Launch services
Launch providers and rideshare brokers serving EO missions. Vehicles, integrator capacity, manifest cadence.
Arianespace Ariane 5
Arianespace Ariane 6
Arianespace Soyuz
Arianespace Vega C
CarboNIX
Scalable shock-free microsatellite separation system for satellites in the 10 kg to 500 kg class, offered in 8 inch, 15 inch, 18.25 inch, 24 inch, and custom diameter sizes.
CarboNIX NEO
Off-the-shelf microsatellite separation system using the CarboNIX lock and pusher-arm architecture with a clamp-ring interface for larger satellite masses.
Casc Long March 11
Casc Long March 2c
Casc Long March 2d
Casc Long March 3a
Casc Long March 3b
Casc Long March 4b
Casc Long March 4c
Dawn Aurora Suborbital Flight Service
Dawn Aerospace Aurora is an uncrewed rocket-powered spaceplane service for routine suborbital access, payload testing, microgravity, high-altitude and high-speed flight profiles. Dawn lists a 100 km maximum altitude, Mach 3.7 top-speed target, 4 hour turnaround, and payload accommodation up to 15 kg on the Aurora vehicle page.
Delta II
Dnepr
EXObox
Deployment sequencer for large smallsat clusters, designed to control up to 50 satellite deployments and relay deployment telemetry to the launch vehicle.
EXOpod AIR
Lightweight CubeSat deployer variant in 8U, 12U, 12UXL, and 16U AIR sizes for small-launcher, OTV, and mass-constrained missions.
EXOpod Nova
CubeSat deployer family available in 8U, 12U, and 16U sizes with configurable internal slots for CubeSats from 0.25U to 16U.
EXOport
Multi-satellite adapter for mounting a smallsat cluster on a single 15 inch or 24 inch ESPA or SpaceX Dispenser Ring port.
EXOtube
Launch-vehicle-agnostic modular payload stack for rideshare missions, supporting CubeSats through microsatellites up to 1000 kg.
H-IIA (JAXA/MHI)
ISILAUNCH
Launch services department of ISISPACE Group. Provides rideshare launch opportunities, full launch campaign management, integration engineering support, and flight certification testing for CubeSats and microsatellites up to the 16U and microsatellite class. Manufactures its own deployer hardware used on all campaigns.
ISISPACE Deep Space Deployer
ISISPACE's Deep Space Deployer is a multi-stage CubeSat deployment system with low-velocity release and umbilical support for deep-space missions.
ISISPACE DuoPack Deployer
ISISPACE's DuoPack is a CubeSat deployer for smaller payload configurations, including 6U XL and paired 3U XL accommodation options.
ISISPACE Microsatellite Separation System
ISISPACE's Microsatellite Separation System is a three-point launch adapter for microsatellites up to 120 kg.
ISISPACE Modular Deployment Sequencer
ISISPACE's modular deployment sequencer controls deployer activation timing, collects separation confirmations, and relays deployment status to a launch vehicle.
ISISPACE QuadPack Deployer
ISISPACE's QuadPack is a CubeSat deployer family supporting 12U XL and 16U configurations and smaller CubeSat combinations.
Isro Gslv
Jaxa H3
Khrunichev Proton M
Kraken
Launch42 Kraken 12U and 16U CubeSat deployer.
Launch Mission Management
Launch42 launch mission management and rideshare arrangement service.
Launch42 Separation Systems
Launch42 pyro-free, shock-free separation systems and launch adapters for small satellite missions.
Lockheed Atlas Ii
Lockheed Delta
Mercury-3
Launch42 Mercury-3 1U to 3U CubeSat dispenser.
Mercury-6
Launch42 6U CubeSat dispensing system with NASA GEVS qualification-level heritage.
Nasa Space Shuttle
Northrop Grumman Minotaur
Northrop Grumman Minotaur family of solid-fuel launch vehicles for U.S. government payloads, using decommissioned missile motors with commercial upper stages.
Northrop Grumman Pegasus Xl
Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL air-launched small-lift rocket, carried by Stargazer L-1011 and used for small payloads to low Earth orbit.
PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle)
India's primary expendable medium-lift launch vehicle, operated by ISRO from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. Available in multiple configurations (PSLV-CA, PSLV-XL, PSLV-DL, PSLV-QL); PSLV-XL is the workhorse variant carrying up to 1,750 kg to SSO. Commercial launches booked via NewSpace India Limited (NSIL).
Quadro Arrow
Four-point microsatellite separation system tailored to the Arrow 150 satellite interface and satellites with masses up to 250 kg.
Quadro Versa
Four-point microsatellite separation system for SpaceX rideshare plate interfaces, offered for satellites up to 1000 kg and scalable footprints from 24 by 24 inches to 40 by 40 inches.
Reliant
Orbital transfer vehicle family for rideshare last-mile delivery, with Standard and Pro configurations carrying microsatellites and EXOpod-deployed CubeSats to custom orbits.
Rocket Lab Electron
Rockot with Breeze-KM upper stage
Converted SS-19 based launch vehicle with Breeze-KM upper stage used for the Swarm three-satellite launch from Plesetsk.
Roscosmos Kosmos 3m
Retired Soviet/Russian Kosmos-3M light launch vehicle, used for LEO and SSO payloads from 1967 until its final 2010 launch.
Roscosmos Soyuz 2
Active Russian Soyuz-2 medium-lift launch vehicle family built by RKTs Progress and used by Roscosmos for LEO, SSO, high-energy, and ISS logistics missions.
Spacex Falcon 9
Spacex Falcon Heavy
SpaceX Transporter Smallsat Rideshare Programme
Dedicated smallsat rideshare service to sun-synchronous orbit, operated by SpaceX on Falcon 9 Block 5. Missions numbered sequentially from Transporter-1 (January 2021). Cadence approximately quarterly to biannual. Dominant launch service for commercial EO smallsats including Planet, ICEYE, Spire, Capella, Pixxel, Satellogic, and GHGSat. Pricing approximately 7,000 USD per kilogram as of early 2026, with a 50 kg minimum slot. SpaceX does not publish official per-mission total payload mass; the 5,000 kg figure here is the conservative typical-manifest mass cited across third-party trackers.
TPOD-L
Launch42 TPOD-L CubeSat test pod.
TPOD-M
Launch42 TPOD-M CubeSat test pod.
TPOD-S
Launch42 TPOD-S CubeSat test pod.
Ula Atlas V
Ula Delta Iv M
Yuzhnoye Zenit 3f
Retired Zenit-3F / Zenit-2SB-Fregat-SB launch configuration used from Baikonur for four high-energy missions between 2011 and 2017.