Comparison of orbital launcher families

This article compares different orbital launcher families (launchers which are significantly different from other members of the same 'family' have separate entries).

The article is organized into two tables: the first contains a list of currently active and under-development launcher families, while the second contains a list of retired launcher families.

The related article "Comparison of orbital launch systems" lists each individual launcher system within any given launcher family, categorized by its current operational status.

This article does not include suborbital launches (i.e. flights which were not intended to reach LEO or VLEO).

Same cores are grouped together (like Ariane 1, 2 & 3, but not V).