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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)
Volna Volna Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau 01/01/1975 ✘ ✘ 1 14.1 1.9 120 — 682
Vostok-L 8K72 Vostok Energia 09/23/1958 ✘ ✘ 9 30.84 2.6 4000 — 3956
Long March 6C Long March 6 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation — ✔ ✘ 0 43.0 3.35 4500 — 2376
Black Brant IX Black Brant Magellan Aerospace Corporation 03/16/1982 ✔ ✘ 3 12.2 0.46 — — —
Saturn V Saturn National Aeronautics and Space Administration 11/09/1967 ✘ ✘ 13 110.6 10.1 140000 — 35100
Pegasus HAPS Pegasus Orbital Sciences Corporation 07/17/1991 ✘ ✘ 2 15.5 1.28 250 0 580
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 —
Ariane 42P Ariane 4 Aérospatiale 11/20/1990 ✘ ✘ 15 55.9 3.8 6000 2990 3944
Space Launch System (SLS) Space Launch System National Aeronautics and Space Administration 11/16/2022 ✔ ✘ 1 111.0 8.4 95000 — 39000
Long March 2C/SM Long March 2 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 12/29/2003 ✘ ✘ 2 42.0 3.35 3850 1440 2962
Delta 3914 Delta McDonnell Douglas 12/13/1975 ✘ ✘ 12 35.0 2.44 951 954 3046
Ariane 44P Ariane 4 Aérospatiale 04/04/1991 ✘ ✘ 15 56.9 3.8 6500 3390 5140
Nike Cajun — National Aeronautics and Space Administration 07/06/1956 ✘ ✘ 4 7.7 0.42 — — 246
Shtil'-1 Shtil' KB Mashinostroyeniya 07/07/1998 ✘ ✘ 2 14.8 1.9 430 — 809
Delta 1913 Delta McDonnell Douglas 06/10/1973 ✘ ✘ 1 35.0 2.44 — — 2410
Diamant BP4 Diamant Société d'étude et de réalisation d'engins balistiques 02/06/1975 ✘ ✘ 3 21.6 1.34 160 — 396
Proton-K/17S40 Proton / UR-500 Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 06/06/1997 ✘ ✘ 6 59.0 4.15 6000 — 8847
Thor Delta M6 Thor McDonnell Douglas 03/13/1971 ✘ ✘ 1 32.4 2.44 450 450 2411
Ariane 5 G Ariane 5 ArianeGroup 06/04/1996 ✘ ✘ 16 57.0 5.4 12200 6900 —
Titan 34B Titan Lockheed Martin 03/10/1975 ✘ ✘ 11 48.0 3.05 3500 — 1997
Delta 7925-8 Delta McDonnell Douglas 02/19/1994 ✘ ✘ 2 38.2 2.44 — — 4000
Black Arrow — Royal Aircraft Establishment 06/27/1969 ✘ ✘ 2 13.0 2.0 135 — 256
Long March 3A Long March 3 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 02/08/1994 ✔ ✘ 27 52.5 3.35 0 2300 2962
Angara A5 Angara Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center — ✔ ✘ 0 55.4 8.86 24500 — 9600
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