Tantares LV

Available Launchers

TSYKLON - based on the R-36 intercontinental ballistic missile has staged combustion engines.
Soyuz (R-7)
Kosmos 2I - developed from R-12 IRBM
Kosmos 3M - comparable to early delta
Proton: Mid 60s soviet heavy launcher
Blok D: Upper stage used in N1, Proton, Zenit
Block E: Propulsion for LK lander
BRIZ: Upper Stage, used in Proton
Fregat: Upper stage used in Soyuz and Proton first flown in the 2000s
N1: Soviet Super Heavy Lift Moon Rocket
ENERGIA: Soviet Super Heavy Rocket for Polyus and Buran
Zenit: developed as a liquid rocket booster for the Energia rocket and, equipped with a second stage, as a stand-alone middle-weight launcher.

Launcher	Year	Stages	Comparable to
Kosmos-2I	1961	Derived from IRBM	Thor
Kosmos-3M	1967		Thor
R-7	1959	ICBM	Atlas
Proton	1965		Saturn IB
Tsyklon	1966	ICBM	Titan II
N-1	1969		Saturn C-4/V
Zenit	1985		Titan 3M
Energia	1987	Uses zenits as boosters	Saturn V

Stage	Fuel	Notes	Tier
Kosmos-2I	Hypergolic	Derived from IRBM	1
Kosmos-3M	Hypergolic	Derived from IRBM	2
R-7 Core & Boosters	Liquid Fuel		3
Blok-I	Liquid Fuel	Second Stage in R-7 derivatives	4
Proton Base Stages	Hypergolic		6
Blok-D	Liquid Fuel	Used in Proton K and N-1	7
Blok-E	Hypergolic	Lander	7
N-1	Liquid Fuel	All of the stages used RP-1	8
Zenit	Liquid Fuel	First 2 stages use Liquid Fuel, First stage used as booster for Energia	8
Briz	Hypergolic	Proton Kickstage	8
Fregat	Hypergolic	Kickstage	9
Energia Core	LH2		9