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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)
Long March 2C/SM China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 12/29/2003 2 42.0 3.35 3850 1440 2962
Delta II McDonnell Douglas 02/14/1990 1 39.0 2.44 3790
Thor MG-18 McDonnell Douglas 01/19/1965 2 23.0 2.44 668
Ariane 44L Aérospatiale 06/05/1989 40 58.7 3.8 10200 4950 5395
Minotaur-C 1110 Orbital Sciences Corporation 03/12/2000 1 27.9 2.35 1320 1320
SLV-3 Indian Space Research Organization 08/10/1979 4 22.0 1.0 40 503
Kaituozhe-1 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 09/15/2001 3 18.0 2.0 100
Lambda 4S Institute of Space and Astronautical Science 09/26/1966 5 16.5 0.74 26
Titan IIIB Lockheed Martin 07/29/1966 22 45.0 3.05 3000 1913
Volna Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau 01/01/1975 1 14.1 1.9 120 682
Titan 405B Lockheed Martin 04/30/2005 1 54.0 3.05 14500 14200
Long March 6C China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 05/07/2024 1 43.0 3.35 4500 2376
Atlas V 521 United Launch Alliance 07/17/2003 2 58.3 3.81 13490 6475 7203
Ariane 42P Aérospatiale 11/20/1990 15 55.9 3.8 6000 2990 3944
H-IIA Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 02/04/2002 7 53.0 4.0 5000
Atlas Centaur Convair 05/08/1962 4 33.0 3.05 1800 1704
Ariane 6 ArianeGroup 0 63.0 5.4 21650 11500
Black Arrow Royal Aircraft Establishment 06/27/1969 2 13.0 2.0 135 256
Delta II McDonnell Douglas 02/19/1994 2 38.2 2.44 4000
Delta 3910 McDonnell Douglas 02/14/1980 3 35.0 2.44 3188
Thor SLV-2 Agena D McDonnell Douglas 05/31/1967 8 27.2 2.44 756
Titan 34D IUS Lockheed Martin 10/30/1982 1 52.4 3.05 5000 11279
Start-1.2 Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/04/1997 1 22.7 1.8 500
Paektusan 1 Korean Committee of Space Technology 08/31/1998 1 25.8 1.8 525
Delta 3920-8 McDonnell Douglas 03/24/1989 1 36.0 2.44 3188