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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)
VLS-1 VLS Department of Aerospace Science and Technology 11/02/1997 2 19.5 1.01 120 1172
Scout A Scout Vought 12/22/1965 11 25.0 1.01 122 513
Scout X-3M Scout Vought 02/19/1963 1 22.0 1.02 380
Scout X-4A Scout Vought 08/18/1964 2 22.0 1.02 380
Scout X-3A Scout Vought 08/31/1962 1 22.0 1.02 380
Scout X-2M Scout Vought 05/24/1962 3 22.0 1.02 440
Scout A-1 Scout Vought 10/30/1973 1 22.0 1.02 440
Blue Scout II Blue Scout Vought 03/03/1961 1 24.0 1.02 30 471
Scout B-1 Scout Vought 08/16/1971 5 22.0 1.02 440
Scout X-2B Scout Vought 09/27/1963 1 22.0 1.02 440
Scout G-1 Scout Vought 10/30/1979 17 26.0 1.14 210 395
Scout F-1 Scout Vought 05/07/1975 2 25.0 1.14 193 395
Vanguard Vanguard Lockheed Martin 10/23/1957 11 23.0 1.14 9 123
Scout E-1 Scout Vought 06/03/1974 1 25.0 1.14 200 464
Scout D-1 Scout Vought 08/13/1972 16 25.0 1.14 183 464
Smart Dragon 1 Smart Dragon China Rocket Co. Ltd. 08/17/2019 1 19.2 1.2 150
OS-M1 OS-M OneSpace 03/27/2019 1 19.0 1.2
Electron Electron Rocket Lab 05/25/2017 47 18.0 1.2 300 162
Safir Nodong Iranian Space Agency 08/16/2008 5 22.0 1.25 0 0 255
Safir 1B Nodong Iranian Space Agency 05/23/2012 3 22.0 1.25 0 0 255
Qased Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force 04/22/2020 3 1.25 50 290
Pegasus XL Pegasus Orbital Sciences Corporation 06/27/1994 31 17.6 1.27 443 0 580
Pegasus Pegasus Orbital Sciences Corporation 04/05/1990 4 16.9 1.27 443 0 580
Pegasus XL HAPS Pegasus Orbital Sciences Corporation 12/23/1997 5 17.6 1.27 443 0 580
Pegasus Hybrid Pegasus Orbital Sciences Corporation 04/03/1995 4 15.5 1.28 350 0 580