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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)
Delta 1914 McDonnell Douglas 11/10/1972 2 35.0 2.44 2287
SS-520 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency 02/03/2018 1 0.5 4
Soyuz 11A511M Energia 12/27/1971 8 50.0 2.95 6600 4054
Thor Delta E McDonnell Douglas 11/06/1965 6 31.0 2.44 540 150 1452
Titan 402A IUS Lockheed Martin 06/14/1989 3 54.0 3.05 21680 14200
Delta IV M United Launch Alliance 03/11/2003 3 63.0 5.0 8600 3900 2890
Delta 3920-8 McDonnell Douglas 03/24/1989 1 36.0 2.44 3188
Delta II McDonnell Douglas 02/07/1999 1 39.0 2.44 3020
Titan 403A Lockheed Martin 03/08/1991 5 54.0 3.05 17700 14200
Diamant BP4 Société d'étude et de réalisation d'engins balistiques 02/06/1975 3 21.6 1.34 160 396
Kosmos 11K65 Strategic Rocket Forces 11/16/1966 4 26.0 2.4 1400
Little Joe North American Aviation 08/21/1959 8 17.0
Paektusan 1 Korean Committee of Space Technology 08/31/1998 1 25.8 1.8 525
Kaituozhe-1 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 09/15/2001 3 18.0 2.0 100
Europa I European Launcher Development Organisation 11/29/1968 3 33.0 3.05 200 200 1500
Thor Able II McDonnell Douglas 01/23/1959 2 27.3 2.44 668
Trailblazer 1 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 03/03/1959 1 17.1 0.58 365
Thor Agena D McDonnell Douglas 06/28/1962 13 31.0 2.44 667
Soyuz-U Soviet Space Program 12/23/1982 71 34.54 2.95 7050
Thor Delta D McDonnell Douglas 08/19/1964 2 32.0 2.44 450 104 1571
Delta II United Launch Alliance 10/26/2006 2 38.9 2.4 1840
Atlas E Convair 10/11/1960 15
Scout G-1 Vought 10/30/1979 17 26.0 1.14 210 395
Long March 2E China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 07/16/1990 7 49.686 7.85 9200 5923
Space Shuttle National Aeronautics and Space Administration 04/12/1981 135 56.1 8.0 27500 28200