Super heavy-lift launch vehicle
Comparison
Includes mass of Apollo Command/Service Modules, Apollo Lunar Module, Spacecraft/LM Adapter, Saturn V Instrument Unit, S-IVB stage, and propellant for translunar injection; payload mass to LEO is about 122.4 t (270,000 lb) Includes mass of orbiter and payload during STS-93; deployable payload is 27.5 t (61,000 lb) Required upper stage or payload to perform final orbital insertion Falcon Heavy has not yet flown in a configuration that would allow lifting 50 tonnes to LEO.

Super heavy-lift launch vehicle

Section Title: Comparison
Table Section Text: Includes mass of Apollo Command/Service Modules, Apollo Lunar Module, Spacecraft/LM Adapter, Saturn V Instrument Unit, S-IVB stage, and propellant for translunar injection; payload mass to LEO is about 122.4 t (270,000 lb) Includes mass of orbiter and payload during STS-93; deployable payload is 27.5 t (61,000 lb) Required upper stage or payload to perform final orbital insertion Falcon Heavy has not yet flown in a configuration that would allow lifting 50 tonnes to LEO.

Rocket	Configuration	LEO payload	First flight	First >50t payload	Operational	Reusable

Saturn V	Apollo	140 t (310,000 lb)	1967	1967	Retired	No

Space Shuttle	122.5 t (270,142 lb)	1981	1981	Retired	Partially

Energia	Buran	100 t (220,000 lb)	1987	1987	Retired	Partially

Falcon Heavy	Expended	63.8 t (141,000 lb)	N/A	N/A	Unproven	No

Recoverable side boosters	57 t (126,000 lb)	N/A	N/A	Unproven	Partially

SLS	Block 1	95 t (209,000 lb)	2021 (planned)	N/A	Development	No

Block 1B	105 t (231,000 lb)	2024 (planned)	N/A	Development	No

Block 2	130 t (290,000 lb)	2029 (planned)	N/A	Development	No

BFR	100+ t (220,000+ lb)	2020 (planned)	N/A	Development	Fully

Long March 9	140 t (310,000 lb)	2028 (planned)	N/A	Development	No

Yenisei	Yenisei	103 t (227,000 lb)	2028 (planned)	N/A	Development	No

Don	130 t (290,000 lb)	2030 (planned)	N/A	Development	No

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The Space Shuttle orbited a combined 122,534 kg (270,142 lb) on STS-93.

final_sentence: The Space Shuttle orbited a combined 122,534 kg (270,142 lb) on STS-93.