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Name Family Manufacturer Maiden Flight Date Active Reusable Launch Count Length (m) Max Diameter (m) LEO Capacity (kg) GTO Capacity (kg) Thrust at Liftoff (kN)
New Glenn Blue Origin 0 82.0 7.0 45000 13000 17100
Falcon Heavy SpaceX 02/06/2018 9 70.0 12.2 63800 26700 22819
Miura 1 Payload Aerospace S.L. 10/07/2023 1 12.7 0.7 30
Falcon 9 SpaceX 12/22/2015 12 71.0 3.65 22800 8305 6804
Neutron Rocket Lab 0 40.0 7.0 15000 5960
Starship Prototype SpaceX 07/26/2019 9 50.0 9.0
Super Heavy Prototype SpaceX 0 70.0 9.0
Space Shuttle National Aeronautics and Space Administration 04/12/1981 135 56.1 8.0 27500 28200
SARGE EXOS Aerospace 08/25/2018 4 11.0 0.51 24
Falcon 9 SpaceX 12/22/2015 25 71.0 3.65 22800 8305 6804
Energiya/Buran Energia 11/15/1988 1 97.0 17.65 90400 35301
North American X-15 North American Aviation 06/08/1959 13 15.47 6.61 286
Miura 5 Payload Aerospace S.L. 0 35.81 2.0 900 950
Terran R Relativity Space 0 66.0 5.5 20000 9400
Falcon 9 SpaceX 05/11/2018 280 70.0 3.65 22800 8300 7607
Starship SpaceX 04/20/2023 3 120.0 9.0 100000 21000 72000
New Shepard Blue Origin 04/29/2015 24 15.0 3.7 0 0 490
SpaceShipTwo Virgin Galactic 10/10/2010 66 18.0 8.2 0 0 310
Atlas SLV-3D Centaur Convair 04/06/1973 32 21.0 3.05 800
Pegasus HAPS Orbital Sciences Corporation 07/17/1991 2 15.5 1.28 250 0 580
Delta II McDonnell Douglas 12/11/1998 3 39.0 2.44 3020
Vulcan VC2S United Launch Alliance 01/08/2024 1 61.6 5.4 19000 8400 9303
Ariane 64 ArianeGroup 0 63.0 5.4 21650 11500 19370
Antares 230 Northrop Grumman Space Systems 10/17/2016 5 42.5 3.9 7800 3844
Vostok Soviet Space Program 05/15/1960 13 30.84 2.99 4725 971