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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)
Ariane 44P — Aérospatiale 04/04/1991 ✘ ✘ 15 56.9 3.8 6500 3390 5140
Pegasus HAPS — Orbital Sciences Corporation 07/17/1991 ✘ ✘ 2 15.5 1.28 250 0 580
Atlas II — Lockheed Martin 12/07/1991 ✘ ✘ 10 47.54 3.04 6580 2810 2479
Atlas IIA — Lockheed Martin 06/10/1992 ✘ ✘ 23 47.54 3.04 6580 2810 2479
Long March 2D — China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 08/09/1992 ✔ ✘ 85 38.3 3.35 3500 0 2962
Titan 404A — Lockheed Martin 11/28/1992 ✘ ✘ 3 54.0 3.05 17700 — 14200
Ariane 42L — Aérospatiale 03/12/1993 ✘ ✘ 13 55.6 3.8 7000 3590 4600
Start-1 — Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/25/1993 ✘ ✘ 5 22.7 1.61 632 — 887
PSLV — Indian Space Research Organization 09/20/1993 ✔ ✘ 12 44.0 2.8 3800 1200 4847
Atlas IIAS — Lockheed Martin 12/16/1993 ✘ ✘ 30 47.54 3.04 6580 2810 4391
Proton-K/DM-2M — Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 01/20/1994 ✘ ✘ 41 59.0 4.15 — — 8847
H-II — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 02/03/1994 ✘ ✘ 7 49.0 4.0 10060 3930 —
Titan 401A Centaur — Lockheed Martin 02/07/1994 ✘ ✘ 9 63.1 3.05 21680 9000 14200
Long March 3A — China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 02/08/1994 ✔ ✘ 27 52.5 3.35 0 2300 2962
Delta II — McDonnell Douglas 02/19/1994 ✘ ✘ 2 38.2 2.44 — — 4000
Minotaur — Orbital ATK 03/13/1994 ✘ ✘ 4 — — — — —
Pegasus XL — Orbital Sciences Corporation 06/27/1994 ✔ ✘ 31 17.6 1.27 443 0 580
Delta II — McDonnell Douglas 11/01/1994 ✘ ✘ 2 38.9 2.44 — — 4000
Start — Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/28/1995 ✘ ✘ 1 28.9 1.61 645 — 887
Pegasus Hybrid — Orbital Sciences Corporation 04/03/1995 ✘ ✘ 4 15.5 1.28 350 0 580
Shavit-2 — Israel Aerospace Industries 04/05/1995 ✔ ✘ 10 — — — — —
Athena I — Lockheed Martin 08/15/1995 ✘ ✘ 4 18.9 2.36 820 — 1900
Conestoga 1620 — Space Services Inc. 10/23/1995 ✘ ✘ 1 — — 1179 — —
Delta II — United Launch Alliance 11/04/1995 ✘ ✘ 9 38.7 2.4 5959 1828 —
Long March 3B/YZ-1 — China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 02/14/1996 ✔ ✘ 14 54.8 3.35 11500 5100 5923
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