Launch Providers

The European launch-services company marketing the Ariane and Vega families from the Guiana Space Centre.

The company behind the reusable New Shepard suborbital vehicle, the orbital New Glenn, and the BE-3/BE-4 engines.

China's national space administration, associated with the Long March family of launch vehicles.

The European Space Agency, which funds and develops the Ariane and Vega launch vehicles operated by Arianespace.

A launch and space company operating the small-to-medium-lift Firefly Alpha rocket.

A German launch startup developing the small-lift Spectrum rocket.

The Indian Space Research Organisation, operator of the PSLV, GSLV, LVM3, and SSLV launch vehicles.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, which develops the H-IIA, H-IIB, H3, and Epsilon launch vehicles.

The aerospace manufacturer whose lineage (the Martin Company → Martin Marietta → Lockheed Martin) built and operated the Titan family of launch vehicles.

The U.S. civil space agency, operator of the Saturn family, Space Shuttle, and the Space Launch System.

The aerospace company (via the former Orbital Sciences / Orbital ATK) that operates the Antares, Pegasus, and Minotaur launch vehicles.

A Spanish launch company developing the Miura family, including the suborbital Miura 1 and orbital Miura 5.

A launch company developing the medium-lift, reusable Terran R using large-scale additive manufacturing (3D printing).

A small-launch provider operating the Electron rocket and developing the medium-lift, reusable Neutron.

The Russian state space corporation operating the Soyuz, Proton, and Angara launch vehicles.

The commercial launch provider behind Falcon 1, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship, and a pioneer of orbital-class booster reuse.

A Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture operating the Atlas V, Delta IV, and Vulcan Centaur for U.S. government and commercial launches.

A now-defunct air-launch company that operated LauncherOne, released from a modified Boeing 747 carrier aircraft.