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worldwide view of the subject. (May 2020) |
Even before the launch of Sputnik 1, there were various types of launch vehicle designs. The launch vehicle designs described below are either canceled or never left the drawing board.
Name | Designer | Proposed | Canceled |
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Ares IV | NASA | 2000s | 2010 |
Ares V Lite | |||
Jupiter | DIRECT | 2010 | |
Falcon 1e | SpaceX | 2011 | |
Haas | ARCAspace | ||
Orbital Space Plane Program | NASA | 2002 | 2004 |
Falcon 5 | SpaceX | 2003 | 2005 |
Galaxy Express | Galaxy Express Corporation | 2009 | |
Ares I | NASA | 2005 | 2010 |
Ares V | |||
Rocketplane XP | Rocketplane Kistler | 2011 | |
Shuttle-Derived Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle | NASA | 2009 | 2010 |
Liberty | ATK and Astrium | 2011 | 2012 |
Falcon 9 Air | SpaceX | ||
Mars Colonial Transporter | 2012 | 2016 | |
Interplanetary Transport System | 2016 | 2017 | |
Big Falcon Rocket | 2017 | 2018 | |
OmegA | Northrop Grumman | 2016 | 2020 |
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