[DOC] [TLE] Launch vehicle - Wikipedia [PAR] In spaceflight, a launch vehicle or carrier rocket is a rocket used to carry a 
payload from Earth's surface into outer space. ... For example, the European 
Space Agency is responsible for the Ariane V, and the United Launch ... 
Suborbital launch vehicles are not capable of taking their payloads to the 
minimum horizontal speed... [DOC] [TLE] Ariane 5 - Wikipedia [PAR] Ariane 5 is a European heavy lift launch vehicle that is part of the Ariane rocket 
family, an expendable launch system used to deliver payloads into geostationary 
transfer orbit (GTO) or low Earth orbit (LEO). Ariane 5 rockets are manufactured 
under the authority of the European Space Agency ... ESA originally designed 
Ariane 5 to launch the Hermes spaceplane, and... [DOC] [TLE] Ariane (rocket family) - Wikipedia [PAR] Ariane is a series of a European civilian expendable launch vehicles for space 
launch use. ... The project was Western Europe's second attempt to develop its 
own launcher ... The European Space Agency (ESA) charged the EADS 
subsidiary Astrium, ... Ariane 1 was a three-stage launcher, derived from missile 
technology. [DOC] [TLE] Why ExoMars' ride to space takes the time it does | Rocket Science [PAR] Mar 13, 2016 ... 10 hours and 45 minutes later, the rocket will release its payload and ... The three
-stage Proton version is used for launches into low Earth orbit such as ... The 
Russian rocket launch strategies have been designed very painstakingly to 
minimize the risk to inhabited regions. .... 2016 European Space Agency. [DOC] [TLE] Vega / Launch vehicles / Launchers / Our Activities / ESA [PAR] Apr 11, 2016 ... European Space Agency ... Payload masses range from 300 kg to 2500 kg, 
depending on the type ... It has three solid-propellant stages and a liquid-
propellant upper ... inherited the small-launcher programme of Italy's ASI space 
agency. ... helping Arianespace to maintain its lead in this market segment. [DOC] [TLE] Ariane 6 / Launch vehicles / Launchers / Our Activities / ESA [PAR] Apr 6, 2016 ... European Space Agency ... Ariane 6 can loft a payload mass of 510.5 tonnes in 
equivalent geostationary ... The exploitation cost of the Ariane 6 launch system is 
its key driver. ... The upper stage of Ariane 6 builds on developments for the ... 
Safran Launchers (ASL) as prime contractor and design authority. [DOC] [TLE] ESA Science & Technology: Launch Vehicle [PAR] Oct 22, 2003 ... The Soyuz rocket usually comprises three stages: ... The entire launch vehicle, 
with its payload, is then transported by rail to the launch pad,... [DOC] [TLE] ESA Science & Technology: Launch Vehicle [PAR] INTEGRAL was successfully launched by a Proton rocket, Russia's largest ... The 
total length of the four-stage booster is more than 57 metres, its total lift-off mass 
is ... An arrangement between ESA and the Russian Space Agency (RSA) was ... 
As a three-stage vehicle it primarily launches large space station type payloads... [DOC] [TLE] launch vehicle | rocket system | Britannica.com [PAR] Most space launch vehicles trace their heritage to ballistic missiles ... The Braun 
team already had a less powerful rocket called Saturn I in development; their 
advanced design, .... Its spacecraft payload was attached to the side of its core 
stage, not placed ... European Space Agency, Ariane 1, 207,200, 50, 4, 1,850, 
197986. [DOC] [TLE] New European Rocket Launching Tonight on Crucial ... - Space.com [PAR] May 3, 2013 ... The European Space Agency's Vega VV02 rocket stands fully assembled on ... 
Tonight's Vega launch carries three satellites for the European Space Agency, 
the ... to rocket into space and precisely maneuver the payloads into their proper 
orbits. ... qualification mission for ESA to prove the booster's design. [DOC] [TLE] Europe okays design for next-generation rocket - Phys.org [PAR] Jul 9, 2013 ... The European Space Agency (ESA) on Tuesday said it had approved ... An 
Ariane 5 rocket carrying two satellites sits on the launch pad on February 6, ... 
payload of between three and 6.5 tonnes in geostationary orbitthe

Question: The European Space Agency designed this 3-stage rocket to launch its payloads
Answer: the Ariane