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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)
Long March 3 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 10/23/2014 2 55.64 3.35 8000 3900 5923
Ariane 42P Aérospatiale 11/20/1990 15 55.9 3.8 6000 2990 3944
Space Shuttle National Aeronautics and Space Administration 04/12/1981 135 56.1 8.0 27500 28200
Long March 3 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 05/13/2007 57 56.3 3.35 12000 5500 5924
H-IIB Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 09/10/2009 9 56.6 5.2 16500 8000 9000
Ariane 44P Aérospatiale 04/04/1991 15 56.9 3.8 6500 3390 5140
Proton Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) 03/10/1967 39 57.0 4.0 8847
Zenit-2 Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 04/13/1985 35 57.0 3.9 13740 7300
Proton-K/D-1 Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 10/16/1975 12 57.0 4.15 8847
Proton-K/Briz-M Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 07/05/1999 4 57.0 4.15 19760 8847
Ariane 5 G ArianeGroup 06/04/1996 16 57.0 5.4 12200 6900
Zenit-2 11K77.05 Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 09/09/1998 1 57.0 3.9 7259
Long March 5 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 11/03/2016 6 57.0 5.0 25000 14000 10600
Proton-K/D-2 Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 07/07/1988 3 57.0 4.15 6220 8847
Ariane 5 ECA+ ArianeGroup 08/07/2019 11 57.7 5.4 10200 11400
Ariane 5 ECA ArianeGroup 12/11/2002 73 57.7 5.4 10500 11400
Atlas V N22 United Launch Alliance 12/20/2019 2 58.0 3.8 13034
Proton-M Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 04/07/2001 1 58.2 7.4 23000 6920 10532
Proton-M Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 12/05/2010 7 58.2 7.4 2100 6920 10532
Atlas V 501 United Launch Alliance 04/22/2010 8 58.3 3.8 8210 3780 3827
Atlas V 411 United Launch Alliance 04/20/2006 6 58.3 3.8 8080 5950
Atlas V 421 United Launch Alliance 10/11/2007 9 58.3 3.8 14067 6890
Atlas V 511 United Launch Alliance 01/21/2022 1 58.3 3.81 10986 5250 5490
Atlas V 521 United Launch Alliance 07/17/2003 2 58.3 3.81 13490 6475 7203
Atlas V 401 United Launch Alliance 08/21/2002 41 58.3 3.8 9050 4950 3827