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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)
Start-1 Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/25/1993 5 22.7 1.61 632 887
VLS-1 Department of Aerospace Science and Technology 11/02/1997 2 19.5 1.01 120 1172
Atlas LV-3B National Aeronautics and Space Administration 07/29/1960 10 28.7 3.0 1360 1300
SS-520 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency 01/14/2017 1 9.7 0.5 4
Long March 2 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 11/05/1974 4 31.17 3.35 1800 2786
Delta III Boeing 08/26/1998 3 35.0 4.0 8290 3810 4889
Atlas V 551 United Launch Alliance 01/19/2006 13 59.7 3.8 18850 8890 12269
Scout X-1 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 07/02/1960 6 25.0 1.01 59 471
Thor Able I McDonnell Douglas 04/24/1958 3 30.0 2.44 120 667
Delta 2913 McDonnell Douglas 08/09/1975 2 35.0 2.44 2000 700 2560
ASLV Indian Space Research Organization 03/24/1987 4 23.5 1.0 150 910
Hapith I TiSPACE 09/16/2021 1 10.2 2.2
Thor SLV-2 Agena B McDonnell Douglas 01/25/1964 3 27.2 2.44 400 756
Atlas IIAS Lockheed Martin 12/16/1993 30 47.54 3.04 6580 2810 4391
R-36O 8K69M Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 09/25/1970 2 35.0 3.0
Tianlong-2 Space Pioneer 04/02/2023 1 32.8 3.35 2000 1863
Prime Orbex 0 19.0 1.3
Scout X-2 Vought 03/29/1962 2 25.0 1.01 76 427
Tsiklon-2 Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 08/06/1969 105 39.7 3.0 2820 2366
Electron Rocket Lab 05/25/2017 47 18.0 1.2 300 162
Atlas SLV-3A Agena D Convair 03/04/1968 12 36.0 3.0 1000 1340
Minotaur-C 2210 Orbital Sciences Corporation 02/10/1998 1 29.7 2.35 1380 1380
Thor Delta G McDonnell Douglas 12/14/1966 2 30.0 2.44 765
Titan IIIC Lockheed Martin 06/18/1965 36 42.0 3.0 13100 3000 10586
Titan 405A Lockheed Martin 06/08/1990 2 54.0 3.05 17700 14200