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The global launch market reached $14.1 billion in 2024 — up 34% since 2021.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Company | Khrunichev / Roscosmos | PLD Space | Isar Aerospace |
| Country | 🇷🇺 Russia | 🇪🇸 Spain | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Status | Active | In Development | In Development |
| Vehicle class | Heavy | Small | Small |
| Propellant | RP-1 / LOX (RD-191, all 5 modules) | RP-1 / LOX | LOX / kerosene (~80% manufactured in-house) |
| Reusable | No | Yes | No |
| Stages | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| First flight | 2014 | 2026 | 2025 |
| Payload to LEO | 24,500 kgas of [1]With KVTK cryogenic upper stage (planned); Briz-M gives ~5,400 kg GTO ↑ Best | 1,080 kgas of [1]540 kg to SSO. First flight is a stated plan (targeted Q1 2026 as of this research; not yet confirmed flown) — treat as a target, not a fact. | 1,000 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 | 35.7 mas of [1] | — |
| Liftoff mass | 773 tas of [1] ↑ Best | 69 tas of [1] | — |
| Success rate | 100%as of [2]4/4 mission successes: Dec 2014, Dec 2020, Mar 2023, Apr 2024 ↑ Best | — | 0/1 (first flight failed)as of [1]First flight from Andøya Spaceport (2025-03-30): liftoff succeeded but the rocket was terminated ~30 seconds in after a vent valve opened unexpectedly, causing loss of attitude control. Second flight ('Onward and Upward') repeatedly delayed through 2026 (weather, a safety-zone fishing vessel, a composite pressure vessel leak, then off-nominal fluid-system behavior as of 2026-06-15) — not yet flown as of this research. |
| Total flights | 4as of [2] ↑ 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. | PLD Space's orbital small launcher with a recoverable first stage (engine thrust + parachutes), developed with ESA Future Launchers Preparatory Programme support; primary launch site is the Guiana Space Centre. | Germany's first orbital-class launcher attempt; its first flight in March 2025 was Western Europe's first orbital launch attempt from the European mainland. A qualification second flight carrying CubeSats and ESA experiments has slipped repeatedly through 2026. |
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