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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)
Nike Cajun National Aeronautics and Space Administration 07/06/1956 4 7.7 0.42 246
North American X-15 North American Aviation 06/08/1959 13 15.47 6.61 286
Nuri Korea Aerospace Research Institute 10/21/2021 3 47.2 3.5 2600 2612
Orion Abort Test Booster National Aeronautics and Space Administration 07/02/2019 1 5.5 2200
OS-M1 OneSpace 03/27/2019 1 19.0 1.2
Paektusan 1 Korean Committee of Space Technology 08/31/1998 1 25.8 1.8 525
Pegasus Orbital Sciences Corporation 04/05/1990 4 16.9 1.27 443 0 580
Pegasus HAPS Orbital Sciences Corporation 07/17/1991 2 15.5 1.28 250 0 580
Pegasus Hybrid Orbital Sciences Corporation 04/03/1995 4 15.5 1.28 350 0 580
Pegasus XL Orbital Sciences Corporation 06/27/1994 31 17.6 1.27 443 0 580
Pegasus XL HAPS Orbital Sciences Corporation 12/23/1997 5 17.6 1.27 443 0 580
Prime Orbex 0 19.0 1.3
Project Pilot US Navy 07/04/1958 6 4.4 0.76 1 125
Proton Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 10/12/1982 110
Proton Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 11/16/1968 29
Proton Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) 03/10/1967 39 57.0 4.0 8847
Proton-K/17S40 Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 06/06/1997 6 59.0 4.15 6000 8847
Proton-K/Briz-M Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 07/05/1999 4 57.0 4.15 19760 8847
Proton-K/D-1 Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 10/16/1975 12 57.0 4.15 8847
Proton-K/D-2 Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 07/07/1988 3 57.0 4.15 6220 8847
Proton-K/DM Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 10/12/1982 66 59.0 4.15 8847
Proton-K/DM-2M Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 01/20/1994 41 59.0 4.15 8847
Proton-M Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 03/15/2004 33
Proton-M Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 12/05/2010 7 58.2 7.4 2100 6920 10532
Proton-M Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 12/25/2007 6