According to space launch and transportation systems of the world, history and current development are studied in this research. Comparisons of rockets, rocket engines and satellite launch centers are carried out, which yield the future development trend. Some perspectives are also brought forward. Entering the space with extreme-low cost will totally change the centennial development of the aerial transport. Remote and cross-domain transportation will break the transportation efficiency of the aerial transport over the world. Reusable earth-space transportation system will become a necessary choice to maintain space environment, such as cleaning space debris. Multiple orbit requirement of spacecraft will expedite diversity and multi-domain launch capacity of the space launch system. Domains where conventional space propulsion systems, e.g., hydrogen/oxygen, lox/methane, and LO2/RP-1 based engines, are applied will inevitably witness an revolution. The development trend and future perspectives of the space launch and transportation system will benefit researches in our country, such as choosing technical route, tackling critical techniques, engineering and so on.

rocket  /  satellite  /  space launch pad  /  engine  /  space launch and transportation system