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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 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
Delta IV Heavy — United Launch Alliance 12/21/2004 ✘ ✘ 16 72.0 5.0 28370 14210 8674
Long March 2 — China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 10/31/2011 ✔ ✘ 16 62.0 3.35 8399 — —
Scout D-1 — Vought 08/13/1972 ✘ ✘ 16 25.0 1.14 183 — 464
Ariane 5 G — ArianeGroup 06/04/1996 ✘ ✘ 16 57.0 5.4 12200 6900 —
Thor Agena A — McDonnell Douglas 01/21/1959 ✘ ✘ 15 28.0 2.44 250 — 667
Delta IV M+(4,2) — United Launch Alliance 11/20/2002 ✘ ✘ 15 66.2 5.0 11920 6270 4200
Ariane 44P — Aérospatiale 04/04/1991 ✘ ✘ 15 56.9 3.8 6500 3390 5140
Atlas Agena D — Convair 07/12/1963 ✘ ✘ 15 36.0 3.0 1000 — 1340
Falcon 9 — SpaceX 09/29/2013 ✘ ✘ 15 68.4 3.65 13150 4850 5883
Atlas E — Convair 10/11/1960 ✘ ✘ 15 — — — — —
Ariane 42P — Aérospatiale 11/20/1990 ✘ ✘ 15 55.9 3.8 6000 2990 3944
Soyuz STB — Progress Rocket Space Center 10/21/2011 ✔ ✘ 14 46.3 2.95 8200 3250 —
Long March 3 — China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 04/25/2008 ✔ ✘ 14 — — — — —
Long March 3B/YZ-1 — China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 02/14/1996 ✔ ✘ 14 54.8 3.35 11500 5100 5923
Ariane 42L — Aérospatiale 03/12/1993 ✘ ✘ 13 55.6 3.8 7000 3590 4600
Long March 3 — China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 01/29/1984 ✘ ✘ 13 23.49 3.35 5000 1500 2961
North American X-15 — North American Aviation 06/08/1959 ✘ ✔ 13 15.47 6.61 — — 286
Delta II — McDonnell Douglas 02/14/1989 ✘ ✘ 13 38.1 2.44 3981 1446 3981
Titan II SLV — Lockheed Martin 09/05/1988 ✘ ✘ 13 31.4 3.05 3600 — 1900
Thorad SLV-2H Agena D — McDonnell Douglas 06/05/1969 ✘ ✘ 13 34.0 2.44 — — 1571
Atlas V 551 — United Launch Alliance 01/19/2006 ✔ ✘ 13 59.7 3.8 18850 8890 12269
Vostok — Soviet Space Program 05/15/1960 ✘ ✘ 13 30.84 2.99 4725 — 971
Saturn V — National Aeronautics and Space Administration 11/09/1967 ✘ ✘ 13 110.6 10.1 140000 — 35100
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