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Orbital Rockets

Sample comparison seeded live from the Launch Library 2 API: orbital launch vehicles ranked on capacity, track record, and cost.

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1	Falcon 9 Block 5SpaceX	71.9	22,800 kg	609	52,000,000 USD	1	549 t	70 m
2	Soyuz URussian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)	69.8	6,900 kg	694	—	20	313 t	51.1 m
3	Space ShuttleNational Aeronautics and Space Administration	59.1	27,500 kg	133	450,000,000 USD	2	2,030 t	56.1 m
4	Proton-M Briz-MKhrunichev State Research and Production Space Center	58.2	21,000 kg	62	—	6	712 t	53 m
5	Soyuz-U-PVBProgress Rocket Space Center	53.2	6,900 kg	72	—	2	313 t	51 m
6	Vostok 8A92MRKK Energiya	52.4	3,800 kg	92	—	1	282 t	30.84 m
7	Soyuz-U2Soviet Space Program	52.2	7,050 kg	71	—	0	298 t	34.54 m
8	Tsiklon-2Yuzhnoye Design Bureau	51.4	2,820 kg	103	12,000,000 USD	2	182 t	39.7 m
9	Soyuz FGProgress Rocket Space Center	51.0	6,450 kg	59	—	1	305 t	49.5 m
10	Long March 2CChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation	49.2	3,850 kg	64	—	1	233 t	42 m
11	Tsiklon-3Yuzhnoye Design Bureau	49.0	4,100 kg	115	15,000,000 USD	7	189 t	39.27 m
12	Long March 3B/EChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation	47.1	12,000 kg	75	70,000,000 USD	2	456 t	56.3 m
13	Long March 2DChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation	46.7	3,500 kg	99	30,000,000 USD	1	232 t	38.3 m
14	Ariane 5 ECAArianeGroup	46.2	—	71	—	2	780 t	57.7 m
15	ElectronRocket Lab	45.4	300 kg	87	6,000,000 USD	4	13 t	18 m
16	Soyuz 2.1aProgress Rocket Space Center	41.6	7,020 kg	57	80,000,000 USD	1	312 t	46.3 m
17	Proton-K/DMKhrunichev State Research and Production Space Center	39.2	—	61	—	5	711 t	59 m
18	Kosmos 11K63Strategic Rocket Forces	38.5	300 kg	118	—	8	48 t	31 m
19	SpaceShipTwoVirgin Galactic	16.2	0 kg	62	—	5	9 t	18 m