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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)
Voskhod Soviet Space Program 11/16/1963 299
Vostok Soviet Space Program 05/15/1960 13 30.84 2.99 4725.0 971.0
Vostok 8A92 RKK Energiya 06/01/1962 44 30.84 2.99 4730.0 3996.0
Vostok 8A92M RKK Energiya 08/28/1964 93 30.84 2.99 3800.0 3996.0
Vostok 8K72 RKK Energiya 05/15/1960 4 30.84 2.99 4550.0 3873.0
Vostok-L 8K72 Energia 09/23/1958 9 30.84 2.6 4000.0 3956.0
Vulcan United Launch Alliance 0 5.4
Vulcan VC2S United Launch Alliance 01/08/2024 2 61.6 5.4 19000.0 8400.0 9303.0
Vulcan VC4L United Launch Alliance 0 67.4 5.4 24600.0 11700.0 13706.0
Vulcan VC4S United Launch Alliance 0
Vulcan VC6L United Launch Alliance 0 67.4 5.4 27200.0 15300.0 18110.0
Zenit Land Launch 04/28/2008 6 4.6 0.42 0.0 0.0 45.0
Zenit Sea Launch 03/28/1999 36 4.6 0.42 0.0 0.0 45.0
Zenit-2 Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 04/13/1985 35 57.0 3.9 13740.0 7300.0
Zenit-2 11K77.05 Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 09/09/1998 1 57.0 3.9 7259.0
Zenit 2M Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) 06/29/2007 2 4.6 0.42 0.0 0.0 45.0
Zenit-2SB Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 11/08/2011 0 3.9
Zenit 3F Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) 01/20/2011 4 4.6 0.42 0.0 0.0 45.0
ZERO Interstellar Technologies 0 32.0 2.3 800.0
Zhuque-1 LandSpace 10/27/2018 1
Zhuque-2 LandSpace 12/14/2022 3 49.5 3.35 4000.0 2680.0
Zhuque-2E LandSpace 11/27/2024 1 49.5 3.35 6000.0 2880.0