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| Country | Launcher | Weight [ton] | Latitude | Capacity LEO [kg] | Capacity GTO [kg] | Price [mil.USD] | kg price LEO [thous.USD] | kg price GTO [thous.USD] | Note |
| USA | Pegasus XL | 24 | 0 | 470 | 12 | 26 | from plane | ||
| Falcon 1 | 30 | 9 | 470 | 8 | 17 | ||||
| Falcon 1e | 50 | 9 | 1 000 | 11 | 11 | year 2010 | |||
| Minotaur 4 | 90 | 37 | 1 730 | 25 | 14 | year 2010 | |||
| Taurus 2 | 290 | 37 | 5 500 | year 2011 | |||||
| Delta 2 (7925) | 230 | 28 | 6 100 | 2 200 | 80 | 13 | 36 | ||
| Falcon 9 | 330 | 28 | 10 000 | 4 000 | 50 | 5 | 13 | ||
| Atlas 5 (400) | 330 | 28 | 12 500 | 5 000 | 140 | 11 | 28 | ||
| Atlas 5 (420) | 430 | 28 | 17 000 | 6 800 | 160 | 9 | 24 | ||
| Atlas 5 (520) | 430 | 28 | 15 000 | 6 300 | 170 | 11 | 27 | ||
| Atlas 5 (550) | 570 | 28 | 20 000 | 8 700 | 190 | 10 | 22 | ||
| Delta 4 (4,0) | 250 | 28 | 4 300 | 130 | 30 | ||||
| Delta 4 (4,2) | 290 | 28 | 5 800 | 140 | 24 | ||||
| Delta 4 (5,2) | 360 | 28 | 4 600 | 150 | 33 | ||||
| Delta 4 (5,4) | 400 | 28 | 6 600 | 160 | 24 | ||||
| Delta 4 Heavy | 730 | 28 | 23 000 | 13 000 | 250 | 11 | 19 | ||
| Shuttle | 2000 | 28 | 24000+a | 800 | -- | ||||
| Russia | Shtil | 40 | 69 | 280 | from submarine | ||||
| Start | 50 | 51 | 500 | 9 | 18 | on transporter | |||
| Cosmos 3M | 110 | 63 | 1 500 | 10 | 7 | ||||
| Strela | 100 | 63 | 1 700 | ||||||
| Rokot | 110 | 63 | 1 800 | 15 | 8 | ||||
| Tsyklon 2 | 180 | 46 | 2 800 | 20 | 7 | ||||
| Dnepr | 210 | 46 | 3 700 | 20 | 5 | ||||
| Molniya | 300 | 63 | special orbit | ||||||
| Soyuz | 310 | 46 | 7 000 | 2 000 | 50 | 7 | 25 | ||
| Soyuz 2 (1b) | 310 | 46 | 8 000 | 50 | 6 | ||||
| Zenit 2 | 460 | 46 | 13 000 | 60 | 5 | ||||
| Zenit 3SLB | 470 | 46 | 3 800 | 65 | 17 | ||||
| Proton | 700 | 46 | 22 000 | 6 000 | 90 | 4 | 15 | ||
| Angara | 790 | 46 | 28 500 | 8 000 | year 2013 | ||||
| EU | Ariane 5 | 750 | 5 | 18 000 | 6 700 | 150 | 8 | 22 | |
| Ariane 5 ECA | 780 | 5 | 9 600 | 200 | 21 | ||||
| Ariane 5 ATV | 760 | 5 | 22 000 | ||||||
| Vega | 140 | 5 | 20 | year 2011, 1500 kg on SSO | |||||
| Soyuz ST | 310 | 5 | 3 000 | 60 | 20 | year 2010 | |||
| Japan | H 2A (202) | 290 | 30 | 10 000 | 4 100 | 80 | 8 | 20 | |
| H 2A (204) | 440 | 30 | 6 000 | 100 | 17 | ||||
| H 2B (304) | 550 | 30 | 16 500 | 8 000 | |||||
| China | CZ 2F | 470 | 41 | 8 500 | 70 | 8 | |||
| CZ 3B | 430 | 28 | 5 200 | 80 | 15 | ||||
| CZ 4C | 250 | 38 | capacity 2700 kg on SSO | ||||||
| CZ 5 | 800 | 19 | 25 000 | 14 000 | year 2015 | ||||
| India | PSLV | 300 | 13 | 3 700 | 30 | 8 | |||
| GSLV | 410 | 13 | 5 000 | 2 100 | 45 | 9 | 21 | ||
| GSLV 3 | 630 | 13 | 10 000 | 4 000 | year 2011 | ||||
| Ukraine | Tsyklon 3 | 190 | 63 | 3 600 | 25 | 7 | |||
| Zenit 3SL | 470 | 0 | 15 000 | 6 000 | 90 | 6 | 15 | ||
| Israel | Shavit 2 | 30 | 31 | 300 | |||||
| Iran | Safir | 20 | 35 | 30 | |||||
| Korea | Naro | 140 | 34 | 100 | year 2011, later 1 500 kg | ||||