Rockets built to lift satellites, crew and cargo into orbit, from the Saturn V of the Apollo programme to the partly reusable Falcon rockets and Europe's Ariane 5. An entry belongs here when the cited article calls the craft a launch vehicle. It excludes crewed spacecraft that ride on top of a launcher. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members.
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Chrysler SERV (Wikipedia)
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SERV, short for Single-stage Earth-orbital Reusable Vehicle, was a proposed space launch system designed by Chrysler's Space Division for the Space Shuttle project.
View the Source H-IIA (Wikipedia)
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is a retired Japanese expendable launch system that was developed and operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in collaboration with JAXA
View the Source H-IIB (Wikipedia)
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was a Japanese expendable launch system jointly developed by JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
View the Source H3 (Wikipedia)
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is a Japanese medium-lift launch vehicle developed by JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)
View the Source H-I (Wikipedia)
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was a Japanese medium-lift launch vehicle
View the Source N-I (rocket) (Wikipedia)
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The N-I or N-1 was a derivative of the American Thor-Delta rocket produced under license in Japan.
View the Source N-II (rocket) (Wikipedia)
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The N-II or N-2 was a derivative of the American Delta rocket, produced under licence in Japan.
View the Source Ariane 1 (Wikipedia)
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was the first rocket in the Ariane family of expendable launch systems
View the Source Ariane 2 (Wikipedia)
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was a European expendable space launch vehicle
View the Source Ariane 3 (Wikipedia)
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was a European expendable carrier rocket
View the Source Ariane 4 (Wikipedia)
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The Ariane 4 was a European expendable launch vehicle
View the Source Atlas V (Wikipedia)
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Atlas V is an expendable launch system and the fifth major version in the Atlas launch vehicle family.
View the Source Delta IV (Wikipedia)
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Delta IV was a group of five expendable launch systems in the Delta rocket family.
View the Source Vulcan Centaur (Wikipedia)
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Vulcan Centaur is a heavy-lift launch vehicle developed and operated by United Launch Alliance (ULA).
View the Source McDonnell Douglas DC-X (Wikipedia)
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The DC-X, short for Delta Clipper or Delta Clipper Experimental, was an uncrewed prototype of a reusable single-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle built by McDonnell Douglas in conjunction with the United States Department of Defense's Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) from 1991 to 1993.
View the Source Delta II (Wikipedia)
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Delta II was an expendable launch system designed and built by McDonnell Douglas, sometimes known as the Thorad Delta 1.
View the Source Delta III (Wikipedia)
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Delta III was an expendable launch vehicle made by McDonnell Douglas (later acquired by Boeing).
View the Source Wikipedia: Saturn V
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The Saturn V is a retired American super heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by NASA under the Apollo program for human exploration of the Moon.
View the Source Wikipedia: Falcon 9
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Falcon 9 is a partially reusable, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX.
View the Source Wikipedia: Ariane 5
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Ariane 5 (French: [aʁjan sɛ̃k]) is a retired European heavy-lift space launch vehicle operated by Arianespace for the European Space Agency (ESA).
View the Source Falcon Heavy, Wikipedia
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Falcon Heavy is a super heavy-lift launch vehicle with partial reusability that can carry cargo into Earth orbit and beyond.
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