Updated, best-selling reference guide is now online!
Packed with illustrations and figures, the fourth edition offers a quick and easy data retrieval source for policymakers, planners, engineers, launch buyers, and students. Standard sections describe each of the launch systems in detail, including: one-page vehicle summaries, cost, availability, performance graphs for a variety of orbits, flight history and failure descriptions, vehicle design and technical data, payload accommodations, production and launch operations, and vehicle history.