| Vehicle
|
Takeoff Mass
|
Final Mass
|
Mass ratio
|
Mass fraction
|
| Ariane 5 (vehicle + payload)
|
746,000 kg [೧] (~1,645,000 lb)
|
2,700 kg + 16,000 kg[೧] (~6,000 lb + ~35,300 lb)
|
39.9
|
0.975
|
| Titan 23G first stage
|
117,020 kg (258,000 lb)
|
4,760 kg (10,500 lb)
|
24.6
|
0.959
|
| Saturn V
|
3,038,500 kg[೨] (~6,700,000 lb)
|
13,300 kg + 118,000 kg[೨] (~29,320 lb + ~260,150 lb)
|
23.1
|
0.957
|
| Space Shuttle (vehicle + payload)
|
2,040,000 kg (~4,500,000 lb)
|
104,000 kg + 28,800 kg (~230,000 lb + ~63,500 lb)
|
15.4
|
0.935
|
| Saturn 1B (stage only)
|
448,648 kg[೩] (989,100 lb)
|
41,594 kg[೩] (91,700 lb)
|
10.7
|
0.907
|
| Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer
|
10,024.39 kg (22,100 lb)
|
1,678.3 kg (3,700 lb)
|
6.0
|
0.83
|
| V-2
|
13,000 kg (~28,660 lb) (12.8 ton)
|
|
3.85
|
0.74 [೪]
|
| X-15
|
15,420 kg (34,000 lb)
|
6,620 kg (14,600 lb)
|
2.3
|
0.57[೫]
|
| Concorde
|
~181,000 kg (400,000 lb [೫])
|
|
2
|
0.5[೫]
|
| Boeing 747
|
~363,000 kg (800,000 lb[೫])
|
|
2
|
0.5[೫]
|
References
These references will appear in the article, but this list appears only on this page.
- ↑ ೧.೦ ೧.೧ Astronautix- Ariane 5g
- ↑ ೨.೦ ೨.೧ Astronautix - Saturn V
- ↑ ೩.೦ ೩.೧ Astronautix- Saturn IB
- ↑ Astronautix-V-2
- ↑ ೫.೦ ೫.೧ ೫.೨ ೫.೩ ೫.೪ AIAA2001-4619 RLVs
