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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 5 G ArianeGroup 06/04/1996 16 57.0 5.4 12200 6900
ASLV Indian Space Research Organization 03/24/1987 4 23.5 1.0 150 910
Soyuz 11A511L Energia 08/12/1971 3 50.0 2.95 5500 4054
Titan III Lockheed Martin 02/11/1974 7 48.8 3.05 15400 12991
Delta II McDonnell Douglas 06/30/2001 1 39.0 2.44 3020
Atlas D Convair 04/14/1959 9 25.15 3.0 1400 1880
Soyuz 11A511M Energia 12/27/1971 8 50.0 2.95 6600 4054
Sputnik 11A59 Energia 12/01/1963 2 30.0 2.99 1400 3999
Soyuz-U-PVB Progress Rocket Space Center 03/21/1984 74 51.0 3.0 6900
Start-1.2 Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/04/1997 1 22.7 1.8 500
Proton Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 11/16/1968 29
Minotaur IV Orbital Sciences Corporation 11/20/2010 1 23.9 2.35 1750 0 2200
Pegasus Hybrid Orbital Sciences Corporation 04/03/1995 4 15.5 1.28 350 0 580
Antares 230 Northrop Grumman Space Systems 10/17/2016 5 42.5 3.9 7800 3844
Ariane 44P Aérospatiale 04/04/1991 15 56.9 3.8 6500 3390 5140
Delta 1410 McDonnell Douglas 04/09/1975 1 35.0 2.44 1863
Delta 3913 McDonnell Douglas 08/03/1981 1 35.0 2.44 3188
Scout X-3M Vought 02/19/1963 1 22.0 1.02 380
Thor Able II McDonnell Douglas 01/23/1959 2 27.3 2.44 668
Thor Able III McDonnell Douglas 08/07/1959 1 27.4 2.44 668
Thor Burner 1 McDonnell Douglas 05/20/1965 4 23.0 2.44 668
Thor Delta E McDonnell Douglas 11/06/1965 6 31.0 2.44 540 150 1452
Thor Delta L McDonnell Douglas 08/27/1969 2 35.0 2.44 300 300 1452
Long March 2D/YZ-3 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 12/29/2018 3
Thor Delta C1 McDonnell Douglas 05/25/1966 3 27.5 2.44 81 756