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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)
Long March 3 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 02/14/1996 24 54.8 3.35 11500 5100 5923
Ariane 5 G ArianeGroup 06/04/1996 16 57.0 5.4 12200 6900
M-V IHI Corporation 02/12/1997 7 30.8 2.5 1800 3780
Titan 402B IUS Lockheed Martin 02/23/1997 5 54.0 3.05 21680 15000
Start-1.2 Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/04/1997 1 22.7 1.8 500
Delta II United Launch Alliance 05/05/1997 17 38.7 2.4 5959 1842
Proton-K/17S40 Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 06/06/1997 6 59.0 4.15 6000 8847
Delta II McDonnell Douglas 08/25/1997 1 39.0 2.44 4000
Long March 2C/SD China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 09/01/1997 7 42.0 3.35 3850 2786
Titan IVB Lockheed Martin 10/15/1997 7
VLS-1 Department of Aerospace Science and Technology 11/02/1997 2 19.5 1.01 120 1172
Pegasus XL HAPS Orbital Sciences Corporation 12/23/1997 5 17.6 1.27 443 0 580
Athena II Lockheed Martin 01/07/1998 3 28.2 2.36 2065 593 1900
Delta II United Launch Alliance 01/10/1998 26 38.9 2.4 1840
Minotaur-C 2210 Orbital Sciences Corporation 02/10/1998 1 29.7 2.35 1380 1380
Delta II McDonnell Douglas 02/14/1998 8 39.0 2.44 3020
Shtil'-1 KB Mashinostroyeniya 07/07/1998 2 14.8 1.9 430 809
Delta III Boeing 08/26/1998 3 35.0 4.0 8290 3810 4889
Paektusan 1 Korean Committee of Space Technology 08/31/1998 1 25.8 1.8 525
Zenit-2 11K77.05 Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 09/09/1998 1 57.0 3.9 7259
Delta II McDonnell Douglas 10/24/1998 3 38.4 2.44 2500
Delta II McDonnell Douglas 12/11/1998 3 39.0 2.44 3020
Delta II McDonnell Douglas 02/07/1999 1 39.0 2.44 3020
Zenit Sea Launch 03/28/1999 36 4.6 0.42 0 0 45
Dnepr ISC Kosmotras 04/21/1999 22