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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)
Angara A5 Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 0 55.4 8.86 24500 9600
Angara A5/Blok DM-03 Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 12/27/2021 2 55.4 8.86 24500 7000 9600
Vulcan VC4L United Launch Alliance 0 67.4 5.4 24600 11700 13706
Long March 5 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 11/03/2016 6 57.0 5.0 25000 14000 10600
Long March 5B China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 05/05/2020 4 53.66 5.0 25000 10565
Vulcan VC6L United Launch Alliance 0 67.4 5.4 27200 14500 18110
Space Shuttle National Aeronautics and Space Administration 04/12/1981 135 56.1 8.0 27500 28200
Delta IV Heavy United Launch Alliance 12/21/2004 16 72.0 5.0 28370 14210 8674
New Glenn Blue Origin 0 82.0 7.0 45000 13000 17100
Falcon Heavy SpaceX 02/06/2018 9 70.0 12.2 63800 26700 22819
Energiya Energia 05/15/1987 1 97.0 17.65 88000 35129
Energiya/Buran Energia 11/15/1988 1 97.0 17.65 90400 35301
Space Launch System (SLS) National Aeronautics and Space Administration 11/16/2022 1 111.0 8.4 95000 39000
N1 Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) 02/21/1969 4 105.0 17.0 95000 45400
Starship SpaceX 04/20/2023 3 120.0 9.0 100000 21000 72000
Space Launch System (SLS) National Aeronautics and Space Administration 0 111.0 8.4 105000 39000
Saturn V National Aeronautics and Space Administration 11/09/1967 13 110.6 10.1 140000 35100
Starship Prototype SpaceX 07/26/2019 9 50.0 9.0
Atlas F/Agena D Convair 06/27/1978 1
Long March 8 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 12/22/2020 2
Long March 8 (Core Only) China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 02/27/2022 1
Long March China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 0
Scout X-3M Vought 02/19/1963 1 22.0 1.02 380
Scout X-3A Vought 08/31/1962 1 22.0 1.02 380
Miura 1 Payload Aerospace S.L. 10/07/2023 1 12.7 0.7 30