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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)
Vulcan VC4L United Launch Alliance 0 67.4 5.4 24600 11700 13706
Falcon 9 SpaceX 09/29/2013 15 68.4 3.65 13150 4850 5883
Falcon 9 SpaceX 05/11/2018 280 70.0 3.65 22800 8300 7607
Super Heavy Prototype SpaceX 0 70.0 9.0
Falcon Heavy SpaceX 02/06/2018 9 70.0 12.2 63800 26700 22819
Delta IV M+(5,4) United Launch Alliance 12/06/2009 8 70.7 5.0 13730 6890 5860
Falcon 9 SpaceX 12/22/2015 25 71.0 3.65 22800 8305 6804
Falcon 9 SpaceX 12/22/2015 12 71.0 3.65 22800 8305 6804
Delta IV M+(5,2) United Launch Alliance 04/03/2012 3 72.0 5.0 11700 6565 5860
Delta IV Heavy United Launch Alliance 12/21/2004 16 72.0 5.0 28370 14210 8674
New Glenn Blue Origin 0 82.0 7.0 45000 13000 17100
Energiya Energia 05/15/1987 1 97.0 17.65 88000 35129
Energiya/Buran Energia 11/15/1988 1 97.0 17.65 90400 35301
Ares I-X National Aeronautics and Space Administration 10/28/2009 1 99.7 3.71 12000
N1 Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) 02/21/1969 4 105.0 17.0 95000 45400
Saturn V National Aeronautics and Space Administration 11/09/1967 13 110.6 10.1 140000 35100
Space Launch System (SLS) National Aeronautics and Space Administration 0 111.0 8.4 105000 39000
Space Launch System (SLS) National Aeronautics and Space Administration 11/16/2022 1 111.0 8.4 95000 39000
Starship SpaceX 04/20/2023 3 120.0 9.0 100000 21000 72000
Antares 330 Northrop Grumman Space Systems 0 7200
Long March 2D/YZ-3 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 12/29/2018 3
Unha-3 Korean Committee of Space Technology 04/12/2012 2
Kosmos-3M Russian Space Forces 05/15/1967 445
Sputnik 8A91 Energia 02/03/1958 2
Zenit-2SB Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 11/08/2011 0 3.9