An expendable launch system, also called an expendable launch vehicle, 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. The cited article explains that such vehicles typically consist of several rocket stages that are discarded sequentially as their fuel is exhausted and the vehicle gains altitude and speed, that during the Space Race all launch vehicles were expendable, and that reusable launch vehicles, with early development in the Space Shuttle, gained prominence from the 2010s. Launch vehicles of this class are grouped under this concept.
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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.
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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.
View the SourceWikipedia: Delta (rocket family)
Vehicle Class Of: Delta, Lead sentenceQuote, Vehicle Class Of: Delta, Lead sentence
The Delta rocket family was a versatile range of American rocket-powered expendable launch systems that provided space launch capability in the United States from 1960 to 2024.
Delta IV Heavy (Wikipedia)
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The Delta IV Heavy (Delta 9250H) was an expendable heavy-lift launch vehicle, the largest member of the Delta IV family.
Antares (rocket) (Wikipedia)
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Antares (), known during early development as Taurus II, is an American expendable medium-lift launch vehicle developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation with financial support from NASA under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program awarded in February 2008.
Soyuz-2 (Wikipedia)
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Soyuz‑2 (Russian: Союз‑2, lit. 'Union‑2', GRAU index: 14A14) is a series of Russian expendable medium-lift launch vehicles and the seventh major iteration of the Soyuz rocket family.
Proton-M (Wikipedia)
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Proton-M (Протон-М, GRAU index 8K82M or 8K82KM) is an expendable Russian heavy-lift launch vehicle derived from the Soviet-developed Proton.
Angara A5 (Wikipedia)
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Angara A5 (Russian: Ангара-А5), is a Russian expendable heavy lift launch vehicle which consists of one URM-1 core and four URM-1 boosters, a 3.6-metre (12 ft) URM-2 second stage, and an upper stage, either the Briz-M, Blok DM-03 or the KVTK.
Vega (rocket) (Wikipedia)
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Vega (Italian: Vettore Europeo di Generazione Avanzata, French: Vecteur européen de génération avancée, lit. 'Vector European Generation Advanced') was a European expendable small-lift launch vehicle developed by Avio and operated by Arianespace for the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Italian Space Agency (ASI).
Vega C (Wikipedia)
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Vega C, or Vega Consolidation, is a European expendable, medium-lift launch vehicle developed and produced by Avio.
Wikipedia: Europa (rocket)
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The Europa rocket was an early expendable launch system of the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO), which was the precursor to the European Space Agency (ESA).
PSLV (Wikipedia)
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The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is an expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed and operated by ISRO.
Nuri (rocket) (Wikipedia)
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Nuri (Korean: 누리; lit. 'world'), also known as KSLV-II (Korean Space Launch Vehicle-II), is an expendable, three-stage-to-orbit, small-lift launch vehicle, the second one developed by South Korea, and the successor to Naro-1 (KSLV-1) It is developed by Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI).
Wikipedia: Safir (rocket)
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The Safir (Persian: سفیر, meaning "ambassador") was the first Iranian expendable launch vehicle able to place a satellite in orbit.
Unha (Wikipedia)
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The Unha (Korean: 은하; lit. 'Galaxy') is a North Korean expendable carrier rocket, which partially utilizes the same delivery system as the Taepodong-2 orbital launch system.
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