Para este artículo, el concepto de la clase media de vehículos de lanzamiento se define como cohetes capaces de entregar una carga útil que pesa de 2 a 10 toneladas en órbita terrestre baja [nota 1].
En la siguiente tabla, los vehículos de lanzamiento que aún no han realizado un solo lanzamiento exitoso están en cursiva
Leyenda de la siguiente tabla: [ en desarrollo ] - [ en desuso y en desuso ] - [ usado ]
Cohete | País | Fabricante | Carga a LEO , kg |
Carga en GSO , kg |
Precio , millones de US$ , año | Lanzamientos exitosos/totales [ nota 2] |
primer vuelo año |
último vuelo, año |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Angara-1.2 | Rusia | CIC | 3.800 [1] | 3/3 | 2014 | - | ||
Ariane-1 | unión Europea | Arianespace | 1,400 | 1,830 | 9/11 | 1979 | 1986 | |
Ariane-2 | unión Europea | Arianespace | 2.270 | 5/6 | 1986 | 1989 | ||
Ariane-3 | unión Europea | Arianespace | 2,650 | 10/11 | 1984 | 1989 | ||
Ariane-4 | unión Europea | Arianespace | 7,600
|
113/116 | 1990 | 2003 | ||
atlas g | EE.UU | bloqueo | 3,630 | 2.255 | 5/7 | 1984 | 1989 | |
atlas h | EE.UU | bloqueo | 3,630 | 2.255 | 5/5 | 1983 | 1987 | |
atlas-1 | EE.UU | Lockheed Martin | 3,630 | 2.255 | 5/8 | 1990 | 1997 | |
Atlas-2 /A/AS | EE.UU | Lockheed Martin | 1991 | 2004 | ||||
Atlas- 3A | EE.UU | Lockheed Martin | 8,640 | 4.055 | 2/2 | 2000 | 2004 | |
atlas-5 401 | EE.UU | ULA | 9,800 [2] | 4.951
|
9/10 | 2002 | ||
atlas-5 501 | EE.UU | ULA | 3.971 | 2/2 | 2010 | — | ||
delta 4925 | EE.UU | McDonnell-Douglas | 3,400 | 1200 | 2/2 | 1989 | 1990 | |
delta 5920 | EE.UU | McDonnell-Douglas | 3.848
|
N / A | 1/1 |
1989 | 1989 | |
Delta II 6920/6925 | EE.UU | McDonnell-Douglas | 17/17
|
1989 | 1992 | |||
Delta II 7000 | EE.UU | ULA | 123/125 | 1990 | — | |||
Delta II 7920H | EE.UU | ULA | 1.816 | N / A | 2/2 | 2003 | — | |
Delta II 7925H | EE.UU | ULA | 5.089 | 1.818 | 3/3 | 2003 [nota 3] |
— | |
Delta III 8930 | EE.UU | Boeing | 8.290
|
3.810
|
1/3 | 1998 | 2000 | |
Delta IV M 9040 | EE.UU | ULA | 8.120 | 4.210 | 3/3 | 2003 | — | |
Delta IV M+(5.2) 9250 | EE.UU | ULA | 7,980 | 4,640 | 0 | 2012 | — | |
Dniéper | Ucrania | Yuzhmash | 10 millones de euros. [3] | 15/16 | 1999 | — | ||
PSLV | India | ISRO | 3200 [4] | 1.050 | 8/10 | 1993 | — | |
PSLV-CA | India | ISRO | 2100 [4] | 1,600 | 6/6 | 2007 | — | |
PSLV-XL | India | ISRO | 3,600 | 1,140 [4] | 1/1 | 2008 | — | |
PSLV-HP | India | ISRO | 3.800 | 1,130 [4] | 0 | 2007 | 2011 | |
GSLV Mk.I(a) | India | ISRO | 5,100 | 1,500 | 1/2 |
2001 | — | |
GSLV Mk.I(b) | India | ISRO | 1,900 | 2/3 | 2004 | — | ||
GSLV Mk II | India | ISRO | 5,100
|
2500 [5] | 0/1 | 2010 | — | |
HOLA | Japón | industrias pesadas mitsubishi | 3,200 | 1,100 | 9/9 | 1986 | 1992 | |
Larga Marcha 2C | Porcelana | 国家航天局 | 2,400 | 32/32 | 1975 | — | ||
Larga Marcha 2C | Porcelana | 国家航天局 | 3500 | 14/14 | 1992 | — | ||
Larga Marcha 2E | Porcelana | 国家航天局 | 9,200
|
3.370
|
5/7 | 1990 | 1995 | |
Changzheng 2F | Porcelana | 国家航天局 | 8,400 | 3.370 | 7/7 | 1999 | — | |
Changzheng 3 | Porcelana | 国家航天局 | 5,000
|
1.340
|
11/14 | 1984 | 2000 | |
Changzheng 3A | Porcelana | 国家航天局 | 8,500
|
2,300
|
17/17 |
1994 | — | |
Larga Marcha 3C | Porcelana | 国家航天局 | 3,700 | 4/4 |
2008 | — | ||
Changzheng 4A | Porcelana | 国家航天局 | 4,000
|
2/2 |
1988 | 1990 | ||
Changzheng 4B | Porcelana | 国家航天局 | 4200 | 1,500 | 11/11 |
1999 | — | |
Changzheng 4C | Porcelana | 国家航天局 | 4200 | 1,500 | 4/4 |
2007 | — | |
Relámpago | URSS | RKK Energía | 1960 | 1964 | ||||
Rayo-M | URSS | RKK Energía | 254/275 | 1964 | — | |||
HOLA YO | Japón | industrias pesadas mitsubishi | 2,000 | 0.730 | 8/8 | 1981 | 1987 | |
Saturno I | EE.UU | Chrysler (SI) Douglas ( S-IV ) |
9,000
|
10/10 |
1961 | 1965 | ||
Unión | URSS | RKK Energía | 6,450 | 28/30 | 1966 | 1975 | ||
Soyuz-L | URSS | RKK Energía | 5,500 | 3/3 | 1970 | 1971 | ||
Soyuz-M | URSS | RKK Energía | 6,600 | 8/8 |
1971 | 1976 | ||
Soyuz-U | URSS Rusia |
TsSKB-Progreso | 6700 de Plesetsk , 6950 de Baikonur [6] |
696/715 |
18 de mayo de 1973 | 22 de febrero de 2017 | ||
Soyuz-U2 | URSS Rusia |
TsSKB-Progreso | 7.050
|
64/66 |
mil novecientos ochenta y dos | 1995 | ||
Soyuz-FG | Rusia | TsSKB-Progreso | 6790-7130 kg [7] | 31/31 | 20 de mayo de 2001 | 25 de septiembre de 2019 | ||
Soyuz-2 .1a/1b/1c | Rusia | TsSKB-Progreso | 7.020/8.250/2.800 | 9/9 [nota 4] |
2004 | — | ||
Tauro II | EE.UU | Ciencias orbitales | 6,000 [8] | 1900 [8] | 0 | 2008 | 2011 | |
Titán II GLV | EE.UU | Martín Marietta | 3,600
|
12/12 [nota 4] |
1964 | 1966 | ||
Titán II 23G | EE.UU | Martín Marietta | 3.175
|
12/13 |
1988 | 2003 | ||
Titán IIIA | EE.UU | Martín Marietta | 3,100
|
3/4 |
1964 | 1965 | ||
Titán IIIB | EE.UU | Martín Marietta | 3,000
|
68/70 | 1966 | 1987 | ||
Ciclón | URSS | Yuzhmash | 3,000
|
7/8 | 1967 | 1969 | ||
Ciclón-2 | URSS Ucrania |
Yuzhmash | 2,820
|
106/106 [9] | 1969 | 2006 | ||
Ciclón-3 | URSS Ucrania |
Yuzhmash | 4,100 | 117/122 [10] |
1977 | 2009 | ||
Ciclón-4 | Ucrania | Yuzhmash | 5,500
|
1,700
|
0 | 2002 | 2010 | |
Amanecer | URSS | RKK Energía | 5,900
|
287/300 |
1963 | 1976 | ||
Vostok-L | URSS | RKK Energía | 4,550
|
3/4 | anticuado | 1960 | ||
Vostok-K | URSS | RSC Energía | 4,730
|
11/13
|
1960 | 1964 | ||
Vostok-2 | URSS | RSC Energía | 4,730
|
40/45 | 1962 | 1967 | ||
Vostok-2M | URSS | RSC Energía | 92/93 | 1964 | 1991 | |||
Este | URSS | RSC Energía | 4500
|
2/2 |
1965 | 1966 | ||
Zenit-3SL | Ucrania | Yuzhmash RKK Energia [nota 5] |
60 millones de euros [3] | 27/30 | 1999 | — | ||
Zenit-3SLB | Ucrania | Yuzhmash RKK Energia [nota 6] |
3,750 | 4/4 | 28 de abril de 2008 | — | ||
Zenit-3SLBF | Ucrania | Yuzhmash [nota 6] | 2/2 | 2015 | — |