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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)
Zhuque-2 Zhuque LandSpace 12/14/2022 3 49.5 3.35 6000 2680
ZERO ZERO Interstellar Technologies 0 25.0 1.7 150
Zenit 3F Zenith Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) 01/20/2011 4 4.6 0.42 0 0 45
Zenit-2SB Zenith Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 11/08/2011 0 3.9
Zenit-2 11K77.05 Zenith Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 09/09/1998 1 57.0 3.9 7259
Zenit Zenith Sea Launch 03/28/1999 36 4.6 0.42 0 0 45
Zenit 2M Zenith Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) 06/29/2007 2 4.6 0.42 0 0 45
Zenit Zenith Land Launch 04/28/2008 6 4.6 0.42 0 0 45
Zenit-2 Zenith Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 04/13/1985 35 57.0 3.9 13740 7300
Vulcan VC4L Vulcan United Launch Alliance 0 67.4 5.4 24600 11700 13706
Vulcan Vulcan United Launch Alliance 0 5.4
Vulcan VC6L Vulcan United Launch Alliance 0 67.4 5.4 27200 14500 18110
Vulcan VC2S Vulcan United Launch Alliance 01/08/2024 1 61.6 5.4 19000 8400 9303
Vostok 8A92 Vostok RKK Energiya 06/01/1962 44 30.84 2.99 4730 3996
Vostok 8A92M Vostok RKK Energiya 08/28/1964 93 30.84 2.99 3800 3996
Vostok-L 8K72 Vostok Energia 09/23/1958 9 30.84 2.6 4000 3956
Vostok 8K72 Vostok RKK Energiya 05/15/1960 4 30.84 2.99 4550 3873
Volna Volna Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau 01/01/1975 1 14.1 1.9 120 682
VLS-1 VLS Department of Aerospace Science and Technology 11/02/1997 2 19.5 1.01 120 1172
Vega Vega Avio S.p.A 02/13/2012 21 29.9 3.025 1500 2974
Vega-C Vega Avio S.p.A 07/13/2022 2 30.1 3.0 1500 2974
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Vanguard Vanguard Lockheed Martin 10/23/1957 11 23.0 1.14 9 123
Strela UR-100 Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 12/05/2003 3
Tsiklon-2A Tsiklon Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 10/27/1967 8 39.7 3.0 3000 2366