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) |
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LauncherOne | Launcher | Virgin Orbit | 05/25/2020 | ✘ | ✘ | 6 | 16.0 | 1.6 | 500 | — | 327 |
Lambda 4S | Lambda | Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | 09/26/1966 | ✘ | ✘ | 5 | 16.5 | 0.74 | 26 | — | — |
Pegasus | Pegasus | Orbital Sciences Corporation | 04/05/1990 | ✘ | ✘ | 4 | 16.9 | 1.27 | 443 | 0 | 580 |
Little Joe | Little Joe | North American Aviation | 08/21/1959 | ✘ | ✘ | 8 | 17.0 | — | — | — | — |
Trailblazer 1 | Trailblazer | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 03/03/1959 | ✘ | ✘ | 1 | 17.1 | 0.58 | — | — | 365 |
Pegasus XL HAPS | Pegasus | Orbital Sciences Corporation | 12/23/1997 | ✔ | ✘ | 5 | 17.6 | 1.27 | 443 | 0 | 580 |
Pegasus XL | Pegasus | Orbital Sciences Corporation | 06/27/1994 | ✔ | ✘ | 31 | 17.6 | 1.27 | 443 | 0 | 580 |
Kaituozhe-1 | Kaituozhe | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | 09/15/2001 | ✘ | ✘ | 3 | 18.0 | 2.0 | 100 | — | — |
Electron | Electron | Rocket Lab | 05/25/2017 | ✔ | ✘ | 47 | 18.0 | 1.2 | 300 | — | 162 |
SpaceShipTwo | SpaceShipTwo | Virgin Galactic | 10/10/2010 | ✔ | ✔ | 66 | 18.0 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 310 |
KAIROS | KAIROS | Space One | 03/13/2024 | ✔ | ✘ | 1 | 18.0 | 1.35 | 250 | — | — |
Delta DM-19 | Thor | United States Air Force | 05/13/1960 | ✘ | ✘ | 3 | 18.42 | 2.44 | — | — | 759 |
Athena I | Athena | Lockheed Martin | 08/15/1995 | ✘ | ✘ | 4 | 18.9 | 2.36 | 820 | — | 1900 |
Diamant A | Diamant | Société d'étude et de réalisation d'engins balistiques | 11/26/1965 | ✘ | ✘ | 4 | 18.95 | 1.34 | 160 | — | 301 |
OS-M1 | OS-M | OneSpace | 03/27/2019 | ✘ | ✘ | 1 | 19.0 | 1.2 | — | — | — |
Prime | Orbex | Orbex | — | ✘ | ✘ | 0 | 19.0 | 1.3 | — | — | — |
Smart Dragon 1 | Smart Dragon | China Rocket Co. Ltd. | 08/17/2019 | ✔ | ✘ | 1 | 19.2 | 1.2 | 150 | — | — |
Minotaur I | Minotaur | Orbital Sciences Corporation | 01/27/2000 | ✔ | ✘ | 12 | 19.21 | 1.67 | 580 | — | 935 |
Kuaizhou | Kuaizhou | ExPace | 01/09/2017 | ✔ | ✘ | 26 | 19.4 | 1.4 | 300 | — | — |
VLS-1 | VLS | Department of Aerospace Science and Technology | 11/02/1997 | ✘ | ✘ | 2 | 19.5 | 1.01 | 120 | — | 1172 |
Soyuz 2.1a/Volga | Soyuz | Progress Rocket Space Center | 11/08/2004 | ✔ | ✘ | 1 | 19.6 | 2.68 | — | — | 4149 |
Long March 11 | Long March 11 | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | 09/25/2015 | ✔ | ✘ | 17 | 20.0 | 2.0 | 500 | 0 | 1177 |
Mu-3C | Mu | Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | 02/16/1974 | ✘ | ✘ | 4 | 20.2 | 1.41 | 195 | — | 1932 |
Atlas Agena B | Atlas | United States Air Force | 01/31/1961 | ✘ | ✘ | 29 | 20.27 | 3.05 | — | — | 363 |
Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | Atlas | Convair | 04/06/1973 | ✘ | ✘ | 32 | 21.0 | 3.05 | 800 | — | — |