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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)
Scout X-1 Scout National Aeronautics and Space Administration 07/02/1960 6 25.0 1.01 59 471
Atlas D Atlas Convair 04/14/1959 9 25.15 3.0 1400 1880
Redstone Redstone Chrysler 11/21/1960 6 25.41 1.78
Paektusan 1 Korean Committee of Space Technology 08/31/1998 1 25.8 1.8 525
Scout G-1 Scout Vought 10/30/1979 17 26.0 1.14 210 395
Kosmos 65S3 Kosmos Strategic Rocket Forces 08/18/1964 8 26.0 2.4 1400
Kosmos 11K65 Kosmos Strategic Rocket Forces 11/16/1966 4 26.0 2.4 1400
Little Joe II Little Joe Convair 08/28/1963 5 26.2 3.9
RS1 RS ABL Space Systems 01/10/2023 1 26.8 1.83 1350 400 485
Atlas H Atlas Convair 02/09/1983 5 27.0 3.05 3630 2255 2282
Thor SLV-2 Agena D Thor McDonnell Douglas 05/31/1967 8 27.2 2.44 756
Thor SLV-2 Agena B Thor McDonnell Douglas 01/25/1964 3 27.2 2.44 400 756
Thor Able IV Thor McDonnell Douglas 03/11/1960 1 27.2 2.44 668
Thor Able II Thor McDonnell Douglas 01/23/1959 2 27.3 2.44 668
Thor Able III Thor McDonnell Douglas 08/07/1959 1 27.4 2.44 668
Thor Delta C Thor McDonnell Douglas 11/27/1963 10 27.5 2.44 81 667
Thor Delta C1 Thor McDonnell Douglas 05/25/1966 3 27.5 2.44 81 756
Mu-3S-II Mu Institute of Space and Astronautical Science 01/07/1985 8 27.8 1.41 800 1930
Minotaur-C 1110 Minotaur-C Orbital Sciences Corporation 03/12/2000 1 27.9 2.35 1320 1320
Minotaur-C 2110 Minotaur-C Orbital Sciences Corporation 09/21/2001 2 27.9 2.35 1380 1380
Thor Agena A Thor McDonnell Douglas 01/21/1959 15 28.0 2.44 250 667
Thor Delta E1 Thor McDonnell Douglas 07/01/1966 17 28.0 2.44 540 150 1450
Spectrum Spectrum Isar Aerospace 0 28.0 2.0 1000 675
Athena II Athena Lockheed Martin 01/07/1998 3 28.2 2.36 2065 593 1900
Atlas LV-3B Atlas National Aeronautics and Space Administration 07/29/1960 10 28.7 3.0 1360 1300