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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)
Thor Delta A McDonnell Douglas 10/02/1962 2 31.0 2.44 250 68 667
Thor SLV-2A Agena B McDonnell Douglas 06/29/1963 2 31.0 2.44 1571
Thor SLV-2A Agena D McDonnell Douglas 02/28/1963 61 31.0 2.44 1571
Thor Delta J McDonnell Douglas 07/04/1968 1 31.0 2.44 260 263 1452
Soyuz 11A510 Energia 12/27/1965 2 31.0 10.3 4500 4037
Thor Delta E McDonnell Douglas 11/06/1965 6 31.0 2.44 540 150 1452
Thor Agena D McDonnell Douglas 06/28/1962 13 31.0 2.44 667
Long March 2 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 11/05/1974 4 31.17 3.35 1800 2786
Titan II SLV Lockheed Martin 09/05/1988 13 31.4 3.05 3600 1900
Atlas B Convair 07/19/1958 1 31.4 3.66 68
Minotaur-C 3210 Orbital Sciences Corporation 05/20/2004 1 31.6 2.35 1380
Minotaur-C 3110 Orbital Sciences Corporation 02/24/2009 1 31.6 2.35 1380
Europa II European Launcher Development Organisation 11/05/1971 1 31.7 3.05 1160 360 1512
Smart Dragon 3 China Rocket Co. Ltd. 12/09/2022 3 32.0 2.64
Thor Delta D McDonnell Douglas 08/19/1964 2 32.0 2.44 450 104 1571
Thor Delta M6 McDonnell Douglas 03/13/1971 1 32.4 2.44 450 450 2411
K65M-RB Production Corporation Polyot 12/05/1980 4 32.4 2.4 1485
R-36O 8K69 Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 07/28/1965 21 32.6 3.0
Tianlong-2 Space Pioneer 04/02/2023 1 32.8 3.35 2000 1863
Thorad SLV-2G Agena D McDonnell Douglas 08/09/1966 30 32.9 2.44 1444
Thor Delta N McDonnell Douglas 08/16/1968 6 33.0 2.44 1590
Feng Bao 1 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 08/10/1972 8 33.0 3.35 2500 3000
Europa I European Launcher Development Organisation 11/29/1968 3 33.0 3.05 200 200 1500
Atlas Centaur D Convair 08/11/1965 7 33.0 3.05 1800 1704
Atlas Centaur Convair 05/08/1962 4 33.0 3.05 1800 1704