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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)
Project Pilot US Navy 07/04/1958 6 4.4 0.76 1 125
Zenit Zenith Sea Launch 03/28/1999 36 4.6 0.42 0 0 45
Zenit Zenith Land Launch 04/28/2008 6 4.6 0.42 0 0 45
Zenit 2M Zenith Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) 06/29/2007 2 4.6 0.42 0 0 45
Zenit 3F Zenith Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) 01/20/2011 4 4.6 0.42 0 0 45
Soyuz-FG Soyuz-U Progress Rocket Space Center 06/02/2003 10 4.95 2.68 7100
Nike Cajun National Aeronautics and Space Administration 07/06/1956 4 7.7 0.42 246
SS-520 S-Series Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency 01/14/2017 1 9.7 0.5 4
MOMO v0 MOMO Interstellar Technologies 07/30/2017 5 9.9 0.5 12
MOMO v1 MOMO Interstellar Technologies 07/03/2021 2 10.1 0.5 14
Hapith I Hapith TiSPACE 09/16/2021 1 10.2 2.2
Kuaizhou DF-21 China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation 09/25/2013 2 11.0 1.4 0 0
SARGE SARGE EXOS Aerospace 08/25/2018 4 11.0 0.51 24
Astra Rocket 3 Astra Rocket Astra Space 09/12/2020 7 11.6 1.32 100 140
Black Brant IX Black Brant Magellan Aerospace Corporation 03/16/1982 3 12.2 0.46
Blue Scout Jr Blue Scout Vought 09/21/1960 8 12.4 0.79 222
Miura 1 Miura Payload Aerospace S.L. 10/07/2023 1 12.7 0.7 30
Black Arrow Royal Aircraft Establishment 06/27/1969 2 13.0 2.0 135 256
Volna Volna Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau 01/01/1975 1 14.1 1.9 120 682
Shtil'-1 Shtil' KB Mashinostroyeniya 07/07/1998 2 14.8 1.9 430 809
New Shepard Blue Origin Blue Origin 04/29/2015 24 15.0 3.7 0 0 490
North American X-15 North American Aviation 06/08/1959 13 15.47 6.61 286
Pegasus HAPS Pegasus Orbital Sciences Corporation 07/17/1991 2 15.5 1.28 250 0 580
Pegasus Hybrid Pegasus Orbital Sciences Corporation 04/03/1995 4 15.5 1.28 350 0 580
Trailblazer 2 Trailblazer National Aeronautics and Space Administration 12/14/1961 3 15.7 0.79 547