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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 II Atlas Lockheed Martin 12/07/1991 10 47.54 3.04 6580 2810 2479
Atlas IIA Atlas Lockheed Martin 06/10/1992 23 47.54 3.04 6580 2810 2479
Ariane 42P Ariane 4 Aérospatiale 11/20/1990 15 55.9 3.8 6000 2990 3944
Titan IIIC Titan Lockheed Martin 06/18/1965 36 42.0 3.0 13100 3000 10586
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat Soyuz Progress Rocket Space Center 12/27/2006 24 46.3 2.95 8200 3250 4150
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M Soyuz Progress Rocket Space Center 07/26/2008 28 46.3 10.3 8200 3250 4150
Soyuz STB Soyuz Progress Rocket Space Center 10/21/2011 14 46.3 2.95 8200 3250
Soyuz 2.1b Soyuz Progress Rocket Space Center 07/26/2008 19 46.3 2.95 8200 3250
Soyuz STB Soyuz Progress Rocket Space Center 10/12/2012 5 46.3 2.95 8200 3250
Ariane 44P Ariane 4 Aérospatiale 04/04/1991 15 56.9 3.8 6500 3390 5140
Falcon 9 Falcon SpaceX 06/04/2010 5 47.8 3.65 9300 3400 3807
Ariane 42L Ariane 4 Aérospatiale 03/12/1993 13 55.6 3.8 7000 3590 4600
Atlas V 501 Atlas United Launch Alliance 04/22/2010 8 58.3 3.8 8210 3780 3827
Delta 8930 Delta Boeing 08/26/1998 3 35.0 4.0 8290 3810 4889
Delta IV M Delta United Launch Alliance 03/11/2003 3 63.0 5.0 8600 3900 2890
Long March 3 Long March 3 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 10/23/2014 2 55.64 3.35 8000 3900 5923
H-II H-II Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 02/03/1994 7 49.0 4.0 10060 3930
H3-22 H3 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 03/07/2023 2 63.0 5.27 4000 7542
Atlas IIIA Atlas Lockheed Martin 05/24/2000 2 52.8 3.05 8640 4055 4149
H-IIA H-II Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 08/29/2001 33 53.0 4.0 10000 4100 2260
Ariane 44LP Ariane 4 Aérospatiale 06/15/1988 26 58.4 3.8 8000 4170 5270
Atlas IIIB Atlas Lockheed Martin 02/21/2002 4 52.8 3.05 10218 4498 4149
H-IIA H-II Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 02/26/2005 3 53.0 4.0 4500
Proton-M Briz-M Proton / UR-500 Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 04/07/2001 67 53.0 7.4 21000 4500 10000
Long March 3C/YZ-1 Long March 3 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 03/30/2015 2 54.8 3.35 0 4800 4441