Launch Vehicles
If a rocket is launched to deliver a payload from a planetary surface into space it is called a launch vehicle.
There are several broad categories that launch vehicles fall under, including:
- Expendable launch system
- Reusable launch system
- Single stage to orbit
- Two stage to orbit
- Three stage to orbit
For the launch vehicles currently in use for human spaceflight, see that article.
There were over 70 orbital launches in 2010.
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