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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)
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M — Progress Rocket Space Center 07/26/2008 ✔ ✘ 28 46.3 10.3 8200 3250 4150
Long March 3A — China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 02/08/1994 ✔ ✘ 27 52.5 3.35 0 2300 2962
Kuaizhou — ExPace 01/09/2017 ✔ ✘ 26 19.4 1.4 300 — —
Delta II — United Launch Alliance 01/10/1998 ✘ ✘ 26 38.9 2.4 — 1840 —
Ariane 44LP — Aérospatiale 06/15/1988 ✘ ✘ 26 58.4 3.8 8000 4170 5270
Falcon 9 — SpaceX 12/22/2015 ✘ ✔ 25 71.0 3.65 22800 8305 6804
PSLV-XL — Indian Space Research Organization 10/22/2008 ✔ ✘ 25 44.0 2.8 — — —
New Shepard — Blue Origin 04/29/2015 ✔ ✔ 24 15.0 3.7 0 0 490
Long March 3 — China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 02/14/1996 ✔ ✘ 24 54.8 3.35 11500 5100 5923
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat — Progress Rocket Space Center 12/27/2006 ✔ ✘ 24 46.3 2.95 8200 3250 4150
Atlas IIA — Lockheed Martin 06/10/1992 ✘ ✘ 23 47.54 3.04 6580 2810 2479
Scout B — Vought 08/10/1965 ✘ ✘ 23 25.0 1.01 143 — 513
Titan 24B — Lockheed Martin 08/12/1971 ✘ ✘ 23 45.0 3.05 3000 — 2410
Titan IIID — Lockheed Martin 06/15/1971 ✘ ✘ 22 36.0 3.05 12300 — 10586
Dnepr — ISC Kosmotras 04/21/1999 ✘ ✘ 22 — — — — —
Titan IIIB — Lockheed Martin 07/29/1966 ✘ ✘ 22 45.0 3.05 3000 — 1913
Vega — Avio S.p.A 02/13/2012 ✔ ✘ 21 29.9 3.025 1500 — 2974
R-36O 8K69 — Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 07/28/1965 ✘ ✘ 21 32.6 3.0 — — —
Soyuz 2.1b — Progress Rocket Space Center 07/26/2008 ✔ ✘ 19 46.3 2.95 8200 3250 —
Thor DM-21 Ablestar — United States Air Force 04/13/1960 ✘ ✘ 19 29.0 1.44 150 — 760
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M — Progress Rocket Space Center 10/19/2010 ✔ ✘ 18 46.3 2.95 7020 — 4149
Scout G-1 — Vought 10/30/1979 ✘ ✘ 17 26.0 1.14 210 — 395
Delta II — United Launch Alliance 05/05/1997 ✘ ✘ 17 38.7 2.4 5959 1842 —
Atlas SLV-3C Centaur — Convair 09/08/1967 ✘ ✘ 17 21.0 3.05 800 — —
Thor Delta E1 — McDonnell Douglas 07/01/1966 ✘ ✘ 17 28.0 2.44 540 150 1450
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