Launchers

1940s MX-774 (1946)

1950s

PGM-11 Redstone (1950–1964) SM-65 Atlas (1953–1965) PGM-19 Jupiter (1954–1961) PGM-17 Thor (1957–1960) SM-65A Atlas (1957–1958) Vanguard (1957–1959) Juno I (1958) SM-65B Atlas (1958–1959) Thor-Able (1958–1960) Juno II (1958–1961) SM-65C Atlas (1958 - 1959) Titan I (1959–1965) SM-65D Atlas (1959–1967) Atlas-Able (1959–1960) Thor-Agena (1959-1968) Little Joe (1959–1961)

1960s

Atlas-Agena (1960–1978) Thor-Ablestar (1960–1965) Thor-Delta (1960–1962) SM-65E Atlas (1960-1995) Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle (1960–1961) Atlas LV-3B (1960–1963) Scout (1961–1994) Saturn I (1961–1965) SM-65F Atlas (1961-1981) Titan II (1962-2003) LGM-30 Minuteman (1962-1970) Atlas-Centaur (1962–1983) Delta A (1962) Delta B (1962–1964) Little Joe II (1963–1966) Delta C (1963–1969) Titan II GLV (1964–1966) Delta D (1964–1965) Titan IIIA (1964–1965) Thor-Burner (1965–1976) Titan IIIC (1965–1982) Atlas E/F (1965–2001) Delta E (1965–1971) Atlas SLV-3 (1966–1968) Saturn IB (1966–1975) Titan IIIB (1966–1987) Thorad-Agena (1966 - 1972) Delta G (1966–1967) Saturn V (1967–1973) Delta J (1968) Delta L (1969–1972) Delta M (1968–1972) Delta N (1968–1972)

1970s

Titan IIID (1971–1982) Delta 0100 (1972–1973) Delta 1000 (1972–1975) Titan IIIE (1974–1977) Delta 2000 (1974–1981) Delta 3000 (1975–1989) Thor DSV-2U (1976–1980)

1980s

Conestoga (1981–1995) Space Shuttle (1981–2011) Titan 34D (1982–1989) Atlas H (1983–1987) Atlas G (1984–1989) Titan 23G (1988–2003) Delta II (1989–2018) Titan IV (1989–2005) Delta 4000 (1989–1990) Delta 5000 (1989)

1990s

Pegasus (1990–2026) Commercial Titan III (1990–1992) Atlas I (1990–1997) Atlas II (1991–2004) Minotaur-C/Taurus (1994–present) Athena (1995–2001) Delta III (1998–2000)

2000s

Minotaur I (2000–present) Minotaur II (2000–present) Atlas III (2000–2005) Atlas V (2002–present) Delta IV (2002–2024) Falcon 1 (2006–2009) Ares I (2009)

2010s

Minotaur IV (2010–present) Falcon 9 (2010–present) Antares (2013–present) Minotaur V (2013-present) New Shepard (2015-present) Electron (2017–present) Falcon Heavy (2018–present)

2020s

Rocket 3 (2020–2022) LauncherOne (2020–2023) Firefly Alpha (2021–present) Space Launch System (2022–present) RS1 (2023) Terran 1 (2023) SpaceX Starship (2023–present) Vulcan Centaur (2024–present) New Glenn (2025-present) Rocket 4 (Under development, expected 2025) Neutron (Under development, expected 2025) Nova (Under development, expected 2025) Terran R (Under development, expected 2026) Eclipse (Under development, expected 2026)

Sounding rockets

1940s WAC Corporal (1945–1947) Deacon(1947–1957) Aerobee (1947–1958) Bumper-WAC (1948–1950)

1950s

Loki (1955–2001) Asp (1955–1962) Jupiter-C (1956–1957) Skylark (1957–2005) Arcas (1959–1991) Javelin (1959–1976)

1960s

Astrobee (1960–1983) Nike Apache (1961–1978) Thor DSV-2 (1962–1975) Hopi Dart (1963–1964)

2000's

SpaceLoft XL (2006–present) Mesquito (2008–present) ALV X-1 (2008)

References