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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)
Unha-3 Taepodong Korean Committee of Space Technology 04/12/2012 2
Unknown Launch Vehicle Unknown 0
UR-500 Proton / UR-500 Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 07/16/1965 4 46.28 4.15 8400.0 8847.0
Vanguard Lockheed Martin 10/23/1957 11 23.0 1.14 9.0 123.0
Vector Vector 0
Vega Vega Avio S.p.A 02/13/2012 22 29.9 3.025 1500.0 2974.0
Vega-C Vega Avio S.p.A 07/13/2022 5 35.0 3.0 3300.0 2974.0
VLS-1 Department of Aerospace Science and Technology 11/02/1997 2 19.5 1.01 120.0 1172.0
Volna Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau 01/01/1975 1 14.1 1.9 120.0 682.0
Voskhod R-7 Soviet Space Program 11/16/1963 299
Vostok R-7 Soviet Space Program 05/15/1960 13 30.84 2.99 4725.0 971.0
Vostok 8A92 Vostok RKK Energiya 06/01/1962 44 30.84 2.99 4730.0 3996.0
Vostok 8A92M Vostok RKK Energiya 08/28/1964 93 30.84 2.99 3800.0 3996.0
Vostok 8K72 Vostok RKK Energiya 05/15/1960 4 30.84 2.99 4550.0 3873.0
Vostok-L 8K72 Vostok Energia 09/23/1958 9 30.84 2.6 4000.0 3956.0
Vulcan Vulcan United Launch Alliance 0 5.4
Vulcan VC2S Vulcan United Launch Alliance 01/08/2024 2 61.6 5.4 19000.0 8400.0 9303.0
Vulcan VC4L Vulcan United Launch Alliance 0 67.4 5.4 24600.0 11700.0 13706.0
Vulcan VC4S Vulcan United Launch Alliance 08/13/2025 1
Vulcan VC6L Vulcan United Launch Alliance 0 67.4 5.4 27200.0 15300.0 18110.0
Zenit Zenith Sea Launch 03/28/1999 36 4.6 0.42 0.0 0.0 45.0
Zenit Zenith Land Launch 04/28/2008 6 4.6 0.42 0.0 0.0 45.0
Zenit-2 Zenith Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 04/13/1985 35 57.0 3.9 13740.0 7300.0
Zenit-2 11K77.05 Zenith Yuzhnoye Design Bureau 09/09/1998 1 57.0 3.9 7259.0
Zenit 2M Zenith Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) 06/29/2007 2 4.6 0.42 0.0 0.0 45.0