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Ariane 6
A modular European heavy-lift launch vehicle available as Ariane 62 or Ariane 64 with two or four P120C strap-on boosters.
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Rockets and spacecraft
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Falcon 9
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 combines two orbital stages with a recoverable first stage. Performance depends on configuration and flight profile.
Launch vehicle retired
Ariane 5
Ariane 5 is an orbital vehicle recorded in the historical launch-vehicle atlas, with its first documented flight in 1996.
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Electron
Electron is Rocket Lab’s small-satellite launcher, with two main stages and a Kick Stage for precise orbital delivery.
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Falcon Heavy
Falcon Heavy is a SpaceX heavy-lift launcher with three booster cores and 27 Merlin engines at liftoff. Its first flight took place on February 6...
Engine Active
High-Thrust Engine (HTE)
A main-stage engine demonstrator cited by ESA to examine key technological issues and develop European capabilities in propulsion-system integrat...
Launch vehicle retired
Space Shuttle
NASA’s space transportation system, retired in 2011, combined a reusable orbiter, an external tank and two solid rocket boosters.
Satellite Active
Starlink 1010
Satellite identified by NASA NSSDCA as 2019-074D and described as part of SpaceX’s Starlink constellation.