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- From: leech@mahler.cs.unc.edu (Jon Leech)
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- Subject: Space FAQ 15/15 - Orbital and Planetary Launch Services
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- ORBITAL AND PLANETARY LAUNCH SERVICES
-
- The following data comes from _International Reference Guide to Space Launch
- Systems_ by Steven J. Isakowitz, 1991 edition.
-
- Notes:
- * Unless otherwise specified, LEO and polar paylaods are for a 100 nm
- orbit.
- * Reliablity data includes launches through Dec, 1990. Reliabity for a
- familiy of vehicles includes launches by types no longer built when
- applicable
- * Prices are in millions of 1990 $US and are subject to change.
- * Only operational vehicle families are included. Individual vehicles
- which have not yet flown are marked by an asterisk (*) If a vehicle
- had first launch after publication of my data, it may still be
- marked with an asterisk.
-
-
- Vehicle | Payload kg (lbs) | Reliability | Price | Launch Site
- (nation) | LEO Polar GTO | | | (Lat. & Long.)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Ariane 35/40 87.5% Kourou
- (ESA) (5.2 N, 52.8 W)
- AR40 4,900 3,900 1,900 1/1 $65m
- (10,800) (8,580) (4,190)
- AR42P 6,100 4,800 2,600 1/1 $67m
- (13,400) (10,600) (5,730)
- AR44P 6,900 5,500 3,000 0/0 ? $70m
- (15,200) (12,100) (6,610)
- AR42L 7,400 5,900 3,200 0/0 ? $90m
- (16,300) (13,000) (7,050)
- AR44LP 8,300 6,600 3,700 6/6 $95m
- (18,300) (14,500) (8,160)
- AR44L 9,600 7,700 4,200 3/4 $115m
- (21,100) (16,900) (9,260)
-
- * AR5 18,000 ??? 6,800 0/0 $105m
- (39,600) (15,000)
- [300nm]
-
-
- Atlas 213/245 86.9% Cape Canaveral
- (USA) (28.5 N, 81.0W)
- Atlas E -- 820 -- 15/17 $45m Vandeberg AFB
- (1,800) (34.7 N, 120.6W)
-
- Atlas I 5,580 4,670 2,250 1/1 $70m
- (12,300) (10,300) (4,950)
-
- Atlas II 6,395 5,400 2,680 0/0 $75m
- (14,100) (11,900) (5,900)
-
- Atlas IIA 6,760 5,715 2,810 0/0 $85m
- (14,900) (12,600) (6,200)
-
- * Atlas IIAS 8,390 6,805 3,490 0/0 $115m
- (18,500) (15,000) (7,700)
-
-
- Delta 189/201 94.0% Cape Canaveral
- (USA) Vandenberg AFB
- Delta 6925 3,900 2,950 1,450 14/14 $45m
- (8,780) (6,490) (3,190)
-
- Delta 7925 5,045 3,830 1,820 1/1 $50m
- (11,100) (8,420) (2,000)
-
-
- Energia 2/2 100% Baikonur
- (Russia) (45.6 N 63.4 E)
- Energia 88,000 80,000 ??? 2/2 $110m
- (194,000) (176,000)
-
-
- H series 22/22 100% Tangeshima
- (Japan) (30.2 N 130.6 E)
- * H-2 10,500 6,600 4,000 0/0 $110m
- (23,000) (14,500) (8,800)
-
-
- Kosmos 371/377 98.4% Plestek
- (Russia) (62.8 N 40.1 E)
- Kosmos 1100 - 1350 (2300 - 3000) $??? Kapustin Yar
- [400 km orbit ??? inclination] (48.4 N 45.8 E)
-
-
- Long March 23/25 92.0% Jiquan SLC
- (China) (41 N 100 E)
- * CZ-1D 720 ??? 200 0/0 $10m Xichang SLC
- (1,590) (440) (28 N 102 E)
- Taiyuan SLC
- CZ-2C 3,200 1,750 1,000 12/12 $20m (41 N 100 E)
- (7,040) (3,860) (2,200)
-
- CZ-2E 9,200 ??? 3,370 1/1 $40m
- (20,300) (7,430)
-
- * CZ-2E/HO 13,600 ??? 4,500 0/0 $???
- (29,900) (9,900)
-
- CZ-3 ??? ??? 1,400 6/7 $33m
- (3,100)
-
- * CZ-3A ??? ??? 2,500 0/0 $???m
- (5,500)
-
- CZ-4 4,000 ??? 1,100 2/2 $???m
- (8,800) (2,430)
-
-
- Pegasus/Taurus 2/2 100% Peg: B-52/L1011
- (USA) Taur: Canaveral
- Pegasus 455 365 125 2/2 $10m or Vandenberg
- (1,000) (800) (275)
-
- * Taurus 1,450 1,180 375 0/0 $15m
- (3,200) (2,600) (830)
-
-
- Proton 164/187 87.7% Baikonour
- (Russia)
- Proton 20,000 ??? 5,500 164/187 $35-70m
- (44,100) (12,200)
-
-
- SCOUT 99/113 87.6% Vandenberg AFB
- (USA) Wallops FF
- SCOUT G-1 270 210 54 13/13 $12m (37.9 N 75.4 W)
- (600) (460) (120) San Marco
- (2.9 S 40.3 E)
- * Enhanced SCOUT 525 372 110 0/0 $15m
- (1,160) (820) (240)
-
-
- Shavit 2/2 100% Palmachim AFB
- (Israel) ( ~31 N)
- Shavit ??? 160 ??? 2/2 $22m
- (350)
-
- Space Shuttle 37/38 97.4% Kennedy Space
- (USA) Center
- Shuttle/SRB 23,500 ??? 5,900 37/38 $248m (28.5 N 81.0 W)
- (51,800) (13,000) [FY88]
-
- * Shuttle/ASRM 27,100 ??? ??? 0/0
- (59,800)
-
-
- SLV 2/6 33.3% SHAR Center
- (India) (400km) (900km polar) (13.9 N 80.4 E)
- ASLV 150 ??? ??? 0/2 $???m
- (330)
-
- * PSLV 3,000 1,000 450 0/0 $???m
- (6,600) (2,200) (990)
-
- * GSLV 8,000 ??? 2,500 0/0 $???m
- (17,600) (5,500)
-
-
- Titan 160/172 93.0% Cape Canaveral
- (USA) Vandenberg
- Titan II ??? 1,905 ??? 2/2 $43m
- (4,200)
-
- Titan III 14,515 ??? 5,000 2/3 $140m
- (32,000) (11,000)
-
- Titan IV/SRM 17,700 14,100 6,350 3/3 $154m-$227m
- (39,000) (31,100) (14,000)
-
- Titan IV/SRMU 21,640 18,600 8,620 0/0 $???m
- (47,700) (41,000) (19,000)
-
-
- Vostok 1358/1401 96.9% Baikonur
- (Russia) [650km] Plesetsk
- Vostok 4,730 1,840 ??? ?/149 $14m
- (10,400) (4,060)
-
- Soyuz 7,000 ??? ??? ?/944 $15m
- (15,400)
-
- Molniya 1500kg (3300 lbs) in ?/258 $???M
- Highly eliptical orbit
-
-
- Zenit 12/13 92.3% Baikonur
- (Russia)
- Zenit 13,740 11,380 4,300 12/13 $65m
- (30,300) (25,090) (9,480)
-