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A heavy-lift launch vehicle (HLV) is an orbital launch vehicle capable of lifting payloads between 20,000 to 50,000 kg (44,000 to 110,000 lb) (by NASA classification) or between 20,000 to 100,000 kilograms (44,000 to 220,000 lb) (by Russian classification) [1] into low Earth orbit (LEO). [2]
' Brave '; Namesake: Vikram Sarabhai [1]) is a family of small-lift launch vehicles being developed by Skyroot Aerospace, an Indian startup aerospace company. Before a full orbital launch, a suborbital flight of rocket designated Vikram-S was performed on 18 November 2022 by the name of mission Prarambh ( Sanskrit , lit.
Alpha is designed to launch up to 1170 kg of payload to a 200 km low Earth orbit, or up to 745 kg payload to a 500 km Sun-synchronous orbit, suitable for CubeSats and other small payloads. [2] Primary payloads can be integrated by themselves or with a secondary payload , with vehicle capacity for up to 6 CubeSats.
SpaceX is planning to launch its Starship on Thursday on its seventh flight test from the company's Starbase in Boca Chica near Brownsville, Texas. The launch window opens at 5 p.m. EST.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System-2 satellite and the NASA test payload lifted off at 1:49 a.m. from Vandenberg Space Force Base, northwest of Los ...
The UR-700M would have a payload capacity of 750 t (1,650,000 lb). [64] The only Universal Rocket to make it past the design phase was the UR-500 while the N1 was selected to be the Soviets' HLV for lunar and Martian missions. [65] The UR-900, proposed in 1969, would have had a payload capacity of 240 t (530,000 lb) to low earth orbit. It never ...
Miura 5 is a two-stage European orbital recoverable launch vehicle currently under development by the Spanish company PLD Space.In a standard two-stage configuration, it will have a length of 34 m, be capable of inserting 1000 kg of payload into a low Earth orbit (LEO), featuring an optional kick stage that can circularize the orbits of satellites.
Vehicle Origin Manufacturer Height Maximum payload mass (kg) Reusable / Expendable Orbital launches including failures [a] Suborbital test flights Launch site(s) Dates of flight LEO GTO Other First Latest Starship Block 1 [140] United States: SpaceX: 121 m 40,000 – 50,000 [141] N/A N/A Reusable: 0 6 Starbase: 2023 2024 Angara A5 / Orion ...