How rocket sizes stack up

The size of a rocket typically determines where it can launch from, where it can fly to and how much it can carry to its destination.

200 feet

150

100

50

SMALL

MEDIUM

LARGE

Electron

Falcon 9

Ariane 5

Approximate

cost per launch

(millions)

Payload

(pounds)

Rocket

Destination

Electron

Low-Earth orbit

661

$7

Falcon 9

Low-Earth orbit

50,265

$67

Geostationary

transfer orbit

Ariane 5

21,000+

$175

- Adjust height of artboards as needed

- At minium make 560px and 280px versions

- Delete the artboards that are not used

- Mono for labels and annotations

- Founders Condensed for headings

- Publico Text for text copy

- Font sizes:

10px, 12px, 14px, 16px, 18px, 20px, 24px, 32px, 48px, 60px, 80px, 96px, 128px

- Global Hex Colors:

black #000,

gray-100 #2a2a2a

gray-80 #555

gray-60 #999

gray-40 #ccc

gray-20 #ebebeb

white: #fff

red: #fa3a3a

- Brand Hex Colors:

midnight-blue: #102039; // News, MSNBC

clear-blue: #3061ff; // News, MSNBC

wilde-sand: #f2f2f2; // News

amber: #ffbe03; // MSNBC

plum: #380538; // TODAY

vermillion: #ff503c; // TODAY

alabaster: #f8f8f8; // TODAY

violet: #5c00d8; // MACH

biege: #f1f0ed; // MACH, BETTER, THINK, KNOW YOUR VALUE

burst: #ff5042; // THINK

tangerine: #f6a383; // KNOW YOUR VALUE

green: #13a31a; // KARA GREEN

orange: #f96419; // KARA ORANGE

pink: #db0e9c; // KARA PINK

dem-blue: #0495f4; // 2020 DECISIONS BLUE

rep-red: #ff3333; // 2020 DECISIONS RED

-Strokes

Grid stroke

Axis stroke

Line stroke

Annotation stroke

200 feet

150

100

50

SMALL

MEDIUM

LARGE

Electron

Falcon 9

Ariane 5

Approximate

cost per launch

(millions)

Payload

(pounds)

Rocket

Destination

Electron

Low-Earth orbit

661

$7

Falcon 9

Low-Earth orbit

50,265

$67

Geostationary

transfer orbit

Ariane 5

21,000+

$175

MEDIUM

LARGE

SMALL

Falcon 9

Ariane 5

Electron

Two-stage reusable rocket

Two-stage

expendable rocket

Two-stage reusable rocket

200 feet

150

100

50

Destination

Low-Earth orbit

Destination

Low-Earth orbit

Destination

Geostationary

transfer orbit

Payload

50,265 pounds

Payload

661 pounds

Payload

21,000+ pounds

Approximate cost per

launch $7 million

Approximate cost per

launch $67 million

Approximate cost per

launch $175 million

MEDIUM

LARGE

SMALL

Falcon 9

Ariane 5

Electron

Two-stage reusable rocket

Two-stage expendable rocket

Two-stage reusable rocket

200 feet

150

100

50

Destination Geostationary transfer orbit

Payload 21,000+ pounds

Approximate cost per launch $175 million

Destination Low-Earth orbit

Payload 661 pounds

Approximate cost per launch $7 million

Destination Low-Earth orbit

Payload 50,265 pounds

Approximate cost per launch $67 million