Rocket launch operators
The companies and agencies that launch rockets. Open any operator for its upcoming schedule, the rockets it flies, and where to watch.
- SpaceX
The most active launch operator in the world, flying the reusable Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy and developing the fully reusable Starship.
- United Launch Alliance
A Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture flying the new Vulcan rocket and retiring the long-serving Atlas V, mostly for US national-security and government missions.
- Rocket Lab
A small-launch specialist flying the Electron rocket and developing the larger, reusable Neutron.
- Blue Origin
Jeff Bezos’s spaceflight company, flying the orbital New Glenn rocket and the suborbital New Shepard.
- Arianespace
Europe’s launch services provider, flying the heavy-lift Ariane 6 and the Vega family from French Guiana.
- NASA
The US space agency, whose missions fly on the Space Launch System and on commercial rockets from SpaceX, ULA, and others.
- Roscosmos
Russia’s state space corporation, flying the long-serving Soyuz rocket family.