Categories of launch vehicle and their certification: expendable and reusable launch systems, small-lift rockets, suborbital sounding rockets and human-rating certification for crewed flight. A concept belongs here when its cited article defines a class or certification of launch vehicle. Members are placed here from their own cited Wikipedia articles, each with a verbatim supporting quotation, so a reader can check why an entry sits in this group. The grouping forms part of the browse path for this section of the atlas.
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Expendable Launch System
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An expendable launch system (or expendable launch vehicle/ELV) is a launch vehicle that can be launched only once, after which its components are destroyed during reentry or impact with Earth, or discarded in space.
Human-Rating Certification
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Human-rating certification, also known as man-rating or crew-rating, is the certification of a spacecraft or launch vehicle as capable of safely transporting humans.
Reusable Launch Vehicle
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A reusable launch vehicle has parts that can be recovered and reflown, while carrying payloads from the surface to outer space.
Small-Lift Launch Vehicle
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A small-lift launch vehicle is a rocket orbital launch vehicle that is capable of lifting 2,000 kilograms (4,400 lb) or less (by NASA classification) or under 5,000 kilograms (11,000 lb) (by Roscosmos classification) of payload into low Earth orbit (LEO).
Sounding Rocket
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A sounding rocket or rocketsonde, sometimes called a research rocket or a suborbital rocket, is an instrument-carrying rocket designed to take measurements and perform scientific experiments during its sub-orbital flight.
Wikipedia, Medium-lift launch vehicle (English edition)
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A medium-lift launch vehicle (MLV) is a rocket launch vehicle that is capable of lifting between 2,000 to 20,000 kg
Wikipedia, Heavy-lift launch vehicle (English edition)
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A heavy-lift launch vehicle (HLV) is an orbital launch vehicle capable of lifting payloads between 20,000 to 50,000 kg
Wikipedia, Super heavy-lift launch vehicle (English edition)
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A super heavy-lift launch vehicle (SHLLV) is a rocket that can lift a payload of 50 metric tons
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