Rocket file · LV-126
Ares I-X
Ares I-X is an expendable launch vehicle built by National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It stands 99.7 m tall, first flew on 28 October 2009. It has flown 1 times with 1 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.
Specification
Vehicle spec sheet
As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.
Flight record
Reliability
About Ares I-X
Ares I was the crew launch vehicle that was being developed by NASA as part of the Constellation program. Ares I-X was a design concept demonstrator, that had a dummy second stage and a partially functional first stage.
Upcoming flights
Manifest
Ares I-X is retired, and no flight is filed.
All upcoming launchesAres I-X in the archive
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Common questions
- How many times has Ares I-X flown?
- 1 times, with 1 successes and 0 failures.
- What is Ares I-X's success rate?
- 100.0%. That's 1 successful flights out of 1 attempts.
- How much can Ares I-X lift to orbit?
- Launch Library 2 doesn't list a payload figure for Ares I-X.
- Is Ares I-X reusable?
- No. Launch Library 2 lists Ares I-X as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.