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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)
Delta II United Launch Alliance 02/17/2007 1 38.9 2.4 1840
PSLV Indian Space Research Organization 04/23/2007 17 44.0 2.8 3800 1200 4847
Long March 3 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 05/13/2007 57 56.3 3.35 12000 5500 5924
Delta II United Launch Alliance 06/08/2007 6 38.7 2.4 3099 1895
Zenit 2M Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) 06/29/2007 2 4.6 0.42 0 0 45
Atlas V 421 United Launch Alliance 10/11/2007 9 58.3 3.8 14067 6890
Proton-M Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 12/25/2007 6
Ariane 5 ES ArianeGroup 03/09/2008 8 45.7 5.4 21000 11400
Delta II United Launch Alliance 03/15/2008 2 38.9 2.4 5959 2120
Long March 3 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 04/25/2008 14
Zenit Land Launch 04/28/2008 6 4.6 0.42 0 0 45
Soyuz 2.1b Progress Rocket Space Center 07/26/2008 20 46.3 2.95 8200 3250
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M Progress Rocket Space Center 07/26/2008 29 46.3 10.3 8200 3250 4150
Safir Iranian Space Agency 08/16/2008 5 22.0 1.25 0 0 255
Long March 2 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 09/06/2008 3
PSLV-XL Indian Space Research Organization 10/22/2008 25 44.0 2.8
Minotaur-C 3110 Orbital Sciences Corporation 02/24/2009 1 31.6 2.35 1380
Unha Korean Committee of Space Technology 04/05/2009 2
Naro-1 Korea Aerospace Research Institute 08/25/2009 3
H-IIB Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 09/10/2009 9 56.6 5.2 16500 8000 9000
Ares I-X National Aeronautics and Space Administration 10/28/2009 1 99.7 3.71 12000
Delta IV M+(5,4) United Launch Alliance 12/06/2009 8 70.7 5.0 13730 6890 5860
GSLV Mk II Indian Space Research Organization 04/15/2010 10 49.0 2.8 0 2500 7420
Atlas V 501 United Launch Alliance 04/22/2010 8 58.3 3.8 8210 3780 3827
Falcon 9 SpaceX 06/04/2010 5 47.8 3.65 9300 3400 3807