Kuaizhou 1A (ExPace)
Kuaizhou is a family of Chinese “quick-reaction” orbital launch vehicles. Flying since 2013, Kuaizhou 1 and 1A consist of three solid-fueled rocket stages, with a liquid-fueled fourth stage as part of…
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Kwangmyongsong (Korean Committee of Space Technology)
A North Korean launch vehicle.
Lambda 4S (Institute of Space and Astronautical Science)
The Lambda was an experimental Japanese expendable carrier rocket
Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (GSLV Mk III) (Indian Space Research Organization)
The Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM-3), previously called Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk III), is a three-stage medium-lift launch vehicle developed by the Indian Space Research …
LauncherOne (Virgin Orbit)
LauncherOne is a two stage orbital launch vehicle developed by Virgin Orbit since 2007. It is an air launch to orbit rocket, designed to launch “smallsat” payloads of 300 kilograms (660 lb) into a Sun…
Little Joe (North American Aviation)
Little Joe was a solid-fueled booster rocket used by NASA for eight launches from 1959-1960 from Wallops Island, Virginia to test the launch escape system and heat shield for Project Mercury capsules.
Little Joe II (Convair)
American rocket used from 1963 to 1966 for five uncrewed suborbital tests of the Apollo spacecraft launch escape system and of the command module parachute recovery system in abort mode.
Long March 10 (China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation)
The Long March 10 is a human-rated super heavy launch vehicle designed to launch China’s Mengzhou crewed lunar spacecraft and its future Lanyue crewed lunar lander, as part of its crew lunar landing e…
Long March 10A (China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation)
The Long March 10A is a human-rated launch vehicle designed to replace the current Long March 2F, along with the Low Earth Orbit version of China’s Mengzhou crewed spacecraft, as their new Low Earth O…
Long March 10B (China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation)
The Long March 10B is a reusable launch vehicle based on the 1st stage of the Long March 10A, in turn derived from a single 1st stage core of the Long March 10, with 7 YF-100 series kerosene/liquid ox…
Long March 12 (China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation)
The Long March 12 carrier rocket is a Chinese medium-lift launch vehicle currently under development by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, using kerosene and liquid oxygen as propellant. …
Long March 12A (China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation)
Long March 12A/Changzheng 12A (LM-12A/CZ-12A) is a reusable orbital launch vehicle developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) of the state-owned China Aerospace Science and Tec…