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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)
Diamant BP4 Société d'étude et de réalisation d'engins balistiques 02/06/1975 3 21.6 1.34 160 396
Soyuz 11A511M Energia 12/27/1971 8 50.0 2.95 6600 4054
Atlas D Convair 04/14/1959 9 25.15 3.0 1400 1880
SS-520 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency 01/14/2017 1 9.7 0.5 4
Thor Agena D McDonnell Douglas 06/28/1962 13 31.0 2.44 667
Soyuz-U Soviet Space Program 12/23/1982 71 34.54 2.95 7050
Strela Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 12/05/2003 3
Starship Prototype SpaceX 07/26/2019 9 50.0 9.0
Sputnik 11A59 Energia 12/01/1963 2 30.0 2.99 1400 3999
SS-520 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency 02/03/2018 1 0.5 4
Soyuz-U-PVB Progress Rocket Space Center 03/21/1984 74 51.0 3.0 6900
Start-1.2 Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/04/1997 1 22.7 1.8 500
Start-1 Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/25/1993 5 22.7 1.61 632 887
Delta II United Launch Alliance 03/15/2008 2 38.9 2.4 5959 2120
Space Shuttle National Aeronautics and Space Administration 04/12/1981 135 56.1 8.0 27500 28200
Spectrum Isar Aerospace 0 28.0 2.0 1000 675
Delta 7426-9.5 McDonnell Douglas 02/07/1999 1 39.0 2.44 3020
Paektusan 1 Korean Committee of Space Technology 08/31/1998 1 25.8 1.8 525
Blue Scout II Vought 03/03/1961 1 24.0 1.02 30 471
LauncherOne Virgin Orbit 05/25/2020 6 16.0 1.6 500 327
Thor Able I McDonnell Douglas 04/24/1958 3 30.0 2.44 120 667
Thor Able II McDonnell Douglas 01/23/1959 2 27.3 2.44 668
Thor Able III McDonnell Douglas 08/07/1959 1 27.4 2.44 668
Thor Agena A McDonnell Douglas 01/21/1959 15 28.0 2.44 250 667
Titan 405A Lockheed Martin 06/08/1990 2 54.0 3.05 17700 14200