R-36O 8K69M (Yuzhnoye Design Bureau)
The R-36O was the only orbiting military nuclear weapon ever deployed, although in order to remain legal under international treaties it was a ‘fractional orbital’ weapon. Although American infrared e…
Rocket
Redstone MRLV (Chrysler)
The Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle, designed for NASA’s Project Mercury, was the first American manned space booster. It was used for six sub-orbital Mercury flights from 1960–61; culminating with th…
RFA One (Rocket Factory Augsburg)
RFA One is a three-stage rocket designed to launch small satellites and payloads of initially up to 1,350 kg into polar orbits….
Rokot/Briz-K (Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center)
Rokot also transliterated Rockot, is a Russian space launch vehicle that can launch a payload of 1,950 kilograms into a 200 kilometre Earth orbit with 63° inclination. It is a derivative of the UR-100…
RS1 (Long Wall)
2 stage launch vehicle developed by ABL Space Systems using their E2 RP-1/LOX rocket engine. Nine engines are used in the first stage and one in the second stage. The RS1 is designed to be deployed an…
SARGE (EXOS Aerospace)
The SARGE vehicle is based on the STIG B platform developed as part of Armadillo Aerospace’s lunar lander program.
The SARGE vehicle employs a LOX-ethanol propulsion module based on the LE2…
Saturn I (Chrysler)
The Saturn I was a rocket designed as the United States’ first medium lift launch vehicle for up to 20,000-pound (9,100 kg) low Earth orbit payloads….
Saturn IB (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
The Saturn IB (pronounced “one B”, also known as the Uprated Saturn I) was an American launch vehicle commissioned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the Apollo program. I…
Saturn V (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
The Saturn V was a human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1967 and 1973. Most notably, the Saturn V took the Apollo program to the Moon. It still remains the world’s tallest, heaviest, and…
Scout A (Vought)
The Scout family of rockets were were American launch vehicles designed to place small satellites into orbit around the Earth. The Scout multistage rocket was the first orbital launch vehicle to be en…
Scout A-1 (Vought)
The Scout family of rockets were were American launch vehicles designed to place small satellites into orbit around the Earth. The Scout multistage rocket was the first orbital launch vehicle to be en…
