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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)
Proton Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 11/16/1968 29
Atlas E Altair Convair 04/11/1990 1 210
Atlas F/Agena D Convair 06/27/1978 1
Gaganyaan Abort Test Booster Indian Space Research Organization 10/21/2023 1 760
Conestoga 1620 Space Services Inc. 10/23/1995 1 1179
Kosmos-3M Russian Space Forces 05/15/1967 445
Zenit-2SB Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 11/08/2011 0 3.9
Sputnik 8A91 Energia 02/03/1958 2
Unha-3 Korean Committee of Space Technology 04/12/2012 2
Antares 330 Northrop Grumman Space Systems 0 7200
Long March 2D/YZ-3 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 12/29/2018 3
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat Progress Rocket Space Center 10/19/2006 3
Long March 8 (Core Only) China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 02/27/2022 1
Ceres-1S Galactic Energy 09/05/2023 1 350 598
Orion Abort Test Booster National Aeronautics and Space Administration 07/02/2019 1 5.5 2200
Long March 1 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 04/24/1970 2
South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV Agency for Defense Development 0 500
Atlas E/SVS Convair 12/19/1981 1
Simorgh Iranian Space Agency 07/27/2017 6
South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV (3 stage) Agency for Defense Development 12/04/2023 1 100
Shavit-2 Israel Aerospace Industries 04/05/1995 10
Ceres-1 Galactic Energy 11/07/2020 10 350 598
Molniya-M Russian Space Forces 10/04/1965 272
Thor DM-21 Agena-B United States Air Force 10/26/1960 40
Long March 2 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 09/06/2008 3