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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)
Pegasus XL HAPS — Orbital Sciences Corporation 12/23/1997 ✔ ✘ 5 17.6 1.27 443 0 580
Minotaur — Orbital ATK 03/13/1994 ✘ ✘ 4 — — — — —
Minotaur IV — Orbital ATK 09/26/2010 ✔ ✘ 3 23.9 2.35 1735 0 2200
Prime — Orbex — ✘ ✘ 0 19.0 1.3 — — —
OS-M1 — OneSpace 03/27/2019 ✘ ✘ 1 19.0 1.2 — — —
Antares 230 — Northrop Grumman Space Systems 10/17/2016 ✘ ✘ 5 42.5 3.9 7800 — 3844
Antares 230+ — Northrop Grumman Space Systems 11/02/2019 ✘ ✘ 8 42.5 3.9 8200 — 3844
Antares 330 — Northrop Grumman Space Systems — ✘ ✘ 0 — — — — 7200
Little Joe — North American Aviation 08/21/1959 ✘ ✘ 8 17.0 — — — —
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
Trailblazer 1 — National Aeronautics and Space Administration 03/03/1959 ✘ ✘ 1 17.1 0.58 — — 365
Saturn V — National Aeronautics and Space Administration 11/09/1967 ✘ ✘ 13 110.6 10.1 140000 — 35100
Saturn IB — National Aeronautics and Space Administration 02/26/1966 ✘ ✘ 10 43.2 6.61 21000 — 7100
Space Launch System (SLS) — National Aeronautics and Space Administration — ✘ ✘ 0 111.0 8.4 105000 — 39000
Scout X-1 — National Aeronautics and Space Administration 07/02/1960 ✘ ✘ 6 25.0 1.01 59 — 471
Space Launch System (SLS) — National Aeronautics and Space Administration 11/16/2022 ✔ ✘ 1 111.0 8.4 95000 — 39000
Orion Abort Test Booster — National Aeronautics and Space Administration 07/02/2019 ✘ ✘ 1 — 5.5 — — 2200
Trailblazer 2 — National Aeronautics and Space Administration 12/14/1961 ✘ ✘ 3 15.7 0.79 — — 547
Space Shuttle — National Aeronautics and Space Administration 04/12/1981 ✘ ✔ 135 56.1 8.0 27500 — 28200
Titan II — National Aeronautics and Space Administration 04/08/1964 ✘ ✘ 12 33.2 3.05 3850 — 1913
Ares I-X — National Aeronautics and Space Administration 10/28/2009 ✘ ✘ 1 99.7 3.71 — — 12000
Atlas LV-3B — National Aeronautics and Space Administration 07/29/1960 ✘ ✘ 10 28.7 3.0 1360 — 1300
Start — Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/28/1995 ✘ ✘ 1 28.9 1.61 645 — 887
Start-1 — Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/25/1993 ✘ ✘ 5 22.7 1.61 632 — 887
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