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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 3920 McDonnell Douglas 07/16/1982 3 36.0 2.44 3188
Delta 3920/PAM McDonnell Douglas 08/26/1982 6 36.0 2.44 1280 3188
Long March 2 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 09/09/1982 57 42.0 3.35 3850
Proton-K/DM Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 10/12/1982 66 59.0 4.15 8847
Proton Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 10/12/1982 110
Delta 3924 McDonnell Douglas 10/28/1982 5 36.0 2.44 954 3188
Titan 34D IUS Lockheed Martin 10/30/1982 1 52.4 3.05 5000 11279
Soyuz-U Soviet Space Program 12/23/1982 71 34.54 2.95 7050
Atlas H Convair 02/09/1983 5 27.0 3.05 3630 2255 2282
Titan 34D Lockheed Martin 06/20/1983 7 50.0 3.05 14515 5000 11279
Atlas E/SGS-2 Convair 07/14/1983 4
Long March 3 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 01/29/1984 13 23.49 3.35 5000 1500 2961
Titan 34D Transtage Lockheed Martin 01/31/1984 7 50.0 3.05 5000 11280
Soyuz-U-PVB Progress Rocket Space Center 03/21/1984 74 51.0 3.0 6900
Atlas G Centaur Convair 06/09/1984 7 38.0 3.05 3630 1896
Ariane 3 Aérospatiale 08/04/1984 11 49.13 3.8 2700 5100
Mu-3S-II Institute of Space and Astronautical Science 01/07/1985 8 27.8 1.41 800 1930
Atlas E/OIS Convair 03/13/1985 1 870
Zenit-2 Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 04/13/1985 35 57.0 3.9 13740 7300
Ariane 2 Aérospatiale 05/31/1986 6 49.13 3.8 2175 2580
H-1 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 08/12/1986 9 42.0 2.44 3200 1100
ASLV Indian Space Research Organization 03/24/1987 4 23.5 1.0 150 910
Energiya Energia 05/15/1987 1 97.0 17.65 88000 35129
Ariane 44LP Aérospatiale 06/15/1988 26 58.4 3.8 8000 4170 5270
Proton-K/D-2 Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 07/07/1988 3 57.0 4.15 6220 8847