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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)
Vostok R-7 Soviet Space Program 05/15/1960 13 30.84 2.99 4725 971
Feng Bao 1 Feng Bao China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 08/10/1972 8 33.0 3.35 2500 3000
Scout X-4A Scout Vought 08/18/1964 2 22.0 1.02 380
Minotaur IV Minotaur Orbital Sciences Corporation 11/20/2010 1 23.9 2.35 1750 0 2200
Black Arrow Royal Aircraft Establishment 06/27/1969 2 13.0 2.0 135 256
Delta 7426-9.5 Delta McDonnell Douglas 02/07/1999 1 39.0 2.44 3020
Diamant A Diamant Société d'étude et de réalisation d'engins balistiques 11/26/1965 4 18.95 1.34 160 301
Scout F-1 Scout Vought 05/07/1975 2 25.0 1.14 193 395
Conestoga 1620 Conestoga Space Services Inc. 10/23/1995 1 1179
Volna Volna Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau 01/01/1975 1 14.1 1.9 120 682
Paektusan 1 Korean Committee of Space Technology 08/31/1998 1 25.8 1.8 525
Proton-K/DM Proton / UR-500 Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 10/12/1982 66 59.0 4.15 8847
Long March 2C/YZ-1S Long March 2 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 10/09/2018 8 42.0 3.35 3850 1250 2962
Soyuz STB Soyuz Progress Rocket Space Center 10/12/2012 5 46.3 2.95 8200 3250
Pegasus HAPS Pegasus Orbital Sciences Corporation 07/17/1991 2 15.5 1.28 250 0 580
Pegasus Hybrid Pegasus Orbital Sciences Corporation 04/03/1995 4 15.5 1.28 350 0 580
Vostok-L 8K72 Vostok Energia 09/23/1958 9 30.84 2.6 4000 3956
Atlas D Atlas Convair 04/14/1959 9 25.15 3.0 1400 1880
Blue Scout II Blue Scout Vought 03/03/1961 1 24.0 1.02 30 471
Long March 6C Long March 6 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 0 43.0 3.35 4500 2376
H3-30 H3 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 0 63.0 5.27 2100 4413
Soyuz 2.1a/Volga Soyuz Progress Rocket Space Center 11/08/2004 1 19.6 2.68 4149
Trailblazer 1 Trailblazer National Aeronautics and Space Administration 03/03/1959 1 17.1 0.58 365
Delta II Delta United Launch Alliance 11/26/1990 36 38.9 2.4 1840
Delta 3914 Delta McDonnell Douglas 12/13/1975 12 35.0 2.44 951 954 3046