Back ভারী-উত্তোলন উৎক্ষেপণ যান Bengali/Bangla Vehicle de llançament pesant Catalan Vehículo de lanzamiento de carga pesada Spanish وسیله پرتاب سنگین Persian Lanceur lourd French Lanciatore pesante Italian 重量物打ち上げロケット Japanese 대형 리프트 발사체 Korean Хүнд даацийн зөөгч пуужин Mongolian Lista ciężkich rakiet nośnych Polish
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Heavy-lift launch vehicle |
| Preceded by | Medium-lift launch vehicle |
| Succeeded by | Super heavy-lift launch vehicle |
| Built | Since 1966 |
| General characteristics | |
| Capacity | 20,000 to 50,000 kg (44,000 to 110,000 lb) |
.jpg)
A heavy-lift launch vehicle (HLV) is an orbital launch vehicle capable of lifting payloads between 20,000 to 50,000 kg (44,000 to 110,000 lb) (by NASA classification) or between 20,000 to 100,000 kilograms (44,000 to 220,000 lb) (by Russian classification)[1] into low Earth orbit (LEO).[2] Heavy-lift launch vehicles often carry payloads into higher-energy orbits, such as geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) or heliocentric orbit (HCO).[3] An HLV is between a medium-lift launch vehicle and a super heavy-lift launch vehicle.
- ^ Osipov, Yuri (2004–2017). Great Russian Encyclopedia. Moscow: Great Russian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ NASA Space Technology Roadmaps – Launch Propulsion Systems, p.11 Archived 24 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine: "Small: 0-2t payloads, Medium: 2-20t payloads, Heavy: 20-50t payloads, Super Heavy: >50t payloads"
- ^ May, Sandra (27 August 2014). "What Is a Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle?". NASA. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2017.