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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 V 401 United Launch Alliance 08/21/2002 41 58.3 3.8 9050 4950 3827
Falcon 9 SpaceX 09/29/2013 15 68.4 3.65 13150 4850 5883
Long March 3C/YZ-1 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 03/30/2015 2 54.8 3.35 0 4800 4441
Proton-M Briz-M Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 04/07/2001 68 53.0 7.4 21000 4500 10000
H-IIA Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 02/26/2005 3 53.0 4.0 4500
Atlas IIIB Lockheed Martin 02/21/2002 4 52.8 3.05 10218 4498 4149
Ariane 44LP Aérospatiale 06/15/1988 26 58.4 3.8 8000 4170 5270
H-IIA Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 08/29/2001 33 53.0 4.0 10000 4100 2260
Atlas IIIA Lockheed Martin 05/24/2000 2 52.8 3.05 8640 4055 4149
H3-22 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 03/07/2023 2 63.0 5.27 4000 7542
H-II Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 02/03/1994 7 49.0 4.0 10060 3930
Delta IV M United Launch Alliance 03/11/2003 3 63.0 5.0 8600 3900 2890
Long March 3 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 10/23/2014 2 55.64 3.35 8000 3900 5923
Delta III Boeing 08/26/1998 3 35.0 4.0 8290 3810 4889
Atlas V 501 United Launch Alliance 04/22/2010 8 58.3 3.8 8210 3780 3827
Ariane 42L Aérospatiale 03/12/1993 13 55.6 3.8 7000 3590 4600
Falcon 9 SpaceX 06/04/2010 5 47.8 3.65 9300 3400 3807
Ariane 44P Aérospatiale 04/04/1991 15 56.9 3.8 6500 3390 5140
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat Progress Rocket Space Center 12/27/2006 24 46.3 2.95 8200 3250 4150
Soyuz STB Progress Rocket Space Center 10/12/2012 5 46.3 2.95 8200 3250
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M Progress Rocket Space Center 07/26/2008 28 46.3 10.3 8200 3250 4150
Soyuz STB Progress Rocket Space Center 10/21/2011 14 46.3 2.95 8200 3250
Soyuz 2.1b Progress Rocket Space Center 07/26/2008 19 46.3 2.95 8200 3250
Titan IIIC Lockheed Martin 06/18/1965 36 42.0 3.0 13100 3000 10586
Ariane 42P Aérospatiale 11/20/1990 15 55.9 3.8 6000 2990 3944