Nothing under development right now.
Comparison of heavy lift launch systems edit
For this article, heavy lift launch systems are determined as being those capable of lifting at least 20,000 kg to low Earth orbit.
Vehicle | Manufacturer | Mass to LEO (kg) | Mass to GTO (kg) | Cost (Mil $) | Cost/kg (LEO) | Cost/kg (GTO) | Record | Status |
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Ares V | Alliant Techsystems[1] | 130,000 | 0/0 | Development | ||||
Ariane 5 | EADS Astrium | 21,000 | 10,500 | 30/34 | Operational | |||
Atlas V | Lockheed Martin | 20,050 | 8,200 | 10/11 | Operational | |||
Delta 4 Heavy | Boeing | 25,800 | 10,843 | 1/2 | Operational | |||
Energia | NPO Energia | ~100,000 | Retired | |||||
Falcon 9 Heavy | SpaceX | 28,400 | 12,000 | 90 | 3,273 | 10,000 | 0/0 | Development |
Proton | Khrunichev | 22,000 | 6,000 | Operational | ||||
Space Transportation System | multiple | 24,400 | 3,810 | 118/120 | Opertional | |||
Saturn V | multiple | 118,000 | 12/12 | Retired |
Notes edit
- ^ Stage 1 only. Stage two builder not yet determined.