This page compares launch systems which are submitted to international competition and able to launch 3,000 to 9,000 kilogram satellites to a geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO).[citation needed] | Vehicle | Origin | Manufacturer | Exploitation | Mass to
LEO
(kg) | Mass to
GTO
(kg) | Cost
(Mil US$) | Cost/kg
(LEO) | Cost/kg
(GTO) | Record | Status | | Ariane 5 G (5G,5G+,5GS) |  Europe | Arianespace | EADS Astrium | 16,000 | 6,800 | 150 - 180 | 3,788 - 4,545 | 10,000 - 12,000 | 22/25 | Operational | | Atlas V |  United States | United Launch Alliance | United Launch Alliance | 10,300 - 20,050 | 4,100 - 8,200 | | | | 17/18 | Operational | | Delta IV Medium | United States | United Launch Alliance | United Launch Alliance (Boeing IDS) | 8,120 - 11,475 | 4,210 - 6,565 | | | | 8/8 | Operational | | Falcon 9 | United States | SpaceX | SpaceX | 012,500 [1]sm=n | 04,640 [1]sm=n | 000036.75 [1]sm=n | 003,365sm=n | 0010,000 - 11,000sm=n | 0/0 | Development | | GSLV III |  India | ISRO | ISRO | 10,000 | 4,400 | | | | 0/0 | Development | | H-IIA |  Japan | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | 10,000 - 15,000 | 4,100 - 6,000 | | | | 15/16 | Operational | | H-IIB | Japan | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | | 19,000[2] | 8,000[3] | | | | 1/1 | Operational | | Long March 2F |  China | China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | 8,400 | 3,370 | | | | 7/7 | Operational | | Long March 2F/G | China | China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | 11,200 | | | | | 0/0 | Development | | Long March 3B(3B,3B/E) | China | China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | 12,000 | 5,100 - 5,500 | | | | 10/12 | Operational | | Long March 3B(A) | China | China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | 13,000 | 6,000 | | | | 0/0 | Development | | Long March 3C | China | China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | | 3,700 | | | | 2/2 | Operational | | Soyuz-2 |  Russia | Progress State Research and Production Rocket Space Center | Arianespace
Starsem,
RKA,
VKS | 7,800 | 3,000 - 3,500 | | | | 4/5 | Operational | | Zenit-3SL |  Ukraine | Yuzhmash
RKK Energia | Sea Launch | | 5,250 | | | | 26/29 | Operational | | Zenit-3SLB | Ukraine | Yuzhmash
RKK Energia | Land Launch | | 3,500 | | | | 4/4 | Operational | [edit] See also [edit] References |
