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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)
Proton-M Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 04/07/2001 1 58.2 7.4 23000 6920 10532
Proton-M Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 12/05/2010 7 58.2 7.4 2100 6920 10532
Atlas V N22 United Launch Alliance 12/20/2019 2 58.0 3.8 13034
Ariane 5 ECA+ ArianeGroup 08/07/2019 11 57.7 5.4 10200 11400
Ariane 5 ECA ArianeGroup 12/11/2002 73 57.7 5.4 10500 11400
Proton-K/D-1 Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 10/16/1975 12 57.0 4.15 8847
Proton Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) 03/10/1967 39 57.0 4.0 8847
Long March 5 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 11/03/2016 6 57.0 5.0 25000 14000 10600
Zenit-2 Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 04/13/1985 35 57.0 3.9 13740 7300
Proton-K/D-2 Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 07/07/1988 3 57.0 4.15 6220 8847
Zenit-2 11K77.05 Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 09/09/1998 1 57.0 3.9 7259
Proton-K/Briz-M Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 07/05/1999 4 57.0 4.15 19760 8847
Ariane 5 G ArianeGroup 06/04/1996 16 57.0 5.4 12200 6900
Ariane 44P Aérospatiale 04/04/1991 15 56.9 3.8 6500 3390 5140
H-IIB Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 09/10/2009 9 56.6 5.2 16500 8000 9000
Long March 3 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 05/13/2007 57 56.3 3.35 12000 5500 5924
Space Shuttle National Aeronautics and Space Administration 04/12/1981 135 56.1 8.0 27500 28200
Ariane 42P Aérospatiale 11/20/1990 15 55.9 3.8 6000 2990 3944
Long March 3 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 10/23/2014 2 55.64 3.35 8000 3900 5923
Ariane 40 Aérospatiale 01/22/1990 7 55.6 3.8 4600 2290 2720
Ariane 42L Aérospatiale 03/12/1993 13 55.6 3.8 7000 3590 4600
Angara A5 Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 0 55.4 8.86 24500 9600
Angara A5/Blok DM-03 Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 12/27/2021 2 55.4 8.86 24500 7000 9600
Angara A5/Briz-M Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 12/23/2014 2 55.4 8.86 24500 5400 9600
Ariane 5 GS ArianeGroup 08/11/2005 6 55.0 5.4 6600 12000