There are several different types of
rocket
A rocket (from it, rocchetto, , bobbin/spool) is a vehicle that uses jet propulsion to accelerate without using the surrounding air. A rocket engine produces thrust by reaction to exhaust expelled at high speed. Rocket engines work entirely fr ...
s. The following articles contain lists of rockets by type:
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List of missiles
Below is a list of missiles, sorted alphabetically into large categories and subcategories by name and purpose.
Other missile lists
Types of missiles:
* Conventional guided missiles
** Air-to-air missile
** Air-to-surface missile
** Anti-radiat ...
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List of orbital launch systems
This is a list of conventional orbital launch systems. This is composed of launch vehicles, and other conventional systems, used to place satellites into orbit.
Argentina
*ORBIT II – ''Retired''
* TRONADOR – ''Under Development''
Australia
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List of sounding rockets
This is a list of sounding rockets used for suborbital research flights.
Argentina
*Gamma Centauro
*Gradicom-1
*Proson-M1
*Rigel series
**Canopus-1, Canopus 2,
**Castor (A)
**Centenario
* Orión series
**Orión-1, Orión-2
Australia
*Aeolus
*A ...
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List of military rockets
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List of rocket stages
This is a list of upper stages used on rockets.
Upper stages
bold denotes active configurations''italics'' denotes configurations in development
See also
* Multistage rocket
* Apogee kick motor
* Space tug
* Lists of rockets
* List of orbital l ...
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Comparison of orbital launch systems
This comparison of orbital launch systems lists the attributes of all individual rocket configurations designed to reach orbit. A first list contains rockets that are operational or in development as of 2022; a second list includes all retired roc ...
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Comparison of orbital launchers families
This article compares different orbital launcher families (although many launchers that are significantly different from other members of the same 'family' have their own separate entries). The article is organized into two tables: the first tabl ...
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Comparison of space station cargo vehicles
Comparison or comparing is the act of evaluating two or more things by determining the relevant, comparable characteristics of each thing, and then determining which characteristics of each are similar to the other, which are different, and t ...
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Comparison of orbital rocket engines
This page is an incomplete list of orbital rocket engine data and specifications.
Current, Upcoming, and In-Development rocket engines
Retired and canceled rocket engines
See also
* Comparison of orbital launch systems
* Comparison of o ...
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Comparison of solid-fuelled orbital launch systems
This article contains the lift launch systems constructed by some solid fuel stages except the final stage.
All stages solid fueled
:* Including suborbital mission
All stages solid fueled except uppermost stage
See also
* Comparison of ...
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List of space launch system designs
Even before the launch of Sputnik 1, there were various types of launch vehicle designs. The launch vehicle designs described below are either canceled or never left the drawing board.
20th century
21st century
See also
*Comparison of or ...
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List of artillery#Rockets
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List of rocket aircraft
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Lists of weapons
This is an index of lists of weapons.
By time period
*List of medieval weapons
*List of premodern combat weapons
* List of American Civil War weapons
* List of World War I weapons
*List of World War II weapons
* List of Korean War weapons
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Model rocket
A model rocket are small rockets designed to reach low altitudes (e.g., for model) and be recovered by a variety of means.
According to the United States National Association of Rocketry (NAR) Safety Code, model rockets are constructed of p ...
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NATO reporting name
NATO reporting names are code names for military equipment from Russia, China, and historically, the Eastern Bloc (Soviet Union and other nations of the Warsaw Pact). They provide unambiguous and easily understood English words in a uniform manne ...
(has lists of various Soviet missiles)
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