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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)
Proton Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) 03/10/1967 39 57.0 4.0 8847
Proton Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 11/16/1968 29
Project Pilot US Navy 07/04/1958 6 4.4 0.76 1 125
Prime Orbex 0 19.0 1.3
Pegasus XL HAPS Orbital Sciences Corporation 12/23/1997 5 17.6 1.27 443 0 580
Pegasus XL Orbital Sciences Corporation 06/27/1994 31 17.6 1.27 443 0 580
Pegasus Hybrid Orbital Sciences Corporation 04/03/1995 4 15.5 1.28 350 0 580
Pegasus HAPS Orbital Sciences Corporation 07/17/1991 2 15.5 1.28 250 0 580
Pegasus Orbital Sciences Corporation 04/05/1990 4 16.9 1.27 443 0 580
Paektusan 1 Korean Committee of Space Technology 08/31/1998 1 25.8 1.8 525
OS-M1 OneSpace 03/27/2019 1 19.0 1.2
Orion Abort Test Booster National Aeronautics and Space Administration 07/02/2019 1 5.5 2200
Nuri Korea Aerospace Research Institute 10/21/2021 3 47.2 3.5 2600 2612
North American X-15 North American Aviation 06/08/1959 13 15.47 6.61 286
Nike Cajun National Aeronautics and Space Administration 07/06/1956 4 7.7 0.42 246
N-I Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 09/09/1975 7 34.0 2.44 1200 360
New Shepard Blue Origin 04/29/2015 24 15.0 3.7 0 0 490
New Glenn Blue Origin 0 82.0 7.0 45000 13000 17100
Neutron Rocket Lab 0 40.0 7.0 15000 5960
Naro-1 Korea Aerospace Research Institute 08/25/2009 3
N-2 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 02/11/1981 8 35.0 2.44 2000 730 2278
N1 Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) 02/21/1969 4 105.0 17.0 95000 45400
M-V IHI Corporation 02/12/1997 7 30.8 2.5 1800 3780
Mu-4S Institute of Space and Astronautical Science 09/25/1970 4 23.6 1.41 180 1932
Mu-3S-II Institute of Space and Astronautical Science 01/07/1985 8 27.8 1.41 800 1930