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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)
Space Shuttle National Aeronautics and Space Administration 04/12/1981 135 56.1 8.0 27500 28200
SPARK Sandia National Laboratories 11/04/2015 1
SPARTA Chrysler 11/28/1966 1 21.8 1.78 45 416
Spectrum Isar Aerospace 0 28.0 2.0 1000 675
Sputnik 11A59 Energia 12/01/1963 2 30.0 2.99 1400 3999
Sputnik 8A91 Energia 02/03/1958 2
Sputnik 8K74PS Energia 10/04/1957 2
SR75 HyImpulse 05/03/2024 1 0.64 75
SS-520 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency 01/14/2017 1 9.7 0.5 4
SS-520 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency 02/03/2018 1 0.5 4
SSLV Indian Space Research Organization 08/07/2022 2 34.0 2.0 500
Starship SpaceX 04/20/2023 3 120.0 9.0 100000 21000 72000
Starship Prototype SpaceX 07/26/2019 9 50.0 9.0
Start Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/28/1995 1 28.9 1.61 645 887
Start-1 Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/25/1993 5 22.7 1.61 632 887
Start-1.2 Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/04/1997 1 22.7 1.8 500
Strela Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 12/05/2003 3
Super Heavy Prototype SpaceX 0 70.0 9.0
Terran 1 Relativity Space 03/23/2023 1 35.0 2.3 1479 920
Terran R Relativity Space 0 66.0 5.5 20000 9400
Thor Able I McDonnell Douglas 04/24/1958 3 30.0 2.44 120 667
Thor Able II McDonnell Douglas 01/23/1959 2 27.3 2.44 668
Thor Able III McDonnell Douglas 08/07/1959 1 27.4 2.44 668
Thor Able IV McDonnell Douglas 03/11/1960 1 27.2 2.44 668
Thorad SLV-2G Agena D McDonnell Douglas 08/09/1966 30 32.9 2.44 1444