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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)
Atlas Burner 2 Convair 08/16/1968 2 21.0 3.05 800 3824
Thor Delta N McDonnell Douglas 08/16/1968 6 33.0 2.44 1590
Thor Delta M McDonnell Douglas 09/19/1968 12 34.0 2.44 355 355 2140
Proton Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 11/16/1968 29
Europa I European Launcher Development Organisation 11/29/1968 3 33.0 3.05 200 200 1500
N1 Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) 02/21/1969 4 105.0 17.0 95000 45400
Thorad SLV-2H Agena D McDonnell Douglas 06/05/1969 13 34.0 2.44 1571
Black Arrow Royal Aircraft Establishment 06/27/1969 2 13.0 2.0 135 256
Tsiklon-2 Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 08/06/1969 105 39.7 3.0 2820 2366
Titan 23B Lockheed Martin 08/23/1969 9 45.0 3.05 3000 2300
Thor Delta L McDonnell Douglas 08/27/1969 2 35.0 2.44 300 300 1452
Thor Delta N6 McDonnell Douglas 01/23/1970 3 33.0 2.44 2411
Diamant B Société d'étude et de réalisation d'engins balistiques 03/10/1970 5 23.5 1.34 160 396
Long March 1 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 04/24/1970 2
R-36O 8K69M Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 09/25/1970 2 35.0 3.0
Mu-4S Institute of Space and Astronautical Science 09/25/1970 4 23.6 1.41 180 1932
Thor Delta M6 McDonnell Douglas 03/13/1971 1 32.4 2.44 450 450 2411
Titan 33B Lockheed Martin 03/21/1971 3 45.0 3.05 3000 2300
Titan IIID Lockheed Martin 06/15/1971 22 36.0 3.05 12300 10586
Soyuz 11A511L Energia 08/12/1971 3 50.0 2.95 5500 4054
Titan 24B Lockheed Martin 08/12/1971 23 45.0 3.05 3000 2410
Scout B-1 Vought 08/16/1971 5 22.0 1.02 440
Thor Burner 2A McDonnell Douglas 10/14/1971 8 23.0 2.44 750
Europa II European Launcher Development Organisation 11/05/1971 1 31.7 3.05 1160 360 1512
Soyuz 11A511M Energia 12/27/1971 8 50.0 2.95 6600 4054