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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)
Thor Able III McDonnell Douglas 08/07/1959 1 27.4 2.44 668
Trailblazer 2 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 12/14/1961 3 15.7 0.79 547
Titan IIIA Lockheed Martin 09/01/1964 4 42.0 3.05 3100 1941
Saturn IB National Aeronautics and Space Administration 02/26/1966 10 43.2 6.61 21000 7100
Antares 230+ Northrop Grumman Space Systems 11/02/2019 8 42.5 3.9 8200 3844
Long March 2C/SM China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 12/29/2003 2 42.0 3.35 3850 1440 2962
Delta II McDonnell Douglas 02/14/1990 1 39.0 2.44 3790
Thor MG-18 McDonnell Douglas 01/19/1965 2 23.0 2.44 668
Ariane 44L Aérospatiale 06/05/1989 40 58.7 3.8 10200 4950 5395
SLV-3 Indian Space Research Organization 08/10/1979 4 22.0 1.0 40 503
Little Joe II Convair 08/28/1963 5 26.2 3.9
Lambda 4S Institute of Space and Astronautical Science 09/26/1966 5 16.5 0.74 26
Start-1.2 Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/04/1997 1 22.7 1.8 500
Starship Prototype SpaceX 07/26/2019 9 50.0 9.0
Titan IIIB Lockheed Martin 07/29/1966 22 45.0 3.05 3000 1913
Volna Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau 01/01/1975 1 14.1 1.9 120 682
Titan 405B Lockheed Martin 04/30/2005 1 54.0 3.05 14500 14200
Ariane 42P Aérospatiale 11/20/1990 15 55.9 3.8 6000 2990 3944
H-IIA Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 02/04/2002 7 53.0 4.0 5000
Atlas Centaur Convair 05/08/1962 4 33.0 3.05 1800 1704
Scout X-3A Vought 08/31/1962 1 22.0 1.02 380
Black Arrow Royal Aircraft Establishment 06/27/1969 2 13.0 2.0 135 256
Delta 3910 McDonnell Douglas 02/14/1980 3 35.0 2.44 3188
Thor SLV-2 Agena D McDonnell Douglas 05/31/1967 8 27.2 2.44 756
Titan 34D IUS Lockheed Martin 10/30/1982 1 52.4 3.05 5000 11279