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| Attribute | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Company | Khrunichev / Roscosmos | ExPace (CASIC subsidiary) | Gilmour Space Technologies |
| Country | 🇷🇺 Russia | 🇨🇳 China | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Status | Active | Active | In Development |
| Vehicle class | Heavy | Small | Small |
| Propellant | RP-1 / LOX (RD-191, all 5 modules) | Solid (3 stages) + liquid upper stage | Hybrid (Sirius motors, stages 1–2) / liquid (Phoenix engine, stage 3) |
| Reusable | No | No | No |
| Stages | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| First flight | 2014 | 2020 | 2025 |
| Payload to LEO | 24,500 kgas of [1]With KVTK cryogenic upper stage (planned); Briz-M gives ~5,400 kg GTO ↑ Best | 1,500 kgas of [1] | 300 kgas of [1] |
| Payload to GTO | 5,400 kgas of [1]Briz-M upper stage. KVTK would raise this to ~7,500 kg. ↑ Best | — | — |
| Height | 64 mas of [1] ↑ Best | — | 25 mas of [1] |
| Liftoff mass | 773 tas of [1] ↑ Best | 78 tas of [1]Transporter-erector-launcher (TEL) capable. | — |
| Success rate | 100%as of [2]4/4 mission successes: Dec 2014, Dec 2020, Mar 2023, Apr 2024 | 80% (4/5)as of [1]Debut flight (2020-07-10) failed; returned to flight 2022-12-07 successfully. ↑ Best | 0/1as of [1]Maiden flight 2025-07-30 crashed 14 seconds after launch (insufficient thrust), from Bowen Orbital Spaceport, Queensland — Australia's first domestic orbital launch attempt. Preceded by two scrubs (2025-05-15 electrical issue, 2025-05-16 fairing anomaly). A second test flight was slated for early 2026. Block 2 (1,000 kg payload) and Eris Heavy (4,000 kg payload) variants are planned. |
| Total flights | 4as of [2] | 5as of [1] ↑ Best | 1as of [1] |
| Cost / kg LEO | — | — | — |
| Summary | Russia's new-generation heavy-lift rocket built entirely of Russian-manufactured components — a political priority after Proton-M's dependence on Ukrainian components. Five URM-1 universal rocket modules share the same propellant (RP-1/LOX), unlike Proton-M's toxic hypergolics. Flight rate remains very low. | The larger sibling of Kuaizhou-1A, roughly 3.75x the payload class, road-mobile and solid-fueled, recovering commercial cadence after a 2020 debut failure. | Australia's first domestically developed orbital launch vehicle attempt, using a hybrid-propellant first and second stage; the maiden flight failed 14 seconds after liftoff in July 2025. |
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