expendable launch vehicle

An expendable launch vehicle is a rocket designed for a single use to deliver payloads such as satellites or spacecraft into space, after which its components are discarded rather than recovered or reused.

Observed surface forms (3)

• launch vehicle ×7
• expendable launch vehicle configuration ×1
• space launch vehicle ×1

Instances (22)

• Space Launch System
• Saturn V
• Titan IIIE
• Vostok-K rocket via concept surface "launch vehicle"
• Saturn I
• Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
• Titan IIIE-Centaur
• SM-65 Atlas via concept surface "space launch vehicle"
• BFR via concept surface "launch vehicle"
• Ariane 5 ECA via concept surface "launch vehicle"
• Soviet space program via concept surface "launch vehicle"
  surface form: R-7 rocket
• R-7 Semyorka rocket via concept surface "launch vehicle"
  surface form: R-7 Semyorka
• SLS
  surface form: Space Launch System
• Block 1 via concept surface "expendable launch vehicle configuration"
• Block 1B
• Block 2
• Proton rocket
• Soyuz rocket
• H-IIA launch vehicle
• Vanguard TV-4 via concept surface "launch vehicle"
• H-IIB launch vehicle
• H3 launch vehicle