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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)
Atlas F/OIS Convair 02/24/1979 1
Unknown Launch Vehicle Unknown 0
Delta II United Launch Alliance 05/05/1997 17 38.7 2.4 5959 1842
Kaituozhe China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 03/02/2017 1
Atlas E Convair 10/11/1960 15
Delta II United Launch Alliance 10/26/2006 2 38.9 2.4 1840
Kwangmyongsong Korean Committee of Space Technology 02/07/2016 0
Soyuz-U Soviet Space Program 12/23/1982 71 34.54 2.95 7050
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
Kaituozhe-1 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 09/15/2001 3 18.0 2.0 100
Kosmos-2I 63S1 Strategic Rocket Forces 10/27/1961 38 31.0 1.6 300
Little Joe North American Aviation 08/21/1959 8 17.0
Shavit-2 Israel Aerospace Industries 04/05/1995 10
PSLV-DL Indian Space Research Organization 01/24/2019 4 44.0 2.8 3800 1200
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
Kosmos 11K65 Strategic Rocket Forces 11/16/1966 4 26.0 2.4 1400
South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV Agency for Defense Development 0 500
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat Progress Rocket Space Center 10/19/2006 3
Soyuz STA Progress Rocket Space Center 12/17/2011 8 46.3 2.95 7020 2810