Proposed space launch vehicles

The Space Launch System (SLS) is an American two-stage super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle used by NASA. The primary launch vehicle for the Artemis program, SLS is designed to launch the four-person Orion spacecraft for missions to the Moon, on a trans-lunar injection trajectory. The rocket first launched on November 16, 2022, carrying the uncrewed Artemis I mission. Its first crewed launch was for the Artemis II lunar flyby on April 1, 2026, becoming the second launch vehicle to carry humans beyond low Earth orbit (LEO), after NASA's Saturn V of the Apollo program, and the third to ever be planned to fly humans past LEO, after the N1.

Proposed Russian heavy-lift rocket

proposed three-stage Launch vehicle

The Cyclone-4M is a Ukrainian carrier rocket which is being developed for commercial satellite launches.

The Soyuz-7 () or Amur () is a partially-reusable, methane–fueled, orbital launch vehicle currently in the design concept stage of development by the Roscosmos State Corporation in Russia. The preliminary design process began in October 2020, with operational flights planned for no earlier than 2030. Amur is intended to substitute for the existing Soyuz-2, at a much lower per launch cost.

launch vehicle

European Space Agency rocket development project

Satellite Orbiting Rocket Number 420 (Indonesian: Roket Pengorbit Satelit 420, abbreviated as RPS-420), or Pengorbitan-1, was a proposed space launch vehicle under consideration in Indonesia from 2008 to 2012. Recent developments have focused on a larger core stage called RX-420 and a smaller upper stage called RX-320. Therefore, this particular version RPS-420 is no longer being pursued. However, the goal remains valid: Indonesia aims to reach orbit with self-made rockets and satellites in order to become an Asian space power.

orbital recoverable launch vehicle of the European company ArianeGroup

Cancelled U.S. defense technology