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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)
Start Start Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/28/1995 1 28.9 1.61 645 887
Long March 6 Long March 6 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 09/19/2015 11 29.0 3.35
Thor DM-21 Ablestar Thor-Ablestar United States Air Force 04/13/1960 19 29.0 1.44 150 760
Firefly Alpha Firefly Alpha Firefly Aerospace 09/03/2021 4 29.0 1.82 1000 736
Rokot/Briz-K Rokot Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 11/20/1990 1 29.0 2.5 1850 1870
Rokot/Briz-KM Rokot Russian Aerospace Defence Forces 05/16/2000 31 29.0 2.5 1850 0 1870
Gravity-1 Gravity-1 Orienspace Technology 01/11/2024 1 29.4 6500 5880
Minotaur-C 2210 Minotaur-C Orbital Sciences Corporation 02/10/1998 1 29.7 2.35 1380 1380
Vega Vega Avio S.p.A 02/13/2012 21 29.9 3.025 1500 2974
Thor Delta G Thor McDonnell Douglas 12/14/1966 2 30.0 2.44 765
Kinetica 1 Kinetica CAS Space 07/27/2022 3 30.0 2.65 2000 1961
Thor Able I Thor McDonnell Douglas 04/24/1958 3 30.0 2.44 120 667
Sputnik 11A59 Sputnik Energia 12/01/1963 2 30.0 2.99 1400 3999
RFA One RFA Rocket Factory Augsburg 0 30.0 2.0 1600 450 100
Vega-C Vega Avio S.p.A 07/13/2022 2 30.1 3.0 1500 2974
M-V Mu IHI Corporation 02/12/1997 7 30.8 2.5 1800 3780
Vostok R-7 Soviet Space Program 05/15/1960 13 30.84 2.99 4725 971
Vostok 8A92 Vostok RKK Energiya 06/01/1962 44 30.84 2.99 4730 3996
Vostok-L 8K72 Vostok Energia 09/23/1958 9 30.84 2.6 4000 3956
Vostok 8K72 Vostok RKK Energiya 05/15/1960 4 30.84 2.99 4550 3873
Vostok 8A92M Vostok RKK Energiya 08/28/1964 93 30.84 2.99 3800 3996
Thor Delta A Thor McDonnell Douglas 10/02/1962 2 31.0 2.44 250 68 667
Soyuz 11A510 Soyuz Energia 12/27/1965 2 31.0 10.3 4500 4037
Thor Delta Thor McDonnell Douglas 05/13/1960 9 31.0 2.44 226 667
Thor Delta J Thor McDonnell Douglas 07/04/1968 1 31.0 2.44 260 263 1452