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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)
N1 Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) 02/21/1969 4 105.0 17.0 95000 45400
Kaituozhe China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 03/02/2017 1
Kwangmyongsong Korean Committee of Space Technology 02/07/2016 0
Proton-K/D-1 Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 10/16/1975 12 57.0 4.15 8847
Long March 5/YZ-2 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 11/03/2016 2
R-36O 8K69 Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 07/28/1965 21 32.6 3.0
Long March 2 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 09/06/2008 3
Thor DM-21 Agena-B United States Air Force 10/26/1960 40
Scout A-1 Vought 10/30/1973 1 22.0 1.02 440
M-V IHI Corporation 02/12/1997 7 30.8 2.5 1800 3780
Scout B Vought 08/10/1965 23 25.0 1.01 143 513
Neutron Rocket Lab 0 40.0 7.0 15000 5960
Scout B-1 Vought 08/16/1971 5 22.0 1.02 440
Kosmos-2I 63S1 Strategic Rocket Forces 10/27/1961 38 31.0 1.6 300
Long March 5B China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 05/05/2020 4 53.66 5.0 25000 10565
Scout D-1 Vought 08/13/1972 16 25.0 1.14 183 464
Shavit-2 Israel Aerospace Industries 04/05/1995 10
Mu-3S-II Institute of Space and Astronautical Science 01/07/1985 8 27.8 1.41 800 1930
Scout F-1 Vought 05/07/1975 2 25.0 1.14 193 395
Soyuz Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation 03/29/2018 4 44.0 3.0 2850
Smart Dragon 3 China Rocket Co. Ltd. 12/09/2022 3 32.0 2.64
Smart Dragon 1 China Rocket Co. Ltd. 08/17/2019 1 19.2 1.2 150
South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV (3 stage) Agency for Defense Development 12/04/2023 1 100
Delta 0900 McDonnell Douglas 07/23/1972 2 34.0 2.44 1300 2500
Delta 1900 McDonnell Douglas 12/16/1973 1 35.0 2.44 2410