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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)
Thor Able IV Thor McDonnell Douglas 03/11/1960 1 27.2 2.44 668
Spectrum Spectrum Isar Aerospace 0 28.0 2.0 1000 675
Volna Volna Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau 01/01/1975 1 14.1 1.9 120 682
Firefly Alpha Firefly Alpha Firefly Aerospace 09/03/2021 4 29.0 1.82 1000 736
Thor DSV-2U Thor McDonnell Douglas 09/11/1976 5 23.0 2.44 500 750
Thor Burner 2 Thor McDonnell Douglas 09/16/1966 12 22.4 2.44 750
Thor Burner 2A Thor McDonnell Douglas 10/14/1971 8 23.0 2.44 750
Thor SLV-2 Agena D Thor McDonnell Douglas 05/31/1967 8 27.2 2.44 756
Thor Delta C1 Thor McDonnell Douglas 05/25/1966 3 27.5 2.44 81 756
Thor SLV-2 Agena B Thor McDonnell Douglas 01/25/1964 3 27.2 2.44 400 756
Delta DM-19 Thor United States Air Force 05/13/1960 3 18.42 2.44 759
Thor DM-21 Ablestar Thor-Ablestar United States Air Force 04/13/1960 19 29.0 1.44 150 760
Gaganyaan Abort Test Booster GSLV MK2 L40 Indian Space Research Organization 10/21/2023 1 760
Thor Delta G Thor McDonnell Douglas 12/14/1966 2 30.0 2.44 765
Shtil'-1 Shtil' KB Mashinostroyeniya 07/07/1998 2 14.8 1.9 430 809
Molniya 8K78 Molniya Strategic Rocket Forces 10/10/1960 40 43.44 3.0 1900 813
Start-1 Start Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/25/1993 5 22.7 1.61 632 887
Start Start Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/28/1995 1 28.9 1.61 645 887
ASLV ASLV Indian Space Research Organization 03/24/1987 4 23.5 1.0 150 910
Terran 1 Terran Relativity Space 03/23/2023 1 35.0 2.3 1479 920
Minotaur I Minotaur Orbital Sciences Corporation 01/27/2000 12 19.21 1.67 580 935
Miura 5 Miura Payload Aerospace S.L. 0 35.81 2.0 900 950
Vostok R-7 Soviet Space Program 05/15/1960 13 30.84 2.99 4725 971
VLS-1 VLS Department of Aerospace Science and Technology 11/02/1997 2 19.5 1.01 120 1172
Long March 11 Long March 11 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 09/25/2015 17 20.0 2.0 500 0 1177