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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)
Saturn V National Aeronautics and Space Administration 11/09/1967 13 110.6 10.1 140000 35100
Thor Burner 2 McDonnell Douglas 09/16/1966 12 22.4 2.44 750
Minotaur I Orbital Sciences Corporation 01/27/2000 12 19.21 1.67 580 935
Titan II National Aeronautics and Space Administration 04/08/1964 12 33.2 3.05 3850 1913
Scout X-4 Vought 06/28/1963 12 25.0 1.01 103 513
Thor Delta M McDonnell Douglas 09/19/1968 12 34.0 2.44 355 355 2140
PSLV Indian Space Research Organization 09/20/1993 12 44.0 2.8 3800 1200 4847
Falcon 9 SpaceX 12/22/2015 12 71.0 3.65 22800 8305 6804
Proton-K/D-1 Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 10/16/1975 12 57.0 4.15 8847
Delta 3914 McDonnell Douglas 12/13/1975 12 35.0 2.44 951 954 3046
Atlas SLV-3A Agena D Convair 03/04/1968 12 36.0 3.0 1000 1340
Scout A Vought 12/22/1965 11 25.0 1.01 122 513
Atlas I General Dynamics 07/25/1990 11 43.9 3.05 5900 1939
Long March 6 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 09/19/2015 11 29.0 3.35
Vanguard Lockheed Martin 10/23/1957 11 23.0 1.14 9 123
Ariane 1 Aérospatiale 12/24/1979 11 50.0 3.8 1400 1850 2771
Ariane 3 Aérospatiale 08/04/1984 11 49.13 3.8 2700 5100
Titan 34B Lockheed Martin 03/10/1975 11 48.0 3.05 3500 1997
Ariane 5 ECA+ ArianeGroup 08/07/2019 11 57.7 5.4 10200 11400
Ceres-1 Galactic Energy 11/07/2020 10 350 598
Shavit-2 Israel Aerospace Industries 04/05/1995 10
Thor Delta C McDonnell Douglas 11/27/1963 10 27.5 2.44 81 667
Atlas LV-3B National Aeronautics and Space Administration 07/29/1960 10 28.7 3.0 1360 1300
GSLV Mk II Indian Space Research Organization 04/15/2010 10 49.0 2.8 0 2500 7420
Soyuz-FG Progress Rocket Space Center 06/02/2003 10 4.95 2.68 7100