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
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

  1. ^ Stage 1 only. Stage two builder not yet determined.