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medium-lift launch vehicle

orbital launch vehicle capable of lifting moderate payloads to low-Earth orbit
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Summary

medium-lift launch vehicle is a rocket class[1]. It draws 622 Wikipedia views per month (rocket class category, ranking #3 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Follows: small-lift launch vehicle[3]
  • Followed by: heavy-lift launch vehicle[4]
  • Subclass of: launch vehicle[5]
  • Commons category: Medium-lift launch vehicles[6]
  • Different from: Firefly Eclipse[7]
  • Payload mass: 2000 kg[8], 5000 kg[9], 20,000 kg[10]

Why It Matters

medium-lift launch vehicle has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Angara-A3 Ariane 2 Ariane 3 Ariane 4 Ariane 40 Ariane 42L Ariane 42P Ariane 44L Ariane 44LP Ariane 44P Atlas II Atlas IIA Atlas IIAS Atlas III Atlas V Cyclone-4M Delta II Delta III Delta IV Falcon 9 Firefly Eclipse Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark I Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark II H3 Launch Vehicle heavy-lift launch vehicle H-II Kvant launch vehicle Launch Vehicle Mark III Long March 12

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . nasa.gov. nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Great Russian Encyclopedia. bigenc.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Great Russian Encyclopedia. nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Followed by → heavy-lift launch vehicle
    Different from → Firefly Eclipse
    Instance of → rocket class
    Image → Delta 319 with STEREO (KSC-06PD-2393) (cropped).jpg, Expedition 58 Launch (NHQ201812030005).jpg
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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