Rocket Reuse

Source: Launch Library 2 (thespacedevs.com) booster registry, served from the SpaceRocket database and refreshed by the daily ingest cycle. Recovery-scheme classification is curated.

Reusable Boosters

183

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36 active right now

Booster Flights

808

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Cumulative first-stage flights

Successful Landings

705

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741 attempts

Recovery Rate

95.1%

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Successful / attempted landings

Reuse Champions — Most-Flown Boosters

1
B1067
Falcon 9
36 flights
2
B1071
Falcon 9
35 flights
3
B1063
Falcon 9
34 flights
4
B1069
Falcon 9
32 flights
5
B1077
Falcon 9
30 flights
6
B1078
Falcon 9
29 flights
7
B1080
Falcon 9
28 flights
8
B1081
Falcon 9
26 flights
9
B1082
Falcon 9
23 flights
10
B1061
Falcon 9
23 flights
11
B1062
Falcon 9
23 flights
12
B1075
Falcon Heavy
22 flights

Physical first stages ranked by total flights. Turnaround = fastest gap between two flights of the same booster.

Reusable Vehicle Types

Falcon 9Propulsive Landing
86
boosters
649
flights
98%
recovery

Record: B1067 · 36 flights

Falcon HeavyPropulsive Landing
20
boosters
61
flights
98%
recovery

Record: B1075 · 22 flights

New ShepardPropulsive Landing
5
boosters
38
flights
95%
recovery

Record: NS-4 · 17 flights

ElectronParachute Recovery
22
boosters
22
flights
78%
recovery

Record: 16 · 1 flights

StarshipTower Catch
13
boosters
13
flights
50%
recovery

Record: Booster 15 · 2 flights

Starship PrototypeOther / Unknown
17
boosters
9
flights
56%
recovery

Record: Starhopper · 2 flights

Falcon 1Other / Unknown
5
boosters
5
flights
0%
recovery

Record: F1 B0001 · 1 flights

SARGEOther / Unknown
1
boosters
4
flights
75%
recovery

Record: SARGE 1 · 4 flights

New GlennPropulsive Landing
3
boosters
3
flights
67%
recovery

Record: GS1-SN002 · 2 flights

Long March 10BOther / Unknown
1
boosters
1
flights
100%
recovery

Record: LM-10B F1 · 1 flights

Long March 12AOther / Unknown
1
boosters
1
flights
0%
recovery

Record: LM-12A F1 · 1 flights

Long March 12BOther / Unknown
1
boosters
1
flights
recovery

Record: LM-12B F1 · 1 flights

Zhuque-3Other / Unknown
2
boosters
1
flights
0%
recovery

Record: ZQ-3 F1 · 1 flights

Super Heavy PrototypeOther / Unknown
3
boosters
0
flights
recovery

Record: BN1 · 0 flights

CallistoOther / Unknown
1
boosters
0
flights
recovery

Record: Callisto · 0 flights

Themis DemonstratorOther / Unknown
2
boosters
0
flights
recovery

Record: T1E · 0 flights

Vehicles with at least one physical booster in the database. Recovery scheme is curated metadata (LL2 does not classify it).

Recovery Schemes Compared

Total booster flights

Landing success rate

Propulsive Landing Engine relight + landing legs — droneship or return-to-site
Other / Unknown Recovery scheme not classified
Parachute Recovery Chute splashdown at sea — mid-air helicopter catch attempted
Tower Catch Launch-tower arms catch the returning stage (“Mechazilla”)

Aggregated over every physical booster of each scheme. Success rate = successful landings / attempted landings.

Reusable Rockets in Development

Gravity-2in development
Orienspace Technology
Maiden: TBDLEO: 21.5 tOther / Unknown (planned)
Hyperbola-3in development
i-Space
Maiden: TBDLEO: 14.0 tOther / Unknown (planned)
Long March 10Ain development
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Maiden: TBDLEO: 18.0 tOther / Unknown (planned)

The Long March 10A is a human-rated launch vehicle designed to replace the current Long March 2F, along with the Low Earth Orbit version of China's Mengzhou crewed spacecraft, as their new Low Earth Orbit crew missions launcher. It is based on a single 1st stage core of the Long March 10, with 7 YF-100 series kerosene/liquid oxygen staged-combustion cycle engines on the 1st stage and 1 on the 2nd stage. The 1st stage is designed to be recovered downrange by a recovery barge equipped with an arrestor net and support frame, with the 1st stage landing on the net’s cables using its grid fins.

Maiain development
MaiaSpace
Maiden: TBDLEO: 1.5 tOther / Unknown (planned)

The Maia rocket is a future orbital reusable launch vehicle under development by the French startup MaiaSpace, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the ArianeGroup. The first stage is powered by 3 Prometheus gas generator methane/LOX engines developed under ESA's Future Launchers Preparatory Programme, with the first stage booster returning to a barge at sea. The second stage is powered by a single Prometheus engine, with restart capability. An optional Colibri kick stage could be added to provide enhanced mission flexibility as well as performance to LEO.

Miura 5in development
Payload Aerospace S.L.
Maiden: TBDLEO: 0.9 tOther / Unknown (planned)

MIURA 5 is a 2 stage launch vehicle powered by liquid oxygen and kerosene. The vehicle is designed, integrated and operated by PLD Space, and its 1st stage is designed to be eventually recovered by parachuting into the sea.

Nebula-1in development
Deep Blue Aerospace
Maiden: TBDLEO: 2.0 tOther / Unknown (planned)
Neutronin development
Rocket Lab
Maiden: TBDLEO: 15.0 tOther / Unknown (planned)

Neutron is an upcoming medium-lift two-stage launch vehicle under development by Rocket Lab. Neutron features a reusable first stage fueled by LOX and Methane.

New Glenn 9x4in development
Blue Origin
Maiden: TBDLEO: 70.0 tOther / Unknown (planned)

The New Glenn 9x4 is a further enhanced variant of the current New Glenn rocket (the "7x2" configuration) by Blue Origin. The New Glenn 9x4 uses 9 updated BE-4 Block 2 engines on the reusable 1st stage and 4 BE-3U engines on the 2nd stage, with a 8.7 meters diameter payload fairing. It can carry 70 metric tons to low Earth orbit, 14 metric tons to Geostationary Orbit Direct, and 20 metric tons to Trans Lunar Injection.

Novain development
Stoke Space
Maiden: TBDLEO: 3.0 tOther / Unknown (planned)

Stoke Space’s Nova launch vehicle is a planned fully reusable 2-stage rocket. The 1st stage uses 7 Zenith Full-flow staged-combustion (FFSC) engines using Liquified natural gas/liquid oxygen (LNG/LOX)​ as fuel, with restartable capability and landing legs for landing. The 2nd stage is unconventionally designed around a 24-thrust chamber liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen (LH2/LOX) expander cycle rocket engine that surrounds a regeneratively cooled heat shield, thus enabling the upper stage to return to Earth from orbit without thermal tiles. The nozzle accommodates deep throttle operation even in the presence of atmospheric pressure and serves as an actively cooled metallic heat shield during atmospheric reentry. There is also a center passive bleed that aims to create an aerospike engine-like effect for improved efficiency.

Pallas-1in development
Galactic Energy
Maiden: TBDLEO: 7.0 tOther / Unknown (planned)
Super Heavy Prototypein development
SpaceX
Maiden: TBDLEO: Other / Unknown (planned)

Prototype of SpaceX's Super Heavy, a fully reusable first stage for the Starship space vehicle.

Terran Rin development
Relativity Space
Maiden: TBDLEO: 20.0 tOther / Unknown (planned)

Terran R is a medium-lift 2-stage launch vehicle developed by Relativity Space is the first fully-reusable, entirely 3D printed orbital launch vehicle.

Themis Demonstratorin development
ArianeGroup
Maiden: TBDLEO: Other / Unknown (planned)

Themis is an ESA rocket prototype – a flagship European demonstrator for low-cost rocket recovery and reuse technologies. Powered by the reusable, methane-fuelled engine Prometheus, it is developed with ArianeGroup as prime contractor and building on decades of European research and experience in rocketry and space operations, Themis is designed to launch, land vertically and live on for another mission.

Callistoin development
National Center of Space Research
Maiden: TBDLEO: Other / Unknown (planned)

Callisto is a demonstrator designed to conduct flight testing and mature the complex technologies required to return a launcher to Earth, as well as refurbishment operations between flights, and to precisely cost an operational European launcher with a reusable first stage (it is not intended to become an operational launcher). Standing for “Cooperative Action Leading to Launcher Innovation in Stage Toss-back Operations”, Callisto is a project being pursued with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the German space agency DLR. A large number of international contractors are also contributing to the experiment, among them ArianeGroup and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

Configured for reuse but yet to fly (maiden flight may be TBD). Recovery scheme shown is the announced design intent.