||
Atlas (A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I) | ![]() |
Lockheed | Retired | 1957 | 1997 | |||
Delta | ![]() |
Douglas | Retired | 1960 | 1989 | |||
Saturn I | ![]() |
Chrysler & Douglas | 9,070 | 2,220 to TLI | 10 | Retired | 1961 | 1975 |
Atlas-Centaur | ![]() |
Lockheed | 148 | Retired | 1962 | 1983 | ||
Titan II GLV | ![]() |
Martin | 3,580 | 12 | Retired | 1964 | 1966 | |
Titan IIIC | ![]() |
Martin | 13,100 | 3000 to GTO 1200 to TMI |
36 | Retired | 1965 | 1982 |
Proton-K | ![]() ![]() |
Khrunichev | 19,760 | 311 | Retired | 1965 | 2012 | |
Soyuz original | ![]() |
OKB-1 | 6450 | 32 | Retired | 1966 | 1975 | |
R-36 Tsyklon | ![]() ![]() |
Yuzhmash | Operational | 1967 | ||||
Soyuz-L | ![]() |
OKB-1 | 5,500 | 3 | Retired | 1970 | 1971 | |
Long March 2-3-4 | ![]() |
China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology | Operational | 1971 | ||||
Titan IIID | ![]() |
Martin | 12,300 | 22 | Retired | 1971 | 1982 | |
Soyuz-M | ![]() |
OKB-1 | 6,600 | 8 | Retired | 1971 | 1976 | |
Soyuz-U | ![]() ![]() |
TsSKB-Progress | 6,900 kg from Baikonur and 6,700 kg from Plesetsk |
784 | Operational | 1973 | ||
Titan IIIE | ![]() |
Martin Marietta | 15,400 | 3,700 to TMI | 7 | Retired | 1974 | 1977 |
N-I & II[2] | ![]() |
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Retired | 1975 | 1987 | |||
Soyuz-U2 | ![]() |
TsSKB-Progress | 7,050 | 72 | Retired | 1982 | 1995 | |
Zenit | ![]() ![]() |
Yuzhnoye | Operational | 1985 | ||||
H-I | ![]() |
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | 3,200 | 1,100 to GTO | 9 | Retired | 1986 | 1992 |
Ariane 4 | ![]() ![]() |
Aérospatiale | 7,600 | 4,800 to GTO | 116 | Retired | 1988 | 2003 |
Delta II | ![]() |
United Launch Alliance | 6,100 | 2,170 to GTO 1000 to HCO |
153 | Operational | 1989 | |
Atlas II | ![]() |
Lockheed | 6,580 | 2,810 to GTO | 63 | Retired | 1991 | 2004 |
PSLV | ![]() |
ISRO | 3,800 | 1,750 to SSO 1425 to GTO |
37 | Operational | 1993 | |
UR-100N Rokot Strela | ![]() |
Eurockot Khrunichev | Operational | 1994 | ||||
H-II, IIA & IIB | ![]() |
Mitsubishi | Operational | 1994 | ||||
Athena I & II | ![]() |
Lockheed ATK | Retired | 1995 | 2001 | |||
Delta III | ![]() |
Boeing | 8,290 | 3,810 to GTO | 3 | Retired | 1998 | 2000 |
Dnepr | ![]() ![]() |
Yuzhmash | 4,500 | 2,300 to GTO 550 to TLI |
22 | Operational | 1999 | |
Soyuz-FG | ![]() |
6,900 | 56 | Operational | 2001 | |||
GSLV Mk.I & II | ![]() |
ISRO | Operational | 2001 | ||||
Atlas V | ![]() |
United Launch Alliance | 18,810 | 8,900 to GTO | 65 | Operational | 2002 | |
Atlas III | ![]() |
Lockheed Martin | 10,218 | 4,500 to GTO | 6 | Retired | 2003 | 2005 |
Soyuz-2 | ![]() |
TsSKB-Progress | 8,200 | 4,900 to SSO 3250 to GTO |
62 | Operational | 2004 | |
Falcon 9 v1.0 | ![]() |
SpaceX | 10,450 | 4,540 | 5 | Retired | 2010 | 2013 |
Vega | ![]() ![]() |
Avio | 1,430 to polar 1330 to SSO |
7 | Operational | 2012 | ||
Antares | ![]() |
Orbital Sciences | Operational | 2013 | ||||
Falcon 9 v1.1 | ![]() |
SpaceX | 13,150 | 4,850 to GTO | 15 | Retired | 2013 | 2016 |
GSLV Mk.III (LVM3) | ![]() |
ISRO | 8,000 | 4,000 to GTO | 1 | Operational | 2014 | |
Angara 1.2[3] | ![]() |
Khrunichev | Operational | 2014[4][5] | ||||
Falcon 9 full thrust (reusable configuration)[6][7] | ![]() |
SpaceX | 5,500[8] to GTO | 8 | Operational | 2015 | ||
Long March 7 | ![]() |
China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology | 13,500 | 5,500 to SSO | Operational | 2016 | ||
Unified Launch Vehicle | ![]() |
Indian Space Research Organisation | 15,000 | 6,000 to GTO | 0 | Development | ||
Super Haas | ![]() |
ARCA Space Corporation | Development |
See also
- Sounding rocket non orbiting
- Small-lift launch vehicle capable of lifting up to 2,000 kg to low Earth orbit.
- Heavy lift launch vehicle capable of lifting between 20,000 and 50,000 kg to low Earth orbit.
- Super Heavy lift launch vehicles capable of lifting more than 50,000 kg (110,000 lb) of payload into LEO.
- Comparison of orbital launch systems
- Comparison of orbital rocket engines
- Comparison of space station cargo vehicles
- Rocket
- Spacecraft propulsion
References
- ↑ NASA Space Technology Roadmaps - Launch Propulsion Systems, p.11: "Small: 0-2t payloads, Medium: 2-20t payloads, Heavy: 20-50t payloads, Super Heavy: >50t payloads"
- ↑ "N-2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- ↑ "Angara launchers family on manufacturer website". Khrunichev.ru. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
- ↑ The market for launching small satellite in Russia...
- ↑ "Angara, Russia's brand-new launch vehicle, is successfully launched from Plesetsk". Khrunichev. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
- ↑ "Capabilities & Services". SpaceX. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/726559990480150528
- ↑ http://spacenews.com/spacexs-new-price-chart-illustrates-performance-cost-of-reusability/
Further reading
- Mallove, Eugene F. and Matloff, Gregory L. The Starflight Handbook: A Pioneer's Guide to Interstellar Travel, Wiley. ISBN 0-471-61912-4.
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