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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)
Thor Able III McDonnell Douglas 08/07/1959 1 27.4 2.44 668
Spectrum Isar Aerospace 0 28.0 2.0 1000 675
Volna Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau 01/01/1975 1 14.1 1.9 120 682
Firefly Alpha Firefly Aerospace 09/03/2021 4 29.0 1.82 1000 736
Thor Burner 2 McDonnell Douglas 09/16/1966 12 22.4 2.44 750
Thor Burner 2A McDonnell Douglas 10/14/1971 8 23.0 2.44 750
Thor DSV-2U McDonnell Douglas 09/11/1976 5 23.0 2.44 500 750
Thor SLV-2 Agena B McDonnell Douglas 01/25/1964 3 27.2 2.44 400 756
Thor Delta C1 McDonnell Douglas 05/25/1966 3 27.5 2.44 81 756
Thor SLV-2 Agena D McDonnell Douglas 05/31/1967 8 27.2 2.44 756
Delta DM-19 United States Air Force 05/13/1960 3 18.42 2.44 759
Thor DM-21 Ablestar United States Air Force 04/13/1960 19 29.0 1.44 150 760
Gaganyaan Abort Test Booster Indian Space Research Organization 10/21/2023 1 760
Thor Delta G McDonnell Douglas 12/14/1966 2 30.0 2.44 765
Shtil'-1 KB Mashinostroyeniya 07/07/1998 2 14.8 1.9 430 809
Molniya 8K78 Strategic Rocket Forces 10/10/1960 40 43.44 3.0 1900 813
Start Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/28/1995 1 28.9 1.61 645 887
Start-1 Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/25/1993 5 22.7 1.61 632 887
ASLV Indian Space Research Organization 03/24/1987 4 23.5 1.0 150 910
Terran 1 Relativity Space 03/23/2023 1 35.0 2.3 1479 920
Minotaur I Orbital Sciences Corporation 01/27/2000 12 19.21 1.67 580 935
Miura 5 Payload Aerospace S.L. 0 35.81 2.0 900 950
Vostok Soviet Space Program 05/15/1960 13 30.84 2.99 4725 971
VLS-1 Department of Aerospace Science and Technology 11/02/1997 2 19.5 1.01 120 1172
Long March 11 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 09/25/2015 17 20.0 2.0 500 0 1177