User:Barecode/Launch vehicles
- Isar Aerospace - Galactic Energy - Stoke Space - Radian Aerospace - Launcher (company) - Phantom Space Corporation - Ursa Major Technologies - Orienspace - Deep Blue Aerospace - HyImpulse - Space Transportation (company) - CAS Space - Space Perspective
Comparison of orbital launch systems - Link1 - Link2 - Link3
List by country[edit]
China[edit]
- OS-M1 - OneSpace
- ZK - CAS Space - [1]
- Tianxing-I-1 - Space Transportation (company) (Lingkong Tianxing) [2] [3]
- Tianmeng - Seres Space Exploration Technology - [4]
- two spaceplanes - China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology
- Jiuzhou Yunjian (JZYJ) - methalox engine named Lingyun - for reusable vehicle - [5]
USA[edit]
- SpinLaunch - catapult
- Pipeline2Space - catapult - W - AT - 2020
- Green Launch - catapult - W - NTA - 2020
- Stoke Space Technologies
- DELV - Advanced Rockets Corp - W - AT - 2020
- VALT Enterprises - W - AT - 2020
- Exos Aerospace - W - NT
- X-Bow Launch Systems - SW - NTA - 2019
- Vector Launch
- Phantom Space Corporation - W - AT - 2020
- Radian Aerospace
- Launcher (company)
- Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories - W - AT - 2020
- Konshu - Wagner Industries - W - NT - 2020
- Phoenix Launch Systems - W - AT - 2020
- Venus Aerospace - SSW - NTA - F 2020
- RocketStar - W - AT - F 2019
- Spacedarts - W - AT
- US1-LALV - Vogue Aerospace - SW - NTA
UK[edit]
- Reaction Engines
- Orbex
- Skyrora
- Protolaunch - W - AT - 2020
- Ada Lovelace - Gravitilab Aerospace Services - suborbital reusable launch vehicles - W - [6] [7]
- Astron Systems - W
- Orbit Boy - W - AT - [8]
- Frost One - Smallspark Space Systems - W - AT
- Tachyon Aerospace - W
- B2Space - rockoon - W - AT
- Black Arrow 2 - Black Arrow Space Technologies - concept
France[edit]
- MaiaSpace - Maïa Space - fr:Maïa Space - Arianne affiliate
- Zephyr - Venture Orbital Systems - W - AT
- Hybrid Propulsion for Space - W - AT
- Sirius Space Services - W - [9]
- Launcher 1 - Dark - W
- OPUS Aerospace - W - AT
- Spark Orbital - W - AT
- Hydrogen Aerospace - W
- Altair - ONERA - air launched - France - 2020?
Germany[edit]
- Isar Aerospace
- Rocket Factory Augsburg
- HyImpulse - W - [10]
- Valkyrie AirLaunch System - GAIA Aerospace - [11] - AT - [12]
Spain[edit]
- PLD Space
- Meso – Pangea Aerospace - W - AT
- Zero 2 Infinity - balloon to space
Other countries[edit]
- EOS SmallLauncher - Sidereus Space Dynamics - Italy - W - NT
- Dawn Aerospace - spaceplane - New Zealand - W - AT
- Infinity One - Omspace - India - W - AT
- Haas 2CA - ARCA Space - Romania - W - AT
- Aventura - TLON Space - Argentine - W - AT
- Taymyr-1A - Lin Industrial - Russia - W - NTA
- mu Space - Thailand - [13]
- Ripple Aerospace - Norway * - forum info
BU Rocket Propulsion (Boston University Rocket Propulsion Group)
Urvyam (India)
- Suborbital rockets
- Generation Orbit X-60 - Generation Orbit Launch Services - air launched
- World View Enterprises - from balloon to suborbital for space tourism
- Helios, Trailblazer - Aphelion Orbitals - 2017
List by year[edit]
- New rocket launching companies by last year heard of them
Beyond Earth
2015
- Space Launch Services (SpaceLS) - UK
- Ventions Salvo - USA - [14]
- SPARK (rocket)
2016
- Bagaveev Corporation
- 2017
Cloud IX, Celestia Aerospace
- 2018
CubeCab - Odyne Space - proximitE - Thor Launch Systems
- 2019
Orbital Exploration (OrbitX) - Orbital Cargo Drone (UK) - Stofiel Aerospace
- 2020
- Stardust - Timewarp - [15]
Rockets by year of first flight[edit]
2013
2016
- Electron - Rocket Lab
- SpaceShipTwo - Virgin Galactic
2017
- Kaituozhe-2 - China
2019
- Hyperbola-1 - i-Space - China
- Jielong 1 - China Rocket
- Ceres-1 - Galactic Energy - China
- Angara A5 - Rusia
- Astra - USA
- Xingtu-1 - Space Trek - China
- Nebula-1 - Deep Blue Aerospace - China
- HAPITH I - TiSPACE - Taiwan
- SSLV - India
- Firefly Alpha - Firefly Aerospace - USA
- Stardust 1.0 - bluShift Aerospace - USA
- Blue Whale 1 - Perigee Aerospace - South Korea - W - NTA
- Virgin Galactic - VSS Unity - USA
- PD AeroSpace - spaceplane - Japan
- Mk-II Aurora - Dawn Aerospace - space plane - New Zealand - W - AT
- LEO Launcher & Logistics - USA - SW - AT
- VLM - Brazil
- Tronador - Brazil
- Ariane 6 - France
- Spectrum (de) - Isar Aerospace - Germany - W - NT
- Rocket Factory Augsburg - Germany - W - NT
- Miura 1 - PLD Space - Spain - W - AT
- Angara 1.2 - Russia
- Cyclone-4M - Yuzhnoye - Ukraine - W - AT
- Nuri - KARI - South Korea - W - NTA
- H3 - Japan
- Long March 8 - China
- Hyperbola-2 - i-Space - China
- Zhuque-2 - LandSpace - China - [16]
- New Line 1 - LinkSpace - China - W - AT
- Sky Dragon 1 - Space Pioneer - China
- Vikram I - Skyroot Aerospace - India [17]
- Eris - Gilmour Space Technologies - Australia - T
- New Glenn - Blue Origin - USA
- RS-1 - ABL Space Systems - USA - W - NT
- Terran 1 - Relativity Space - USA
- Vulcan Centaur - ULA - USA
- Rocket Crafters - USA [1]
- Neptune - Interorbital Systems - USA - AT - 2020
- Ravn - Aevum - USA - W - AT - [18] - [19] - 2020
- Spyder - UP Aerospace - USA
- Sleek Eagle - Earth to Sky - USA - [20]
- Firehawk-1 - Firehawk Aerospace - USA - W - AT
- SpaceRyde - Canada - W - AT
- Reaction Dynamics - Canada - W - NTA - [21]
- Dream Chaser - SNC (spaceplane) - USA
2022
- Pallas-1 - Galactic Energy - [22]
- Prime - Orbex - UK
- HyImpulse - Germany - [23]
- RFA One (de) - Rocket Factory Augsburg - Germany - [24]
- Agnibaan - AgniKul Cosmos - India - [25]
- Rocky 1 - Space Ops - Australia - [26]
- ZERO - Interstellar Technologies - Japan [27]
- Volans - Equatorial Space - Singapore - W - AT - [28]
- The Corona - Eclipse Orbital - USA [29]
- SMA-2 - Space Mission Architects - USA - W - AT - [30]
- C6 Launch Systems - Canada - [31] [32]
- Montenegro - Acrux - Brazil [33]
- Space Rider - spaceplane - EU
2023
- Shockwave - iRocket - W - AT [34]
- Skylark XL - Skyrora - UK
- Orbital 500 - Orbital Access - UK
- Frost One - Smallspark Space Systems - UK
- UFS - ROKETSAN - Turkey
- DNLV - Independence-X Aerospace - Malaysia
2024
- Rocket 1 - Launcher (company) - USA - https://golden.com/wiki/Launcher_(company)-PBPBMKY
- Chetak - Bellatrix Aerospace - India - [35]
- Procyon - LIA Aerospace - W - AT
2025
- Skylon (spacecraft) - spaceplane - UK
- Tengyun - spaceplane [36]
Moon
- Astrobotic Technology - 2021
- Intuitive Machines - 2021
- Puli Space Technologies - 2021
- Masten Space Systems - 2022
Orbit
Active[edit]
- PLD Space - http://amp.lainformacion.com/empresas/pld-space-ronda-millonaria-primer-cohete-espacial/6499294/
- Relativity Space - 180m
- Vector Launch - 100m
- ABL Space Systems - 90m
- SpinLaunch - 80m
- Orbex - 40m [37]
- Isar Aerospace - 17m
- PLD Space - 17m
- Aevum - 12m contracts [38]
Reusable rockets[edit]
- Falcon 9 - SpaceX
- Starship - SpaceX
- New Glenn - Blue Origin
- Long March 8 - China
- New Line 1 - LinkSpace - China - 2020
- RocketStar - USA - 2021 - W - AT
- Miura 1 - PLD Space - Spain - 2021
- Hyperbola-2 - i-Space - China - 2021
- Zhuque-2 - LandSpace - China - 2021 [39]
- Shockwave - iRocket - USA - 2023 - W - AT [40]
- Infinity One - Omspace - India - W - AT
- Meso – Pangea Aerospace - W - AT - Spain
Space planes[edit]
- Boeing X-37
- SpaceShipTwo - Virgin Galactic - suborbital
- PD AeroSpace - Japan - 2020 - suborbital
- Dream Chaser - SNC - USA - 2021
- Space Rider - EU - 2022
- Orbital 500 - Orbital Access - UK - 2023
- Skylon (spacecraft) - UK - 2025
- Tengyun - China - 2025 [41]
- Mk-II Aurora - Dawn Aerospace - New Zealand - suborbital
- Talon A - Scaled Composites
- RLV-TD - India
- Quetzalcóatl - Wagner Industries - USA
Balloon[edit]
- Zero 2 Infinity - Spain - orbital for satellites and suborbital for tourism
- SpaceRyde - Canada - W - AT
- B2Space - UK - W - AT
- LEO Aerospace - USA - canceled in 2020
Stratosphere tourism:
- Space Perspective - 19 miles high - $125,000 per ticket - W
- World View Enterprises - USA - 30 km high - $75,000 per ticket
Launch from plane[edit]
- LauncherOne - Virgin Orbit
- Ravn - Aevum - USA - [42] - [43]
Commercial engines[edit]
- Ursa Major Technologies - W - AT - AI
- Protolaunch - W - AT - 2020
- Reach Space Technologies - SW - NTA - 2020
- Jiuzhou Yunjian (JZYJ) - China - methalox engine named Lingyun - for reusable vehicle - [44] [45] [46]
Aerospike[edit]
- Meso – Pangea Aerospace - W - AT
- Haas 2CA - ARCA Space - Romania - W - AT
- ProjectX - Nextaero
- RocketStar
Air breathing rocket engines[edit]
- DELV - Advanced Rockets Corp - W - AT - 2020
Other Propulsion[edit]
- Electromagnetic - Guoyao Tech - China - [47]
- Ripple Aerospace - Norway - launch from the ocean [48]
- VASIMR - Ad Astra Rocket Company
Satellite companies[edit]
- E-Space - planning 100,000 satellites claims it will “clean space” by capturing debris [49]
- Sateliot - panish startup's internet-of-things constellation - [50]
China space industry[edit]
China rockets[edit]
- Failed
- Kaituozhe-1 - CASC - solid fuel - 2002
- Kuaizhou 11 - ExPace (CASIC) - solid fuel - 2020
- Successful
- Kuaizhou 1 - ExPace (CASIC) - solid fuel - 2013
- Kuaizhou 1A - ExPace (CASIC) - solid fuel - 2017
- Kaituozhe-1 - CASC - solid fuel - 2017
- Jielong 1 - China Rocket (CALT) - solid fuel - 2019
- Hyperbola-1 - i-Space - solid fuel - 2019
- Ceres-1 - Galactic Energy - solid fuel - 2020
- Future rockets
2021+
- Zhuque-2 - LandSpace - liquid fuel (methane)
- Hyperbola-2 - i-Space - liquid fuel (methane)
- Darwin-1 (reusable) - Rocket Pi - liquid fuel (methane) - [51] [52] [53]
- Gravity-1 (Yinli-1) - oSpace - Orienspace - liquid fuel (methane)
- New Line 1 - LinkSpace - liquid fuel (kerosene)
- Nebula-1 - Deep Blue Aerospace - liquid fuel (kerosene)
- Tianlong - Space Pioneer
- Sky Dragon 1 - Space Pioneer
- Xingtu-1 - Space Trek
China rocket engines[edit]
- Aerospace Propulsion Technology - methalox engine for Orienspace - [54]
- Jiuzhou Yunjian (JZYJ) - China - methalox engine named Lingyun - for reusable vehicles - [55] [56] [57] - for Rocket Pi [58]
- S Motor - solid fuel rocket motors - [59]
China satellites[edit]
- Jilin-1 - Earth Observation satellites
- Geespace - LEO navigational satellites
- China Satellite Network Group - LEO internet satellites - two similarly named “GW” low Earth orbit constellations totaling 12,992 satellites - [60] [61] [62]
- Interspace Explore - developing a prototype of its Zengzhang-1 spacecraft - it is designed to carry 350kg of cargo to the CSS, and return 100kg -[63]
- Origin Space has plans for cleaning up space junk, developing asteroid defense technology, and harnessing asteroids, bringing them back to the Earth’s vicinity, and harvesting their resources - [64]
- Spacety - building satellites for clients and finding launchers for them - [65]
- https://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/1427373553796718594
- https://dongfanghour.com - China space news - YouTube
Future launches[edit]
These are the rockets that are most likely to succeed:
- Angara A5 - Russia -
- SSLV - India
- ISAR Aerospace - Germany
- Orbex - UK
- Relativity Space
- Virgin Orbit
- Astra
- Firefly
- Blue Origin
- Vector Space
- ABL Space
- ZERO - Interstellar Technologies - Japan
- HAPITH I - TiSPACE - Taiwan
- Blue Whale 1 - Perigee Aerospace - South Korea
- Volans - Equatorial Space - Singapore
- Interorbital Systems
- Launcher Space
To watch:
- bluShift Aerospace
- iRocket
- RocketStar
- PLD Space - Spain
- xBow
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