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Vehicle Takeoff mass Final mass Mass ratio Mass fraction
Ariane 5 (vehicle + payload) 746,000 kg [66] (~1,645,000 lb) 2,700 kg + 16,000 kg[66] (~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[67] (~6,700,000 lb) 13,300 kg + 118,000 kg[67] (~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[68] (989,100 lb) 41,594 kg[68] (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 [69]
X-15 15,420 kg (34,000 lb) 6,620 kg (14,600 lb) 2.3 0.57[70]
Concorde ~181,000 kg (400,000 lb [70]) 2 0.5[70]
Boeing 747 ~363,000 kg (800,000 lb[70]) 2 0.5[70]