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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)
H3 — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries — ✔ ✘ 0 63.0 5.27 — 6500 —
H-IIA — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 12/18/2006 ✘ ✘ 5 53.0 4.0 — 6000 2260
N-I — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 09/09/1975 ✘ ✘ 7 34.0 2.44 1200 360 —
H-II — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 02/03/1994 ✘ ✘ 7 49.0 4.0 10060 3930 —
H-IIA — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 08/29/2001 ✔ ✘ 33 53.0 4.0 10000 4100 2260
H-1 — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 08/12/1986 ✘ ✘ 9 42.0 2.44 3200 1100 —
N-2 — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 02/11/1981 ✘ ✘ 8 35.0 2.44 2000 730 2278
H-IIA — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 02/26/2005 ✘ ✘ 3 53.0 4.0 — 4500 —
H3-24 — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries — ✔ ✘ 0 63.0 5.27 — 6500 12142
H-IIA — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 02/04/2002 ✘ ✘ 7 53.0 4.0 — 5000 —
H-IIB — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 09/10/2009 ✘ ✘ 9 56.6 5.2 16500 8000 9000
H3-22 — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 03/07/2023 ✔ ✘ 2 63.0 5.27 — 4000 7542
H3-30 — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries — ✔ ✘ 0 63.0 5.27 — 2100 4413
Start-1.2 — Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/04/1997 ✘ ✘ 1 22.7 1.8 — — 500
Start-1 — Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/25/1993 ✘ ✘ 5 22.7 1.61 632 — 887
Start — Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/28/1995 ✘ ✘ 1 28.9 1.61 645 — 887
Atlas LV-3B — National Aeronautics and Space Administration 07/29/1960 ✘ ✘ 10 28.7 3.0 1360 — 1300
Titan II — National Aeronautics and Space Administration 04/08/1964 ✘ ✘ 12 33.2 3.05 3850 — 1913
Nike Cajun — National Aeronautics and Space Administration 07/06/1956 ✘ ✘ 4 7.7 0.42 — — 246
Scout X-1 — National Aeronautics and Space Administration 07/02/1960 ✘ ✘ 6 25.0 1.01 59 — 471
Trailblazer 1 — National Aeronautics and Space Administration 03/03/1959 ✘ ✘ 1 17.1 0.58 — — 365
Space Shuttle — National Aeronautics and Space Administration 04/12/1981 ✘ ✔ 135 56.1 8.0 27500 — 28200
Orion Abort Test Booster — National Aeronautics and Space Administration 07/02/2019 ✘ ✘ 1 — 5.5 — — 2200
Trailblazer 2 — National Aeronautics and Space Administration 12/14/1961 ✘ ✘ 3 15.7 0.79 — — 547
Saturn IB — National Aeronautics and Space Administration 02/26/1966 ✘ ✘ 10 43.2 6.61 21000 — 7100
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