Heavy-lift launch vehicle
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A heavy-lift launch vehicle is an orbital launch vehicle capable of lifting payloads between 20,000 to 50,000 kg or between 20,000 to 100,000 kilograms into low Earth orbit. Heavy-lift launch vehicles
Falcon Heavy Demo Mission
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On the launch pad
Launch of AS-203, an uncrewed Saturn IB
Ariane 6
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Ariane 6 is a European expendable launch system developed for the European Space Agency and French Space Agency and manufactured by a consortium of European companies, led by the prime contractor Aria
Heavy-lift launch vehicle
…New Glenn Blue Origin 17,100 kN (3,800,000 lbf) 45,000 kg (99,000 lb) 2025 Unknown —N/a —N/a Operational Partial 2 / 3 US$68-110 million $1,511-2,444 Ariane 6 A64 Ariane Group Europe 15,370 kN (3,460,000 lbf) 21,650 kg (47,730 lb) 2026 ~20,000 kg (44,000 lb) —N/a —N/a Operational Planned (partially) 2 / 2…
Mockup of Ariane 6 in the 64 configuration during testing at the Guiana Space Centre
An ULPM prototype in 2021.