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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)
Thor SLV-2A Agena D McDonnell Douglas 02/28/1963 61 31.0 2.44 1571.0
Long March 2 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 09/09/1982 62 42.0 3.35 3850.0
Proton-K/DM Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 10/12/1982 66 59.0 4.15 8847.0
SpaceShipTwo Virgin Galactic 10/10/2010 67 18.0 8.2 0.0 0.0 310.0
Electron Rocket Lab 05/25/2017 68 18.0 1.2 300.0 162.0
Proton-M Briz-M Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 04/07/2001 68 53.0 7.4 21000.0 4500.0 10000.0
Soyuz-U Soviet Space Program 12/23/1982 71 34.54 2.95 7050.0
Long March 3 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 05/13/2007 71 56.3 3.35 12000.0 5500.0 5924.0
Ariane 5 ECA ArianeGroup 12/11/2002 73 57.7 5.4 10500.0 11400.0
Soyuz-U-PVB Progress Rocket Space Center 03/21/1984 74 51.0 3.0 6900.0
Vostok 8A92M RKK Energiya 08/28/1964 93 30.84 2.99 3800.0 3996.0
Long March 2D China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 08/09/1992 94 38.3 3.35 3500.0 0.0 2962.0
Tsiklon-2 Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 08/06/1969 105 39.7 3.0 2820.0 2366.0
Proton Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 10/12/1982 110
Tsiklon-3 Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 06/24/1977 122 39.27 3.0 4100.0 2713.0
Kosmos 11K63 Strategic Rocket Forces 05/24/1966 126 31.0 1.6 300.0
Space Shuttle National Aeronautics and Space Administration 04/12/1981 135 56.1 8.0 27500.0 28200.0
Molniya-M Russian Space Forces 10/04/1965 272
Voskhod Soviet Space Program 11/16/1963 299
Kosmos-3M Russian Space Forces 05/15/1967 445
Falcon 9 SpaceX 05/11/2018 445 70.0 3.65 22800.0 8300.0 7607.0
Soyuz U Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) 05/18/1973 714 51.1 2.95 6900.0