Datasets:
wikidata_id string | name string | manufacturer string | country string | height_m float64 | diameter_m float64 | mass_kg float64 | payload_leo_kg float64 | payload_gto_kg float64 | first_flight string | last_flight null | num_stages int64 | status null |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q377174 | 2003 Alcântara VLS accident | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q12219501 | Al-Abid | null | Iraq | 25 | null | 48,000 | 300 | null | null | null | null | null |
Q283021 | Ares I-Y | null | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q4789082 | Ares V-Y | null | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q60056384 | Ariane flight VA239 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q47540245 | Ariane flight VA241 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q61659120 | Ariane flight VA247 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q65049748 | Ariane flight VA248 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q66242504 | Ariane flight VA249 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q132444546 | Ariane flight VA259 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q132444570 | Ariane flight VA260 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q132444583 | Ariane flight VA261 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q132444609 | Ariane flight VA263 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q135676911 | Ariane flight VA265 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q54381 | Atlantis | Rockwell International | United States | 17.25 | null | 77,550 | null | null | 1985-10-03 | null | null | null |
Q30623142 | B1019 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q97313019 | B1020 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q29405702 | B1021 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q109566983 | B1022 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q42710147 | B1023 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q109567240 | B1024 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q42710164 | B1025 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q30682914 | B1029 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q97313023 | B1030 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q41962523 | B1031 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q48330320 | B1032 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q48331015 | B1033 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q97313025 | B1034 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q42710167 | B1035 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q42710171 | B1036 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q130215409 | B1037 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q47265989 | B1038 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q50567004 | B1039 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q55372044 | B1040 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q47265991 | B1041 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q97313027 | B1042 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q54355441 | B1043 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q97313028 | B1044 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q55372093 | B1045 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q54263831 | B1046 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q55754013 | B1047 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q55978911 | B1048 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q81996247 | B1049 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q107304728 | B1050 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q63978775 | B1051 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q112174129 | B1052 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q112174348 | B1053 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q112174417 | B1054 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q112174563 | B1055 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q66486047 | B1056 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q112174901 | B1057 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q112174919 | B1058 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q112180816 | B1059 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q97313034 | B1060 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q107639606 | B1061 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | 2020-11-15 | null | null | null |
Q112181060 | B1062 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q112181158 | B1063 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q112228280 | B1064 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q112228283 | B1065 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q112228381 | B1066 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q112228410 | B1067 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q112228460 | B1068 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q112228505 | B1069 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q112228528 | B1070 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q112228559 | B1071 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q112229191 | B1072 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q112229211 | B1073 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q112229213 | B1074 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q112229214 | B1075 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q113379344 | B1076 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q113379345 | B1077 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q118523418 | B1078 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q123235415 | B1079 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q118523415 | B1080 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q121087693 | B1081 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q121869642 | B1082 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q121869667 | B1083 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q122602134 | B1084 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q124542811 | B1085 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q124542843 | B1086 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q124542887 | B1087 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q130215443 | B1088 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q130215444 | B1089 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q125471219 | B1090 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q134002814 | B1092 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q134161343 | B1093 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q135087334 | B1094 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q136814046 | B1095 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q136814047 | B1096 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q136814048 | B1097 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q137587675 | B1098 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q137587688 | B1099 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q137587676 | B1100 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q137587677 | B1101 | SpaceX | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q9164345 | Baikal spaceship | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q4075513 | Baikal-Angara | null | Russia | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q4921507 | Black Prince | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q131826169 | Blue Ring Pathfinder | null | United States | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Q2548 | Buran | Tushino Machine-Building Plant | Soviet Union | null | null | null | null | null | 1988-11-15 | null | null | null |
Q18395271 | Buran 8M | null | Soviet Union | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Launch Vehicles Database
Part of the Orbital Mechanics Datasets collection on Hugging Face.
Complete database of orbital and suborbital launch vehicles — 209 rockets and boosters from 11 countries, sourced from Wikidata.
Dataset description
From the German V-2 through the Saturn V to the Falcon 9 and Starship, launch vehicles have defined humanity's access to space. This dataset covers every orbital and suborbital launch vehicle recorded in Wikidata, including historical rockets, active workhorses, and vehicles under development.
Each entry includes physical dimensions (height, diameter, liftoff mass), payload capacity to low Earth orbit (LEO) and geostationary transfer orbit (GTO), first and last flight dates, number of stages, operational status, manufacturer, and country of origin.
This enables analysis of global launch capability, rocket engineering evolution over decades, national space programme comparisons, and payload capacity trends across generations of vehicles.
Sourced from Wikidata's structured knowledge base (class Q697175: space launch vehicle), maintained by the WikiProject Spaceflight community.
Schema
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
wikidata_id |
string | Wikidata entity ID (e.g. Q697175) |
name |
string | Vehicle name |
manufacturer |
string | Manufacturer organisation |
country |
string | Country of origin |
height_m |
float | Total height (metres) |
diameter_m |
float | Core diameter (metres) |
mass_kg |
float | Liftoff mass (kg) |
payload_leo_kg |
float | Payload capacity to LEO (kg) |
payload_gto_kg |
float | Payload capacity to GTO (kg) |
first_flight |
string | Date of first flight (YYYY-MM-DD) |
last_flight |
string | Date of last flight if retired (YYYY-MM-DD) |
num_stages |
int | Number of stages |
status |
string | Operational status (active/retired/in development) |
Quick stats
- 209 launch vehicles from 11 countries
- 0 active, 0 retired
- Tallest vehicle: Long March 10 (90.0 m)
- Heaviest LEO payload: Delta IV Heavy (28,370 kg)
- Top countries: United States (99), Soviet Union (14), United Kingdom (6), Russia (5), People's Republic of China (2)
Usage
from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("juliensimon/launch-vehicles", split="train")
df = ds.to_pandas()
# Active vehicles by country
active = df[df["status"].str.lower() == "active"]
print(active["country"].value_counts().head(10))
# Heaviest LEO payload capacity
top_leo = df.nlargest(10, "payload_leo_kg")[["name", "country", "payload_leo_kg"]]
print(top_leo)
# Vehicles by first flight decade
df["decade"] = (df["first_flight"].str[:4].astype(float) // 10 * 10).astype("Int64")
print(df["decade"].value_counts().sort_index())
# Height vs payload correlation
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
subset = df.dropna(subset=["height_m", "payload_leo_kg"])
plt.scatter(subset["height_m"], subset["payload_leo_kg"])
plt.xlabel("Height (m)")
plt.ylabel("LEO Payload (kg)")
plt.title("Rocket Height vs Payload Capacity")
plt.show()
Data source
Wikidata SPARQL endpoint. Launch vehicles identified as instances of Q697175 (space launch vehicle) and its subclasses. Data is community-curated by WikiProject Spaceflight.
Update schedule
Quarterly (January, April, July, October). Re-run manually to pick up newly added vehicles.
Related datasets
- space-missions — Crewed and robotic space missions
- launch-log — McDowell orbital launch log
- spacecraft-database — Spacecraft catalogue
Pipeline
Source code: juliensimon/space-datasets
Support
If you find this dataset useful, please give it a ❤️ on the dataset page and share feedback in the Community tab! Also consider giving a ⭐️ to the space-datasets repo.
Citation
@dataset{launch_vehicles,
author = {Simon, Julien},
title = {Launch Vehicles Database},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Hugging Face},
url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/juliensimon/launch-vehicles},
note = {Sourced from Wikidata (CC0)}
}
License
CC0-1.0 (Wikidata content is public domain)
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