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Orbital Launch Vehicles

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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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.
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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.
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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).
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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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