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Saturn V
Used for Apollo and Skylab missions, most powerful rocket ever successfully flown.
Space Shuttle
Used for human spaceflight missions and satellite deployments by NASA from 1981 to 2011.
Falcon Heavy
Used for heavy-lift missions, known for having the highest payload capacity to orbit of any current rocket.
Soyuz
Used primarily for human transport to and from the International Space Station (ISS).
Ariane 5
European heavy-lift launch vehicle used to deliver payloads into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) or low Earth orbit (LEO).
Falcon 9
Known for carrying out a variety of missions, including delivering satellites into various orbits and resupplying the ISS.
Delta IV Heavy
Utilized for launching national security satellites for the United States government and other heavy payloads.
Atlas V
Used for a wide range of missions including interplanetary explorations and satellite launches.
H-IIA
Japanese launch vehicle used primarily to launch satellites into geostationary orbit and missions to space and other planets.
Long March 5
Chinese heavy-lift rocket used for a range of missions including crewed spaceflight, lunar exploration, and Mars exploration.
Electron
Small-lift launch vehicle known for deploying small satellites into low Earth orbit.
Proton
Russian heavy-lift launch vehicle used for launching commercial and government satellites.
Vega
Used for launching small-sized payloads to polar and sun-synchronous orbits, mainly focusing on Earth observation satellites.
New Shepard
Suborbital rocket system used for space tourism and microgravity research.
Antares
Medium-lift launch vehicle used primarily for delivering cargo to the ISS under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services program.
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