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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 3.05 800.0
Delta II United Launch Alliance 05/05/1997 17 38.7 2.4 5959.0 1842.0
Long March 11 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 09/25/2015 17 20.0 2.0 500.0 0.0 1177.0
Scout D-1 Vought 08/13/1972 16 25.0 1.14 183.0 464.0
Atlas V 551 United Launch Alliance 01/19/2006 16 59.7 3.8 18850.0 8890.0 12269.0
Delta IV Heavy United Launch Alliance 12/21/2004 16 72.0 5.0 28370.0 14210.0 8674.0
Ariane 5 G ArianeGroup 06/04/1996 16 57.0 5.4 12200.0 6900.0
Atlas Agena D Convair 07/12/1963 15 36.0 3.0 1000.0 1340.0
Delta IV M+(4,2) United Launch Alliance 11/20/2002 15 66.2 5.0 11920.0 6270.0 4200.0
Ariane 42P Aérospatiale 11/20/1990 15 55.9 3.8 6000.0 2990.0 3944.0
Long March 3B/YZ-1 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 02/14/1996 15 54.8 3.35 11500.0 5100.0 5923.0
Falcon 9 SpaceX 09/29/2013 15 68.4 3.65 13150.0 4850.0 5883.0
Atlas E Convair 10/11/1960 15
Thor Agena A McDonnell Douglas 01/21/1959 15 28.0 2.44 250.0 667.0
Ariane 44P Aérospatiale 04/04/1991 15 56.9 3.8 6500.0 3390.0 5140.0
Ceres-1 Galactic Energy 11/07/2020 15 350.0 598.0
Long March 3 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 04/25/2008 14
Soyuz STB Progress Rocket Space Center 10/21/2011 14 46.3 2.95 8200.0 3250.0
Long March 6 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 09/19/2015 14 29.0 3.35
Saturn V National Aeronautics and Space Administration 11/09/1967 13 110.6 10.1 140000.0 35100.0
Thorad SLV-2H Agena D McDonnell Douglas 06/05/1969 13 34.0 2.44 1571.0
Long March 3 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 01/29/1984 13 23.49 3.35 5000.0 1500.0 2961.0
Delta II McDonnell Douglas 02/14/1989 13 38.1 2.44 3981.0 1446.0 3981.0
Vostok Soviet Space Program 05/15/1960 13 30.84 2.99 4725.0 971.0
Long March 6A China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 03/29/2022 13 50.0 3.35 7230.0