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Company name Spacecraft Range Launch system Crew size Length (m) Diameter (m) Launch mass (kg) Power system First spaceflight* Status Blue Origin: Biconic Space Vehicle LEO: New Glenn: Planned date not known Development Boeing: CST-100 Starliner: LEO: Multiple, initially Atlas V: 7 [16] 5.03 [17] 4.56 [17] 13,000 Solar panels Crewed: 5 June 2024
manufacturer of Antares, Minotaur and Pegasus: PLD Space: Spain manufacturer of Miura 1 and Miura 5 Rocket Lab: New Zealand/United States 46/50: manufacturer of Electron launch vehicle Space One: Japan manufacturer of the KAIROS launch vehicle SpaceX: United States 437/445: Falcon 1, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy and Starship: Sea Launch: United ...
The crawler-transporters carry vehicles on the mobile launcher platforms (MLPs) used by NASA, and after each launch return to the pad to take the platform back to the VAB. [ 3 ] The two crawler-transporters were designed and built by Marion Power Shovel Company using some components designed and built by Rockwell International at a cost of US ...
A launch service provider is a type of company that uses launch vehicles and related services provided by a Launch Agency, including furnishing the launch vehicles, launch support, equipment and facilities, for the purpose of launching satellites into orbits or deep space. [1] There are over 100 launch companies from all over the world. [2]
Vehicle Status Use Propellant ... Gas generator 298–309 8,450–20,200 17–41 199: 1.8: RD-869 15D300 ... Comparison of orbital launch systems;
Relativity's advertised launch price was US$12 million per Terran 1 mission in June 2020. [28] Relativity conducted the first launch of Terran 1 on March 23, 2023 (UTC) after three scrubbed launch attempts. [29] Soon after launch, an anomaly occurred with the upper stage engine which prevented the rocket from achieving orbit.
Now known as the Medium Launch Vehicle, or MLV, the rocket is now 4.32 m (14.17 ft) in diameter with 7 Miranda engines on the first stage and 1 Vira engine on the second stage. [52] It will be capable of delivering over 16,000 kg to LEO in a 5 m (16.4 ft) fairing. [ 53 ]
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]