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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)
Saturn V Saturn National Aeronautics and Space Administration 11/09/1967 13 110.6 10.1 140000 35100
Space Launch System (SLS) Space Launch System National Aeronautics and Space Administration 0 111.0 8.4 105000 39000
Starship Starship SpaceX 04/20/2023 3 120.0 9.0 100000 21000 72000
N1 N1 Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) 02/21/1969 4 105.0 17.0 95000 45400
Space Launch System (SLS) Space Launch System National Aeronautics and Space Administration 11/16/2022 1 111.0 8.4 95000 39000
Energiya/Buran Energiya Energia 11/15/1988 1 97.0 17.65 90400 35301
Energiya Energiya Energia 05/15/1987 1 97.0 17.65 88000 35129
Falcon Heavy Falcon SpaceX 02/06/2018 9 70.0 12.2 63800 26700 22819
New Glenn Blue Origin Blue Origin 0 82.0 7.0 45000 13000 17100
Delta IV Heavy Delta United Launch Alliance 12/21/2004 16 72.0 5.0 28370 14210 8674
Space Shuttle Space Shuttle National Aeronautics and Space Administration 04/12/1981 135 56.1 8.0 27500 28200
Vulcan VC6L Vulcan United Launch Alliance 0 67.4 5.4 27200 14500 18110
Long March 5B Long March 5 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 05/05/2020 4 53.66 5.0 25000 10565
Long March 5 Long March 5 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 11/03/2016 5 57.0 5.0 25000 14000 10600
Vulcan VC4L Vulcan United Launch Alliance 0 67.4 5.4 24600 11700 13706
Angara A5/Blok DM-03 Angara Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 12/27/2021 2 55.4 8.86 24500 7000 9600
Angara A5 Angara Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 0 55.4 8.86 24500 9600
Angara A5/Briz-M Angara Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 12/23/2014 2 55.4 8.86 24500 5400 9600
Proton-M Proton / UR-500 Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 04/07/2001 1 58.2 7.4 23000 6920 10532
Falcon 9 Falcon SpaceX 05/11/2018 272 70.0 3.65 22800 8300 7607
Falcon 9 Falcon SpaceX 12/22/2015 12 71.0 3.65 22800 8305 6804
Falcon 9 Falcon SpaceX 12/22/2015 25 71.0 3.65 22800 8305 6804
Titan 402B IUS Titan Lockheed Martin 02/23/1997 5 54.0 3.05 21680 15000
Titan 401A Centaur Titan Lockheed Martin 02/07/1994 9 63.1 3.05 21680 9000 14200
Titan 402A IUS Titan Lockheed Martin 06/14/1989 3 54.0 3.05 21680 14200