Launch vehicles

country name weight (kg) height (m) stages payload (kg) dates in service

China CZ-1 79,400–

81,310 28.2–29.4 3 250–740 1969–2002

CZ-2 190,000–

464,000 32–40.4 2 or 3 1,400–9,200 1974–

CZ-3 204,000–

425,800 43.3–54.8 3 1,400–11,200 1984–

CZ-4 249,000 41.9–45.8 3 1,100–4,680 1988–

European Space Agency Ariane 1 207,200 50 4 1,850 1979–86

Ariane 4 240,000–

470,000 58.4 3 or 4 2,175–9,100 1988–2003

Ariane 5 777,000 59 2 10,500–16,000 2002–

Vega 137,000 30 3 1,500 not launched

Japan Lambda-4S 9,400 16.5 5 26 1966–74

M-5 137,500 30.8 3 or 4 1,300–1,800 1997–

N-I 131,330 34 4 360–1,200 1975–82

N-II 132,690 35 3 or 4 730–2,000 1981–87

H-I 142,260 42 3 or 4 1,100–3,200 1986–92

H-II 260,000 49 3 3,930–10,060 1994–99

H-IIA 285,000–

289,000 49 3 5,000–11,730 2001–

India SLV-3 17,610 24 4 42 1979–83

PSLV 294,000 44.4 5 800–3,700 1993–

GSLV 402,000 49 3 2,500–5,000 2001–

Israel Shavit 23,260–30,000 18 3 160–225 1988–

United States Jupiter C 29,060 21.2 3 or 4 11 1958

Redstone (Mercury) 28,400 20 1 1,290 1961

Atlas (Atlas rocket) (Mercury) 116,100 25 2 1,355 1960–63

Titan (Titan rocket) II 150,530 32.8 2 3,600 1962–2003

Titan IV 868,000–

943,050 44–63 4 5,760–21,680 1989–2005

Delta II (Delta) 231,870 38.3 2 900–5,000 1989–

Delta IV 249,500–

733,400 63–70.7 2 4,300–23,000 2002–

Atlas V 337,000–

541,200 58.3 2 1,500–20,050 2002–

Pegasus 23,130 16.9 3 450 1990–

Taurus 73,000 27.9 4 430–1,360 1989–

Falcon 27,200 21.3 2 430–670 2006–

Saturn V 3,038,500 102 3 47,000–118,000 1967–73

Saturn I 509,660 55 3 2,200–9,000 1961–65

Saturn IB 589,790 51 3 18,600 1966–75

space shuttle 2,030,000 56 3 12,500–24,400 1981–

U.S.S.R./Russia R-7 267,000–

269,000 30 2 84–1,327 1957–61

Vostok 275,000–

282,300 31 3 3,800–4,700 1960–91

Voshkod 298,400 31 2 5,900 1963–76

Soyuz 298,000–

310,000 43–51 2 5,500–7,800 1966–

Molniya 303,500–

305,640 40 4 900–1,800 1960–

Kosmos 48,110–

109,000 26–32 2 300–1,500 1966–

Proton 595,490–

712,800 46–59 2 to 4 1,880–21,000 1965–

Start 49,200–

60,000 23–29 4 or 5 500–645 1995–

Rokot 107,000 29 3 1,000–1,800 1990–

Shtil 40,000 15 3 350–430 1998–

N1 2,735,000 105 5 70,000 1969–72

Energia 2,524,600 97 2 22,000–88,000 1987–88

Ukraine Tsyklon 182,000–189,000 40 2 or 3 2,820–4,100 1967–

Zenit 459,000–

471,000 57–60 2 or 3 5,000–13,740 1985–