List of launch service providers

Type of company which specialises in launching spacecraft

A launch service provider or launch vehicle provider[1] is a type of company that delivers a payload into space, including the delivery of satellites, spacecraft, cargo, astronauts, and potentially space tourists.[2] Services provided may include furnishing launch vehicles, launch support, equipment and facilities, for the purpose of launching satellites into orbits or deep space. These companies and their launch vehicles are in various stages of development, with some (such as SpaceX, RocketLab, and ULA) already in regular operation, while others are not.[3]

In 2018, the launch services sector accounted for $5.5 billion out of a total $344.5 billion "global space economy".[4]: 9 It is responsible for the ordering, conversion or construction of the carrier rocket, assembly and stacking, payload integration, and ultimately conducting the launch itself. Some of these tasks may be delegated or sub-contracted to other companies. For example, United Launch Alliance formally subcontracted the production of GEM solid rocket motors for their Delta II and Delta IV (Medium version) rockets to Alliant Techsystems. (Both vehicles are now retired.)[5][6] An LSP does not necessarily build all the rockets it launches.

A document central to successful launch service provision is the Interface Control Document (ICD), a contract that specifies the integration and mission requirements responsibilities across the service provider and the service solicitor.[7]

In some cases, an LSP is not required to launch a rocket. Government organizations such as the military and defense forces may conduct the launch themselves.

## Current launch service providers

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### Corporate

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* AgniKul Cosmos (India)
* Antrix Corporation (India)[4]
* Arianespace (France)[4][8]: 34
* Astra (United States)
* Blue Origin (United States)[4]
* CAS Space (China)
* Deep Blue Aerospace (China)
* Eurockot Launch Services (Germany)
* Evolution Space (United States)
* Firefly Aerospace (United States)[4]
* Galactic Energy (China)
* GK Launch Services (Russia, Kazakhstan)[4]
* INNOSPACE (Korea)[4]
* International Launch Services aka ILS (United States)[8]: 34
* Interstellar Technologies (Japan)
* ISC Kosmotras (Russia)
* i-Space (China)
* Landspace (China)
* LinkSpace (China)[4]
* Mitsubishi Heavy Industries via MHI Launch Services (Japan)[4]
* Northrop Grumman Space Systems Group (United States)
* HyImpulse (Germany)
* OneSpace (China)[4]
* Orienspace (China)
* PLD Space (Spain)[4]
* Relativity Space (United States)
* Rocket Factory Augsburg (Germany)
* Rocket Lab (United States/New Zealand)[4]
* Sea Launch (Switzerland)[8]: 34
* Skyroot Aerospace (India)
* Space One (Japan)
* Space Pioneer (China)
* SpaceX (United States)[4][8]: 34
* Starsem (France)
* Stoke Space (United States) [9]
* The TRIT (India) [10]
* United Launch Alliance aka ULA (United States)[4]
* Up Aerospace (United States) [11]
* Vector Launch (United States)[4]
* Virgin Galactic (United States)[12]
* Zero 2 Infinity (Spain)

### Former Corporate

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* Orbital ATK (United States)[4]
* Orbital Sciences Corporation (United States)[8]: 34
* Stratolaunch Systems (United States)[4]
* Virgin Orbit (United States)[4]

### Governmental and State-owned

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* CALT (China)
* DARPA (United States)[4]
* ExPace (China)[4]
* Glavkosmos (Russia)[13]: 71
* ISA (Iran)[4]
* JAXA (Japan)[4]
*   * NADA (North Korea)[4]
* NASA (United States)[14]
* NSIL (India)[15]

## References

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1. ^ "GSA Professional Services Schedule Launch Integrated Services (SLIS) Implementation Guide" (PDF). GSA. General Services Administration. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
2. ^ Forganni, Antonella; de Sousa, Bruno R.; Borowitz, Mariel; Hoerber, Thomas, eds. (2025). Routledge Handbook of Space Policy. New York, NY: Routledge. p. 115\. ISBN 978-1040271926.
3. ^ "Launch Database | SpaceFund". Retrieved 2023-05-20.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w The Annual Compendium of Commercial Space Transportation: 2018 (Report). United States Government (Federal Aviation Administration). January 2018. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
5. ^ "Propulsion Products Catalog" (PDF). Orbital ATK. 5 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
6. ^ Clark, Stephen (14 September 2018). "Engineers say goodbye to society-changing Delta 2 rocket – Spaceflight Now". Spaceflight Now. Pole Star Publications. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
7. ^ Federal Aviation Administration (2012). "Commercial Space Transportation: 2011 Year in Review". In Freeman SO, Butler KI (eds.). Commercial Space Industry: Manufacturing, Suborbitals and Transportation (This is an edited, reformatted and augmented version of the Federal Aviation Administration, HQ-121525.INDD, dated January 2012.). Space Science, Exploration and Policies. New York: Nova Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-62257-303-5. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
8. ^ a b c d e Moore, Maurice H. (February 2011). Department of Defense Spacelift In A Fiscally Constrained Environment (MS (Master of Military Art and Science) thesis). U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.
9. ^ "Stoke Space / 100% reusable rockets / USA". Stoke Space / 100% reusable rockets / USA.
10. ^ "TRIT – The Centre of Excellence". TRIT.
11. ^ "Rocket carrying cremains crashes after launching from Spaceport America". 2 May 2023.
12. ^ "Virgin Galactic". www.virgingalactic.com.
13. ^ Brooks, Timothy A. (1991). "Regulating International Trade in Launch Services". High Technology Law Journal. 6 (1): 66. eISSN 2380-4734. ISSN 0885-2715. JSTOR 24122277. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
14. ^ Heiney, Anna (2018-04-10). "LSP Overview". NASA. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
15. ^ "Mandate | NSIL". www.nsilindia.co.in. Retrieved 2023-08-02.

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* Angara
* 1.2
* A5
* Ariane 6
* Atlas V
* Ceres
* 1
* 1S
* Chollima-1
* Electron
* Eris†
* Falcon 9 Block 5
* Falcon Heavy
* Firefly Alpha
* Gravity-1
* GSLV
* H3
* Hyperbola-1
* Jielong
* 1
* 3
* KAIROS†
* Kaituozhe 2
* Kinetica 1
* Kuaizhou
* 1
* 1A
* 11
* Long March
* 2C
* 2D
* 2F
* 3A
* 3B/E
* 3C
* 4B
* 4C
* 5
* 5B
* 6
* 6A
* 6C
* 7
* 7A
* 8
* 11
* 11H
* 12
* LVM3
* Minotaur
* I
* IV
* V
* C
* New Glenn
* Nuri
* OS-M1†
* Pegasus XL
* Proton-M
* PSLV
* Qaem 100
* Qased
* Shavit 2
* Simorgh
* SLS
* Block 1
* Soyuz-2
* 2.1a / STA
* 2.1b / STB
* Spectrum†
* SSLV
* Starship
* Tianlong-2
* Unha
* Vega
* C
* Vulcan Centaur
* Zhuque
* 2

In development|

* Antares 330
* Bloostar
* Blue Whale 1
* Cyclone-4M
* Deca
* Eclipse
* Epsilon S
* Gravity-2
* HANBIT-NANO
* Hyperbola-2
* Irtysh
* KSLV-III
* Kuaizhou
* 21
* 31
* Long March
* 9
* 10
* Miura 5
* Neutron
* New Line 1
* NGLV
* Nova
* OS-M
* 2
* 4
* Orbex Prime
* Pallas-1
* Red Dwarf
* RFA One
* SLS
* Block 1B
* Block 2
* Soyuz-7
* Terran R
* Tianlong-3
* VLM
* Vega E
* Zero
* Zhuque
* 3
* Zuljanah

Retired|

* Antares
* 110
* 120
* 130†
* 230
* 230+
* Ariane
* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* ASLV
* Athena
* I
* II
* Atlas
* B
* D
* E/F
* G
* H
* I
* II
* III
* LV-3B
* SLV-3
* Able†
* Agena
* Centaur
* Black Arrow
* Conestoga†
* Delta
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* G
* J
* L
* M
* N
* 0100
* 1000
* 2000
* 3000
* 4000
* 5000
* II
* III
* IV
* IV Heavy
* Diamant
* Dnepr
* Energia
* Epsilon
* Europa
* I†
* II†
* Falcon 1
* Falcon 9
* v1.0
* v1.1
* v1.2 "Full Thrust"
* Feng Bao 1
* GSLV
* Mk I
* H-I
* H-II
* H-IIA
* H-IIB
* Juno I
* Juno II
* Kaituozhe-1
* Kosmos
* original
* 1
* 2/2I
* 3
* 3M
* Lambda
* 4S
* LauncherOne
* Long March
* 1
* 1D†
* 2A
* 2E
* 3
* 3B
* 4A
* Mu
* 4S
* 3C
* 3H
* 3S
* 3SII
* V
* N1†
* N-I
* N-II
* Naro-1
* Paektusan†
* Pilot-2†
* R-7
* Luna
* Molniya
* M
* L
* Polyot
* Soyuz
* original
* FG
* L
* M
* U
* U2
* 2-1v
* Soyuz/Vostok
* Sputnik
* Voskhod
* Vostok
* L
* K
* 2
* 2M
* R-29
* Shtil'
* Volna†
* Rocket 3
* RS1†
* Safir
* 1
* 1A
* 1B
* Saturn
* I
* IB
* V
* Scout
* X-1
* Blue Scout II†
* X-2†
* X-2M
* X-3
* X-3M
* X-4
* X-2B†
* B
* A
* B-1
* D-1
* A-1
* E-1
* F-1
* G-1
* Shavit
* original
* 1
* SLV
* Space Shuttle
* SPARK†
* Sparta
* SS-520
* Start-1
* Terran 1†
* Thor
* Able
* Ablestar
* 1
* 2
* Agena
* A
* B
* D
* Burner
* 1
* 2
* Delta
* DSV-2U
* Thorad-Agena
* SLV-2G
* SLV-2H
* Titan
* II GLV
* IIIA
* IIIB
* IIIC
* IIID
* IIIE
* 34D
* 23G
* CT-3
* IV
* Tsyklon
* R-36-O
* original
* 2
* 3
* Universal Rocket
* UR-500 Proton
* Proton-K
* Rokot
* Strela
* Vanguard
* Vega
* original
* VLS-1†
* Zenit
* 2
* 2M
* 2FG
* 3SL
* 3SLB
* 3F
* Zhuque
* 1†

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* Sounding rocket
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