Abstract: A space launcher and method for launching satellites and other payloads into space, comprising multi-stage rockets with payload wherein the ratio of the weight of any lower stage rocket to the weight of the rocket stage directly above it is less than two and a half, and wherein the weight of each rocket stage can be defined as that weight of the space launcher, at the start of firing of this stage, minus the weight of the rocket and payload of the stage directly above it at the time when the latter stage rocket begins firing.