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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)
Minotaur IV Orbital Sciences Corporation 09/27/2011 1 23.9 2.35 1950 0 2200
Zenit 3F Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) 01/20/2011 4 4.6 0.42 0 0 45
Proton-M Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 12/05/2010 7 58.2 7.4 2100 6920 10532
Minotaur IV Orbital Sciences Corporation 11/20/2010 1 23.9 2.35 1750 0 2200
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M Progress Rocket Space Center 10/19/2010 18 46.3 2.95 7020 4149
SpaceShipTwo Virgin Galactic 10/10/2010 66 18.0 8.2 0 0 310
Minotaur IV Orbital ATK 09/26/2010 3 23.9 2.35 1735 0 2200
Atlas V 531 United Launch Alliance 08/14/2010 5 60.0 3.8 15530 7450
Falcon 9 SpaceX 06/04/2010 5 47.8 3.65 9300 3400 3807
Atlas V 501 United Launch Alliance 04/22/2010 8 58.3 3.8 8210 3780 3827
GSLV Mk II Indian Space Research Organization 04/15/2010 10 49.0 2.8 0 2500 7420
Delta IV M+(5,4) United Launch Alliance 12/06/2009 8 70.7 5.0 13730 6890 5860
Ares I-X National Aeronautics and Space Administration 10/28/2009 1 99.7 3.71 12000
H-IIB Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 09/10/2009 9 56.6 5.2 16500 8000 9000
Naro-1 Korea Aerospace Research Institute 08/25/2009 3
Unha Korean Committee of Space Technology 04/05/2009 2
Minotaur-C 3110 Orbital Sciences Corporation 02/24/2009 1 31.6 2.35 1380
PSLV-XL Indian Space Research Organization 10/22/2008 25 44.0 2.8
Long March 2 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 09/06/2008 3
Safir Iranian Space Agency 08/16/2008 5 22.0 1.25 0 0 255
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M Progress Rocket Space Center 07/26/2008 28 46.3 10.3 8200 3250 4150
Soyuz 2.1b Progress Rocket Space Center 07/26/2008 19 46.3 2.95 8200 3250
Zenit Land Launch 04/28/2008 6 4.6 0.42 0 0 45
Long March 3 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 04/25/2008 14
Delta II United Launch Alliance 03/15/2008 2 38.9 2.4 5959 2120