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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 HAPS Pegasus Orbital Sciences Corporation 07/17/1991 2 15.5 1.28 250 0 580
Prime Orbex Orbex 0 19.0 1.3
Astra Rocket 3 Astra Rocket Astra Space 09/12/2020 7 11.6 1.32 100 140
Diamant B Diamant Société d'étude et de réalisation d'engins balistiques 03/10/1970 5 23.5 1.34 160 396
Diamant A Diamant Société d'étude et de réalisation d'engins balistiques 11/26/1965 4 18.95 1.34 160 301
Diamant BP4 Diamant Société d'étude et de réalisation d'engins balistiques 02/06/1975 3 21.6 1.34 160 396
KAIROS KAIROS Space One 03/13/2024 1 18.0 1.35 250
Kuaizhou DF-21 China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation 09/25/2013 2 11.0 1.4 0 0
Kuaizhou Kuaizhou ExPace 01/09/2017 26 19.4 1.4 300
Mu-3S Mu Institute of Space and Astronautical Science 02/17/1980 4 23.8 1.41 300 2150
Mu-3H Mu Institute of Space and Astronautical Science 02/19/1977 3 23.8 1.41 300 2150
Mu-4S Mu Institute of Space and Astronautical Science 09/25/1970 4 23.6 1.41 180 1932
Mu-3C Mu Institute of Space and Astronautical Science 02/16/1974 4 20.2 1.41 195 1932
Mu-3S-II Mu Institute of Space and Astronautical Science 01/07/1985 8 27.8 1.41 800 1930
Thor DM-21 Ablestar Thor-Ablestar United States Air Force 04/13/1960 19 29.0 1.44 150 760
Kosmos-2I 63S1 Kosmos 63S1 Strategic Rocket Forces 10/27/1961 38 31.0 1.6 300
Kosmos 11K63 Kosmos Strategic Rocket Forces 05/24/1966 126 31.0 1.6 300
LauncherOne Launcher Virgin Orbit 05/25/2020 6 16.0 1.6 500 327
Start-1 Start Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/25/1993 5 22.7 1.61 632 887
Start Start Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/28/1995 1 28.9 1.61 645 887
Minotaur I Minotaur Orbital Sciences Corporation 01/27/2000 12 19.21 1.67 580 935
Falcon 1 Falcon SpaceX 03/24/2006 5 22.25 1.7 470 454
ZERO ZERO Interstellar Technologies 0 25.0 1.7 150
SPARTA Chrysler 11/28/1966 1 21.8 1.78 45 416
Juno-I Redstone Chrysler 01/31/1958 6 21.2 1.78 11 416