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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)
Ariane 1 Ariane Aérospatiale 12/24/1979 11 50.0 3.8 1400 1850 2771
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
Sputnik 11A59 Sputnik Energia 12/01/1963 2 30.0 2.99 1400 3999
Atlas D Atlas Convair 04/14/1959 9 25.15 3.0 1400 1880
Terran 1 Terran Relativity Space 03/23/2023 1 35.0 2.3 1479 920
PSLV-QL PSLV Indian Space Research Organization 04/01/2019 2 44.0 2.8 1500 2969
Vega-C Vega Avio S.p.A 07/13/2022 2 30.1 3.0 1500 2974
Delta 6925-8 Delta McDonnell Douglas 04/13/1990 1 39.0 2.44 1500
Vega Vega Avio S.p.A 02/13/2012 21 29.9 3.025 1500 2974
RFA One RFA Rocket Factory Augsburg 0 30.0 2.0 1600 450 100
Minotaur V Minotaur Orbital Sciences Corporation 09/07/2013 1 23.9 2.35 1735 0 1600
Minotaur IV Minotaur Orbital ATK 09/26/2010 3 23.9 2.35 1735 0 2200
Minotaur IV Minotaur Orbital Sciences Corporation 11/20/2010 1 23.9 2.35 1750 0 2200
Long March 2 Long March 2 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 11/05/1974 4 31.17 3.35 1800 2786
M-V Mu IHI Corporation 02/12/1997 7 30.8 2.5 1800 3780
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
Molniya 8K78 Molniya Strategic Rocket Forces 10/10/1960 40 43.44 3.0 1900 813
Minotaur IV Minotaur Orbital Sciences Corporation 09/27/2011 1 23.9 2.35 1950 0 2200
Tianlong-2 Tianlong Space Pioneer 04/02/2023 1 32.8 3.35 2000 1863
N-2 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 02/11/1981 8 35.0 2.44 2000 730 2278
Delta 2913 Delta McDonnell Douglas 08/09/1975 2 35.0 2.44 2000 700 2560
Kinetica 1 Kinetica CAS Space 07/27/2022 3 30.0 2.65 2000 1961
Athena II Athena Lockheed Martin 01/07/1998 3 28.2 2.36 2065 593 1900