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The following a list of rockets. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... This article is about vehicles powered by rocket engines. ...

Launch systems

Known as "space rockets", these vehicle families have had launch attempts.

• Ariane, Europe
  • Ariane 1
  • Ariane 2
  • Ariane 3
  • Ariane 4
  • Ariane 5
• Atlas, USA
  • Atlas II
  • Atlas III
  • Atlas V
• Black Arrow, UK
• Cosmos-3M, Russia
• Tsyclon (Cyclon), Ukraine
  • Tsyclon II
  • Tsyclon III
  • Tsyclon IV
• Delta, USA
  • Delta II
  • Delta III
  • Delta IV
• Diamant, France
• Dnepr, Ukraine
• Energia, USSR
• Europa, Europe
• GSLV, Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle - India
• Long March rocket (ELS)
• N1 rocket, USSR
• Proton (rocket) (ELS)
• PSLV, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle - India
• Redstone, USA
• Saturn, USA
  • Saturn I
  • Saturn IB
  • Saturn V
• Soyuz, Russia
  • Soyuz-U
• SpaceX, USA
  • Falcon 1
  • Falcon 5
  • Falcon 9
• Thor, USA
• Titan, USA
  • Titan I
  • Titan II
  • Titan 23B
  • Titan III
  • Titan IV
• Voskhod, USSR
• Vostok, USSR
• Zenit, Ukraine
  • Zenit 2
  • Zenit 3
  • Zenit 3SL
  • Zenit 3SLB

The Ariane 4 Ariane is a series of a European civilian expendable launch vehicles for space launch use. ... Ariane I is the first version of the Ariane launcher family. ... Ariane 2 and Ariane 3 were expendable launch systems in the Ariane family designed by the European Space Agency. ... Ariane 2 and Ariane 3 were expendable launch systems in the Ariane family designed by the European Space Agency. ... Ariane 42P rocket with the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite (Kourou, August 10, 1992) (NASA) Ariane 4 was an expendable launch system, designed by the European Space Agency and manufactured and marketed by its subsidiary Arianespace. ... Ariane 5 mock-up Ariane 5 is a European expendable launch system designed to deliver satellites into geostationary transfer orbit and to send payloads to Low Earth orbit. ... Mercury Atlas 9 rocket and capsule on pad The Atlas is a venerable line of space launch vehicles built by Lockheed Martin. ... Mission Atlas II is a member of the Atlas family of launch vehicles, which evolved from the successful Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program. ... The maiden flight of the Atlas III The Lockheed Martin Atlas III was an American orbital launch vehicle, used between 2000 and 2005. ... Launch of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, 7:43:00 a. ... Black Arrows engine This article is about the rocket, for the novel, see The Black Arrow Black Arrow was a British satellite carrier rocket, based on the Black Knight and Blue Streak rockets. ... The Cosmos-3M (11K65M) (Russian: Космос-3Ðœ) is a Russian space launch vehicle. ... The Delta family of rockets is used in an expendable launch system that has provided space launch capability for the United States since 1960. ... The Delta II family of launch vehicles was designed and built by Boeings Integrated Defense Systems division and has been in service since 1989. ... Through the 90s, satellite masses were growing steadily. ... It has been suggested that some sections of this article be split into a new article entitled Delta IV launches. ... The Diamant rocket (diamant is French for diamond) was the first exclusively French expendable launch system. ... The Dnepr rocket (Ukrainian: ; Russian: ) is a space launch vehicle named after the Dnieper River. ... An artists conception of a Soviet Buran space shuttle lifting off atop the Energia booster. ... The Europa rocket was an early expendable launch system of the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO), which was the precursor to the European Space Agency and its Ariane family of launchers. ... The GSLV or Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle was developed by India (Indian Space Research Organization) to launch satellites into geostationary orbit. ... CZ-2F rocket A Long March rocket (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) is any rocket in a family of expendable launch systems operated by the Peoples Republic of China. ... Two N1 Moon rockets appear on the pads at Baikonur Cosmodrome in early July 1969. ... The Proton rocket (formal designation: UR-500) is a Russian unmanned space vehicle design first launched in 1965 and still in use as of 2003. ... PSLV or Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is an expendable launch system operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). ... First launched in 1953, the American Redstone rocket was a direct descendant of the German V-2. ... The SA-9 (Saturn I Block II), the eighth Saturn I flight, lifted off on February 16, 1965. ... The Saturn I was Americas first large clustered rocket. ... The Saturn IB was an uprated version of the Saturn I, which featured a much more powerful second stage, the S-IVB. Unlike the earlier Saturn I, the IB had enough throw weight to launch the Apollo Command/Service Module or Lunar Module into Earth orbit, which made it invaluable... For the moon designated Saturn V, see Rhea. ... Soyuz rocket on launch pad. ... The Soyuz-U or 11A511U rocket in the Soviet rocket designation series was a version of the Soyuz launch vehicle first introduced in 1973. ... The Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) is a space-transportation startup company whose stated goal is to improve the cost and reliability of access to space ultimately by a factor of ten. It is based in El Segundo, California, USA. SpaceX is developing a family of partially reusable two-stage... The Falcon 1 is a partially reusable launch system, designed and manufactured by SpaceX, a space-transportation startup company founded by entrepreneur and PayPal founder Elon Musk to provide commercial launch-to-space services. ... The Falcon 5 is a Falcon family two stage to orbit RP-1 kerosene/liquid oxygen semi-reusable launch vehicle designed and manufactured by SpaceX. The 1st stage includes five Merlin engines and the upper stage includes one Merlin engine. ... The Falcon 9 is an EELV class launch vehicle planned by SpaceX and scheduled to launch in 2008. ... Thor-Ablestar Thor was the United Statess first operational ballistic missile. ... Titan was a family of U.S. expendable rockets used between 1959 and 2005. ... The Titan I was the United States first true multistage ICBM. It was the first in a series of Titan rockets, but was unique among them in that it used LOX and RP-1 as its fuels, while the later versions all used storable fuels instead. ... Titan II launch vehicle launching Gemini 11 (Sept. ... Mission Titan 23B is a medium-lift space launch vehicle used to carry payloads for the Air Force. ... The Titan IIIC is a space booster used by the United States Air Force. ... The Titan IV family (including the IVA and IVB) of space boosters are used by the US Air Force. ... The Voskhod rocket (Russian: Восход, translated as Sunrise) was a derivative of the Soviet R-7 ICBM designed for the human spaceflight programme but later used for launching Zenit reconnaissance satellites. ... The Vostok rocket (Russian Восток, translated as East) was a derivative of the Soviet R-7 ICBM designed for the human spaceflight programme but later used for other satellite launches. ... Zenit, meaning zenith, is the name of several things: Zenit rocket, a Ukrainian expendable launch vehicle in current use Zenit spy satellite, a Soviet military spy satellite Zenit sounding rocket, a Swiss rocket used from 1967 to 1973 Zenit (camera) Zenit (sports society), a Soviet Voluntary Sports Society. ... The Zenit rocket (Ukrainian: Зеніт, Russian: Зени́т; meaning Zenith) is a space launch vehicle manufactured by the Yuzhnoe Design Bureau of Ukraine. ... Zenit-3SL is three stage version of Ukrainian Zenit rocket, created for and used by Sea Launch consortium. ...

Upper stages

Main article: Multistage rocket

• Agena, USA
• Briz, Russia
• Centaur, USA
• Earth Departure Stage (EDS), USA
• Fregat, Russia
• Inertial Upper Stage (IUS), USA
• Payload Assist Module, USA
• Transtage, USA

The second stage of a Minuteman III rocket A multistage (or multi-stage) rocket is, like any rocket, propelled by the recoil pressure of the burning gases it emits as it burns fuel. ... The Agena (designated RM-81 by the USAF) was a rocket upper stage developed by Lockheed for the ill-fated WS-117L US reconnaissance satellite program. ... Model of Centaur with Surveyor as payload. ... The Ares V Earth Departure Stage (EDS) is the high-energy cryogenic upper stage of NASAs proposed new Ares V launch vehicle. ... Fregat is a rocket stage developed in the NPO im. ... The Galileo spacecraft and its attached Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) booster being deployed after being launched by the Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-34 mission The Inertial Upper Stage or IUS is a two-stage solid-fueled booster rocket developed by NASA and the U.S. Air Force for... SBS-3 satellite with PAM-D stage inside the space shuttle PAM-D stage in assembly PAM (Payload Assist Module) is a modular upper stage operated with solid propellant, used with Space Shuttle, Delta, and Titan launchers. ...

Sounding Rockets

USA

• Aerobee
• Arcas, Boosted Arcas
• Astrobee
• Athena H
• Blue Scout Junior
• Bumper
• Castor 4B
• Castor Orbus
• Loki, Super Loki
• Javelin
• Maxus
• Nike, Nike Apache, Nike Hydac, Nike Iroquois, Nike Javelin, Nike Malemute, Nike Nike, Nike Orion, Nike Recruit, Nike T40 T55, Nike Tomahawk, Nike Viper, Nike-Asp, Nike Cajun, Nike-Deacon , Nike Hawk
• Orion
• Prospector ^{[disambiguation needed]}
• Little Joe
• Sidewinder Arcas, Sidewinder-Raven
• SpaceLoft XL, UP Aerospace
• Starbird
• Strypi
• Tomahawk
• Viking
• WAC

The Aerobee rocket was a small (8 m) unguided suborbital sounding rocket used for high atmospheric and cosmic radiation research in the United States in the 1950s. ... Arcas is a character from Greek Mythology, being the son of the God Zeus (The God of Thunder and the lord over all Gods) and Callisto (The Goddess of the Great Bear, also known as Ursa Major). ... Astrobee 1500. ... The Athena rocket is a Lockheed Martin launch vehicle. ... The Bumper was a V2-derived sounding rocket used by the United States to gather data from high altitudes. ... It has been suggested that Loki and the dwarfs be merged into this article or section. ... Javelin is the designation of an American sounding rocket. ... Maxus, an American band, released only one album - Maxus (1981). ... Launch of a Nike Zeus missile Project Nike was a US Army project, proposed in May 1945 by Bell Labs, to develop a line-of-sight anti-aircraft missile system. ... Orion is the designation of a small American elevator research rocket. ... A prospector is a person who prospects, or explores an area for natural resources such as minerals, oil, flora or fauna. ... Little Joe was also a railroad locomotive type Little Joe Program When NASA went shopping for a booster to use in the Mercury program they found that the Atlas rockets would cost approximately $2. ... Sidewinder Arcas is the designation of a two-stage sounding rocket, consisting of a Sidewinder starting stage and an Arcas upper stage. ... The SpaceLoft XL is a sounding rocket developed by UP Aerospace. ... UP Aerospace logo. ... Strypi Rockets at the Kauai Test Facility Strypi is the name of an US sounding rocket. ... Tomahawk may refer to: Tomahawk (axe), a type of axe made and used by Native Americans Tomahawk (band), an alternative metal band fronted by Mike Patton Tomahawk (geometric shape), a geometric shape that can be used to trisect angles Tomahawk (software components), a set of JSF components (software) Tomahawk haircut... Viking mission profile. ... WAC is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: Wac Corporal, the first U.S. sounding rocket Walker Art Center, a modern art museum in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Washington College of Chestertown, Maryland, USA Weighted average cost of capital, a term used in inventory management and accounting...

Russia

• M-100
• MMR06
• MR-12
• MR-20

M-100 (rocket) was a Russian double-stage sounding rocket. ... The MMR06 is a Russian rocket for meteorological experiments. ... MR-12 is a Russian elevator research rocket. ... MR-20 is a Russian sounding rocket. ...

UK

• Leopard
• Skua
• Petruel
• Rook
• Skylark
• Black Knight
• Jaguar
• Fulmar
• Falstaff

Leopard is the name of a British double stage experimental rocket, which was launched between 1959 and 1962 eleven times from Aberporth. ... Skua is the designation of a British sounding rocket, which was launched between 1959 and 1981 in 4 versions over 300 times. ... The Petrel was a British sounding rocket. ... Rook is the name of a British rocket. ... The Skylark sounding rocket The final launch of the Skylark at Esrange, Sweden on May 2, 2005 Skylark was a British sounding rocket design. ... A black knight is a soldier or knight who either is not bound to a specific liege or does not want his liege, or himself, to be identified and so does not bear any heraldic standards or has blackened them out. ... The Jaguar (also called Jabiru) was a three-stage British elevator research rocket built in several versions. ... The Fulmar was a two-stage British elevator research rocket. ... Falstaff is the name of a British hypersonic research rocket. ...

France

• Aigle
• Agate
• Belier
• Berenice
• Centaure
• Cora
• Daniel
• Dauphin
• Dragon
• Emeraude
• Eridan
• Monica
• Rubis
• Saphir
• Tacite
• Tibere
• Titus
• Topaze
• Veronique

Italy

• Alfa
• Sispre

Alfa was the designation of an Italian program for the development of efficient solid-propellant rockets. ... Sispre is the designation of an Italian sounding rocket. ...

Spain

• INTA-255
• INTA-300

The INTA-255 was a Spanish sounding rocket. ... The INTA-300 was a two-stage Spanish sounding rocket. ...

Poland

• Meteor

Meteor is a designation of a series of Polish sounding rockets. ...

China

• T-7

T-7 is the name of Chinas first sounding rocket. ...

Germany

• Mohr Rocket
• Cirrus
• Kumulus
• Seliger Rocket

The Mohr Rocket was a sounding rocket developed by Ernst Mohr in Wuppertal, Germany. ... The Cirrus is a rocket with two stages, developed by the Hermann Oberth Society. Its first launch was on September 16th, 1961. ... This article is about a rocket; for clouds, visit Cumulus. ... Seliger Rocket is the designation for the sounding rockets of the Berthold Seliger Forschungs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH. They were A single-stage rocket with a length of 3. ...

Japan

• S-160
• S-210
• S-310
• S-520
• Kappa auch J

S-160 is the name of a single stage Japanese sounding rocket. ... S-210 is the name of a single stage Japanese sounding rocket. ... S-310 is the designation of a Japanese sounding rocket. ... S-520 is the designation of a Japanese sounding rocket. ... Kappa is also a number of Japanese sounding rockets, which were built starting from 1956. ...

Argentina

• Canopus
• Rigel
• Orion

Canopus is the name of an Argentinian sounding rocket. ... Rigel is the name of an Argentinian sounding rocket. ... Orion was the designation of a sounding rocket of Argentina, which was started between 1965 and 1971 by CELPA and by Wallops Island. ...

Brazil

• Sonda 4
• VSB-30
• VS-40
• VSV-30

Sonda is a type of Brazilian-built sounding rockets. ... VSB-30 is the designation of a Brazilian sounding rocket, which replaced the Skylark rocket at Esrange. ...

Switzerland

• Zenit

Unguided weapons

• AIR-2 Genie
• Congreve rocket
• Qassam rocket
• RP-3
• Fajr-3
• Fajr-5
• Khaibar-1

An AIR-2 Genie on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force A Convair F-106 of the California Air National Guard fires an inert version of the Genie Plumbbob John Nuclear Test, a live test of nuclear AIR-2A Genie rocket on July 19th 1957. ... The Congreve Rocket was a British military weapon designed by Sir William Congreve in 1804. ... The remnants of an exploded Qassam rocket that was fired from the Gaza Strip at Israel. ... The RP-3 (for Rocket Projectile 3), was a British air to ground rocket used in the Second World War. ... The Fajr-3 Artillery Rocket is an Iranian multiple-launch artillery rocket, a third-generation Katyusha rocket. ... Fadjr 5 Artillery Rocket The Fajr-5 (Persian: فجر-5, meaning dawn-5) is an artillery rocket developed by Iran in early 2006. ... Remains of a Khaibar-1 rocket found in Afula The Khaibar-1 (Arabic: ‎) is a recently named artillery rocket used by the militant group Hezbollah to attack cities and towns in northern Israel. ...

Unguided anti-aircraft rockets

• AIR-2 Genie
• Fin-Folding Aerial Rocket
• R4M rocket
• RS-82 rocket

An AIR-2 Genie on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force A Convair F-106 of the California Air National Guard fires an inert version of the Genie Plumbbob John Nuclear Test, a live test of nuclear AIR-2A Genie rocket on July 19th 1957. ... The Fin-Folding Aerial Rocket (FFAR) is a 2. ... R4M rockets, on an Me 262s starboard launcher. ... RS-82 and RS-132 (Reaktivniy Snaryad; Russian: Реактивный Снаряд; rocket-powered cannon shell) were unguided rockets used by Soviet military aircraft in World War II. // Development Design work on RS-82 and RS-132 rockets began in the early 1930s. ...

Ballistic missiles

• Al-Samoud 2
• Minuteman I (rocket)
• Minuteman II (rocket)
• Minuteman III (rocket)
• Jupiter IRBM
• Jupiter-C IRBM
• Regulus missile
• Peacekeeper missile
• R-7 rocket
• V2 rocket

Al-Samoud (الصمود, alternately Al-Samed) of the former Iraq regime is a liquid-fuel missile which is essentially a scaled-down Scud, though parts are also derived from the Russian SA-2 Guideline surface-to-air missile. ... The LGM-30 Minuteman is a United States nuclear missile, a land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). ... The LGM-30 Minuteman is a United States nuclear missile, a land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). ... The LGM-30 Minuteman is a United States nuclear missile, a land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). ... Jupiter IRBM mobile missile The Jupiter Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile, first tested in 1957, was the United States second Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM). ... The Jupiter-C Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) was designed by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) The vehicle consists of a modified Redstone ballistic missile with three solid-propellant upper stages. ... Regulus missile The SSM-N-8A Regulus cruise missile was the nuclear deterrent weapon employed by the United States Navy from 1955 to 1964. ... Test launch of Peacekeeper ICBM from Vandenberg AFB, CA (USAF) The LG-118A Peacekeeper is a land-based ICBM deployed by the United States starting in 1986. ... R-7 with Sputnik 2 The R-7 (Semyorka) was the worlds first ICBM and was deployed by the Soviet Union. ... German test launch. ...

See also

• Chronology of Pakistan's rocket tests
• Model rocket
• List of launch vehicles
• List of rocket planes
• List of weapons
• List of missiles
• List of artillery#Rockets
• Expendable launch system
• NATO reporting name (has lists of various Soviet missiles)
• Rocket Festival Tradition bamboo rockets of Laos and Northeastern Thailand