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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)
Electron Rocket Lab 05/25/2017 47 18.0 1.2 300 162
Vostok 8A92 RKK Energiya 06/01/1962 44 30.84 2.99 4730 3996
Soyuz 2.1a Progress Rocket Space Center 11/04/2004 44 46.3 2.95 7020 2810 4149
Proton-K/DM-2M Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 01/20/1994 41 59.0 4.15 8847
Atlas V 401 United Launch Alliance 08/21/2002 41 58.3 3.8 9050 4950 3827
Molniya 8K78 Strategic Rocket Forces 10/10/1960 40 43.44 3.0 1900 813
Thor DM-21 Agena-B United States Air Force 10/26/1960 40
Ariane 44L Aérospatiale 06/05/1989 40 58.7 3.8 10200 4950 5395
Proton Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) 03/10/1967 39 57.0 4.0 8847
Kosmos-2I 63S1 Strategic Rocket Forces 10/27/1961 38 31.0 1.6 300
Delta II United Launch Alliance 11/26/1990 36 38.9 2.4 1840
Zenit Sea Launch 03/28/1999 36 4.6 0.42 0 0 45
Titan IIIC Lockheed Martin 06/18/1965 36 42.0 3.0 13100 3000 10586
Zenit-2 Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 04/13/1985 35 57.0 3.9 13740 7300
H-IIA Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 08/29/2001 33 53.0 4.0 10000 4100 2260
Proton-M Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 03/15/2004 33
Soyuz Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) 11/28/1966 32
Atlas SLV-3D Centaur Convair 04/06/1973 32 21.0 3.05 800
Pegasus XL Orbital Sciences Corporation 06/27/1994 31 17.6 1.27 443 0 580
Rokot/Briz-KM Russian Aerospace Defence Forces 05/16/2000 31 29.0 2.5 1850 0 1870
Delta 2914 McDonnell Douglas 04/13/1974 30 35.0 2.44 724 2287
Thorad SLV-2G Agena D McDonnell Douglas 08/09/1966 30 32.9 2.44 1444
Atlas IIAS Lockheed Martin 12/16/1993 30 47.54 3.04 6580 2810 4391
Proton Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 11/16/1968 29
Atlas Agena B United States Air Force 01/31/1961 29 20.27 3.05 363