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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)
Safir 1B Iranian Space Agency 05/23/2012 3 22.0 1.25 0 0 255
Naro-1 Korea Aerospace Research Institute 08/25/2009 3
Strela Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 12/05/2003 3
Smart Dragon 3 China Rocket Co. Ltd. 12/09/2022 3 32.0 2.64
Minotaur IV Orbital ATK 09/26/2010 3 23.9 2.35 1735 0 2200
Long March 2 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 09/06/2008 3
Nike Cajun National Aeronautics and Space Administration 07/06/1956 4 7.7 0.42 246
UR-500 Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 07/16/1965 4 46.28 4.15 8400 8847
Mu-3S Institute of Space and Astronautical Science 02/17/1980 4 23.8 1.41 300 2150
SLV-3 Indian Space Research Organization 08/10/1979 4 22.0 1.0 40 503
Pegasus Orbital Sciences Corporation 04/05/1990 4 16.9 1.27 443 0 580
Mu-4S Institute of Space and Astronautical Science 09/25/1970 4 23.6 1.41 180 1932
Titan IIIA Lockheed Martin 09/01/1964 4 42.0 3.05 3100 1941
Commercial Titan III Lockheed Martin 01/01/1990 4 47.3 3.05 14742 4990
Mu-3C Institute of Space and Astronautical Science 02/16/1974 4 20.2 1.41 195 1932
Thor Burner 1 McDonnell Douglas 05/20/1965 4 23.0 2.44 668
PSLV-DL Indian Space Research Organization 01/24/2019 4 44.0 2.8 3800 1200
Firefly Alpha Firefly Aerospace 09/03/2021 4 29.0 1.82 1000 736
Soyuz Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation 03/29/2018 4 44.0 3.0 2850
Kosmos 11K65 Strategic Rocket Forces 11/16/1966 4 26.0 2.4 1400
Long March 5B China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 05/05/2020 4 53.66 5.0 25000 10565
Long March 2 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 11/05/1974 4 31.17 3.35 1800 2786
K65M-RB Production Corporation Polyot 12/05/1980 4 32.4 2.4 1485
Proton-K/Briz-M Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 07/05/1999 4 57.0 4.15 19760 8847
Atlas E/SGS-2 Convair 07/14/1983 4