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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)
Delta 2913 McDonnell Douglas 08/09/1975 2 35.0 2.44 2000 700 2560
N-I Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 09/09/1975 7 34.0 2.44 1200 360
Proton-K/D-1 Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 10/16/1975 12 57.0 4.15 8847
Delta 3914 McDonnell Douglas 12/13/1975 12 35.0 2.44 951 954 3046
Atlas F/MSD Convair 04/30/1976 3
Thor DSV-2U McDonnell Douglas 09/11/1976 5 23.0 2.44 500 750
Mu-3H Institute of Space and Astronautical Science 02/19/1977 3 23.8 1.41 300 2150
Atlas F/SVS Convair 06/23/1977 7
Tsiklon-3 Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 06/24/1977 122 39.27 3.0 4100 2713
Delta 2910 McDonnell Douglas 01/22/1978 6 35.0 2.44 2560
Atlas F/Agena D Convair 06/27/1978 1
Atlas F/OIS Convair 02/24/1979 1
SLV-3 Indian Space Research Organization 08/10/1979 4 22.0 1.0 40 503
Scout G-1 Vought 10/30/1979 17 26.0 1.14 210 395
Ariane 1 Aérospatiale 12/24/1979 11 50.0 3.8 1400 1850 2771
Delta 3910 McDonnell Douglas 02/14/1980 3 35.0 2.44 3188
Mu-3S Institute of Space and Astronautical Science 02/17/1980 4 23.8 1.41 300 2150
Delta 3910/PAM McDonnell Douglas 11/15/1980 7 35.0 2.44 1087 3188
K65M-RB Production Corporation Polyot 12/05/1980 4 32.4 2.4 1485
Atlas E/MSD Convair 12/09/1980 1 800
N-2 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 02/11/1981 8 35.0 2.44 2000 730 2278
Space Shuttle National Aeronautics and Space Administration 04/12/1981 135 56.1 8.0 27500 28200
Delta 3913 McDonnell Douglas 08/03/1981 1 35.0 2.44 3188
Atlas E/SVS Convair 12/19/1981 1
Black Brant IX Magellan Aerospace Corporation 03/16/1982 3 12.2 0.46