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Falcon 9 Block 5, the most prolific active orbital launch system in the world. This comparison of orbital launch systems lists the attributes of all current and future individual rocket configurations designed to reach orbit.
Soyuz 7K-T Soviet Union: OKB-1 ... Ariane 6 or Falcon 9 4: 8,000 Solar panels 4,000 LEO, 2,000 Lunar TBA Planned: 0: Suborbital space vehicles. Spacecraft
Soyuz-U: None No Retired (43) Progress-M (11F615A55) ... Falcon 9: 8.1: 6,400: 3,307 [5] 9.3 / 37: 2,507 [5] 4.0: Yes Operational Enhanced Cygnus
A Saturn V rocket, one of the most powerful operational launch vehicles to date. This article compares different orbital launcher families (launchers which are significantly different from other members of the same 'family' have separate entries).
Falcon 9 underwent iterative upgrades and completed the first propulsive landing of an orbital rocket stage in 2015. [5] SpaceX then began regularly reusing first stages. [6] In 2022, Falcon 9 broke the record of 47 launches in one year held by Soyuz-U. [7] Falcon 9 launched 91 times in 2023 and 132 times in 2024. [8]
Falcon 9’s clearance comes as SpaceX has two pivotal missions on its manifest. The company is slated to launch a mission called Polaris Dawn that will carry a crew of civilian space travelers ...
Engine Origin Designer Vehicle Status Use Propellant Power cycle Specific impulse (s) [a] Thrust (N) [a] Chamber pressure (bar) Mass (kg) Thrust: weight ratio [b] Oxidiser: fuel ratio
Falcon 9 is a partially reusable, human-rated, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle [a] designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX.The first Falcon 9 launch was on 4 June 2010, and the first commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched on 8 October 2012. [14]