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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)
Soyuz U Soyuz Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) 05/18/1973 714 51.1 2.95 6900.0
Soyuz-U Soviet Space Program 12/23/1982 71 34.54 2.95 7050.0
Soyuz-U-PVB Soyuz Progress Rocket Space Center 03/21/1984 74 51.0 3.0 6900.0
Space Launch System (SLS) Space Launch System National Aeronautics and Space Administration 0 111.0 8.4 105000.0 39000.0
Space Launch System (SLS) Space Launch System National Aeronautics and Space Administration 11/16/2022 1 111.0 8.4 95000.0 39000.0
SpaceShipTwo Virgin Galactic 10/10/2010 67 18.0 8.2 0.0 0.0 310.0
Space Shuttle National Aeronautics and Space Administration 04/12/1981 135 56.1 8.0 27500.0 28200.0
SPARK Sandia National Laboratories 11/04/2015 1
SPARTA Chrysler 11/28/1966 1 21.8 1.78 45.0 416.0
Spectrum Isar Aerospace 03/30/2025 1 28.0 2.0 1000.0 675.0
Sputnik 11A59 Sputnik Energia 12/01/1963 2 30.0 2.99 1400.0 3999.0
Sputnik 8A91 Sputnik Energia 02/03/1958 2
Sputnik 8K74PS Sputnik Energia 10/04/1957 2
SR75 HyImpulse 05/03/2024 1 0.64 75.0
SS-520 S-Series Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency 01/14/2017 1 9.7 0.5 4.0
SS-520 S-Series Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency 02/03/2018 1 0.5 4.0
SSLV Indian Space Research Organization 08/07/2022 3 34.0 2.0 500.0
Starship Starship SpaceX 04/20/2023 9 120.0 9.0 100000.0 21000.0 72000.0
Starship Prototype Starship SpaceX 07/26/2019 9 50.0 9.0
Start Start Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/28/1995 1 28.9 1.61 645.0 887.0
Start-1 Start Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/25/1993 5 22.7 1.61 632.0 887.0
Start-1.2 Start Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology 03/04/1997 1 22.7 1.8 500.0
Strela Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 12/05/2003 3
Super Heavy Prototype Starship SpaceX 0 70.0 9.0
Terran 1 Terran Relativity Space 03/23/2023 1 35.0 2.3 1479.0 920.0