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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)
Starship SpaceX 04/20/2023 3 120.0 9.0 100000 21000 72000
Space Launch System (SLS) National Aeronautics and Space Administration 0 111.0 8.4 105000 39000
Space Launch System (SLS) National Aeronautics and Space Administration 11/16/2022 1 111.0 8.4 95000 39000
Saturn V National Aeronautics and Space Administration 11/09/1967 13 110.6 10.1 140000 35100
N1 Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) 02/21/1969 4 105.0 17.0 95000 45400
Ares I-X National Aeronautics and Space Administration 10/28/2009 1 99.7 3.71 12000
Energiya/Buran Energia 11/15/1988 1 97.0 17.65 90400 35301
Energiya Energia 05/15/1987 1 97.0 17.65 88000 35129
New Glenn Blue Origin 0 82.0 7.0 45000 13000 17100
Delta IV M+(5,2) United Launch Alliance 04/03/2012 3 72.0 5.0 11700 6565 5860
Delta IV Heavy United Launch Alliance 12/21/2004 16 72.0 5.0 28370 14210 8674
Falcon 9 SpaceX 12/22/2015 12 71.0 3.65 22800 8305 6804
Falcon 9 SpaceX 12/22/2015 25 71.0 3.65 22800 8305 6804
Delta IV M+(5,4) United Launch Alliance 12/06/2009 8 70.7 5.0 13730 6890 5860
Falcon Heavy SpaceX 02/06/2018 9 70.0 12.2 63800 26700 22819
Falcon 9 SpaceX 05/11/2018 275 70.0 3.65 22800 8300 7607
Super Heavy Prototype SpaceX 0 70.0 9.0
Falcon 9 SpaceX 09/29/2013 15 68.4 3.65 13150 4850 5883
Vulcan VC4L United Launch Alliance 0 67.4 5.4 24600 11700 13706
Vulcan VC6L United Launch Alliance 0 67.4 5.4 27200 14500 18110
Delta IV M+(4,2) United Launch Alliance 11/20/2002 15 66.2 5.0 11920 6270 4200
Terran R Relativity Space 0 66.0 5.5 20000 9400
Titan 401A Centaur Lockheed Martin 02/07/1994 9 63.1 3.05 21680 9000 14200
Ariane 62 ArianeGroup 0 63.0 5.4 10350 5000 10370
H3-30 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 0 63.0 5.27 2100 4413