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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)
Rokot/Briz-KM Russian Aerospace Defence Forces 05/16/2000 31 29.0 2.5 1850 0 1870
Minotaur-C 1110 Orbital Sciences Corporation 03/12/2000 1 27.9 2.35 1320 1320
Minotaur I Orbital Sciences Corporation 01/27/2000 12 19.21 1.67 580 935
Long March 2F China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 11/19/1999 7 62.0 3.35 8400 5985
Proton-K/Briz-M Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 07/05/1999 4 57.0 4.15 19760 8847
Delta II United Launch Alliance 06/24/1999 6 38.9 2.44 2800
Titan 404B Lockheed Martin 05/22/1999 3 54.0 3.05 21680 15000
Long March 4B China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 05/10/1999 48 44.1 3.35 4200 1500 2961
Dnepr ISC Kosmotras 04/21/1999 22
Zenit Sea Launch 03/28/1999 36 4.6 0.42 0 0 45
Delta II McDonnell Douglas 02/07/1999 1 39.0 2.44 3020
Delta II McDonnell Douglas 12/11/1998 3 39.0 2.44 3020
Delta II McDonnell Douglas 10/24/1998 3 38.4 2.44 2500
Zenit-2 11K77.05 Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 09/09/1998 1 57.0 3.9 7259
Paektusan 1 Korean Committee of Space Technology 08/31/1998 1 25.8 1.8 525
Delta III Boeing 08/26/1998 3 35.0 4.0 8290 3810 4889
Shtil'-1 KB Mashinostroyeniya 07/07/1998 2 14.8 1.9 430 809
Delta II McDonnell Douglas 02/14/1998 8 39.0 2.44 3020
Minotaur-C 2210 Orbital Sciences Corporation 02/10/1998 1 29.7 2.35 1380 1380
Delta II United Launch Alliance 01/10/1998 26 38.9 2.4 1840
Athena II Lockheed Martin 01/07/1998 3 28.2 2.36 2065 593 1900
Pegasus XL HAPS Orbital Sciences Corporation 12/23/1997 5 17.6 1.27 443 0 580
VLS-1 Department of Aerospace Science and Technology 11/02/1997 2 19.5 1.01 120 1172
Titan IVB Lockheed Martin 10/15/1997 7
Long March 2C/SD China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 09/01/1997 7 42.0 3.35 3850 2786