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1290:Subsidiaries
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294:No. boosters
269:First flight
223:Launch sites
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2834:Kaituozhe-1
2611:Black Arrow
2363:Orbex Prime
2262:Hyperbola-2
2227:Antares 330
1927:Kaituozhe 2
1900:Hyperbola-1
1630:Sōryū class
1597:Kongō class
1587:Atago class
1473:Type 89 IFV
1160:12 December
820:Himawari 5
659:Flight No.
547:liquid-fuel
436:600 seconds
373:346 seconds
332:First stage
277:Last flight
245:Success(es)
227:Tanegashima
170:H-II family
141:Payload to
125:Payload to
4045:Categories
3892:NASDA/ISAS
2888:Long March
2792:Feng Bao 1
2405:Tianlong-3
2331:New Line 1
2289:Long March
2237:Cyclone-4M
2177:Tianlong-2
2155:2.1b / STB
2150:2.1a / STA
2093:Pegasus XL
1959:Long March
1932:Kinetica 1
1855:Chollima-1
1612:Submarines
1282:Mitsubishi
1211:2021-05-14
1186:2021-05-19
1139:2007-06-25
1106:2007-06-25
1079:References
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506:Background
492:satellites
441:Propellant
400:Powered by
378:Propellant
337:Powered by
327:94 seconds
253:Failure(s)
200:Comparable
4003:Abandoned
3966:Space One
3736:Epsilon S
2987:Paektusan
2616:Conestoga
2373:Red Dwarf
2326:New Glenn
2257:Gravity-2
2247:Epsilon S
1880:Gravity-1
686:Customer
532:Delta III
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370:Burn time
324:Burn time
120:Capacity
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3034:original
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2383:Block 1B
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2232:Bloostar
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2108:Qaem 100
2098:Proton-M
2056:Minotaur
1937:Kuaizhou
1860:Electron
1828:Ariane 6
1736:Category
1671:Wakamaru
1541:Missiles
1402:Aircraft
1393:Products
1232:Archived
1033:See also
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677:Payload
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593:engine.
526:and the
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289:Boosters
204:Ariane 4
176:Based on
96:Diameter
37:Function
3940:Planned
3899:Retired
3854:Retired
3785:Retired
3752:Epsilon
3745:Retired
3729:Planned
3682:orbital
3596:Classes
3467:Tsyklon
3305:Start-1
3076:Voskhod
3071:Sputnik
3007:Molniya
2992:Pilot-2
2829:Juno II
2743:Epsilon
2738:Energia
2728:Diamant
2604:Centaur
2453:Antares
2446:Retired
2395:Soyuz-7
2388:Block 2
2321:Neutron
2311:Miura 5
2145:Soyuz-2
2138:Block 1
2128:Simorgh
1905:Jielong
1833:Atlas V
1804:Current
1723:italics
1661:MEISTeR
1564:Type 91
1559:Type 90
1554:Type 89
1549:Type 88
1483:Type 10
1463:Type 61
1367:Defunct
1341:Current
1238:, JAXA.
994:Gallery
884:ETS-VII
795:GMS-5 (
774:Kiku 6
689:Launch
597:History
218:Retired
3981:KAIROS
3974:Active
3792:Lambda
3762:SS-520
3708:Active
3580:Zhuque
3514:Strela
3472:R-36-O
3415:II GLV
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3398:SLV-2G
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3364:Burner
3300:SS-520
3295:Sparta
3263:Shavit
3154:Saturn
3115:Shtil'
3081:Vostok
3024:Polyot
2982:Naro-1
2871:Lambda
2839:Kosmos
2824:Juno I
2748:Europa
2522:Athena
2485:Ariane
2425:Zhuque
2415:Vega E
2267:Irtysh
2204:Zhuque
1922:KAIROS
1811:Angara
1685:People
1430:MH2000
1156:. JAXA
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683:Orbit
624:Ariane
614:, and
524:Boeing
215:Status
166:Family
112:Stages
88:Height
3846:NASDA
3757:H-IIB
3715:H-IIA
3543:Zenit
3538:VLS-1
3509:Rokot
3410:Titan
3381:Delta
3342:Agena
3290:SPARK
3176:Scout
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3120:Volna
3029:Soyuz
2819:H-IIB
2733:Dnepr
2621:Delta
2599:Agena
2589:SLV-3
2584:LV-3B
2539:Atlas
2113:Qased
2088:OS-M1
1890:H-IIA
1838:Ceres
1702:Other
1644:Other
1574:Ships
1526:H-IIB
1521:H-IIA
1420:F-15J
1374:Atmea
1301:(90%)
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1056:H-IIA
1047:(HTV)
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916:H-II
871:H-II
833:H-II
787:H-II
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704:H-II
632:H-IIA
591:LE-5A
500:H-IIA
488:NASDA
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194:H-IIB
190:H-IIA
78:Japan
61:(sub)
3952:DECA
3947:ZERO
3879:H-II
3867:N-II
3826:3SII
3777:ISAS
3700:JAXA
3568:3SLB
3526:Vega
3455:CT-3
3440:IIIE
3435:IIID
3430:IIIC
3425:IIIB
3420:IIIA
3320:Able
3315:Thor
3216:X-2B
3206:X-3M
3196:X-2M
3110:R-29
3002:Luna
2977:N-II
2955:3SII
2854:2/2I
2814:H-II
2802:Mk I
2797:GSLV
2780:v1.1
2775:v1.0
2701:5000
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2691:3000
2686:2000
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2594:Able
2517:ASLV
2478:230+
2420:Zero
2346:OS-M
2341:Nova
2336:NGLV
2252:Eris
2242:Deca
2187:Vega
2182:Unha
2167:SSLV
2160:2-1v
2103:PSLV
2083:Nuri
2051:LVM3
1984:3B/E
1885:GSLV
1516:H-II
1506:N-II
1425:H-60
1162:2022
779:TF3
741:TF2
713:OREX
544:LE-7
536:LE-5
476:H-II
474:The
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3906:J-I
3873:H-I
3861:N-I
3563:3SL
3558:2FG
3450:23G
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3201:X-3
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2972:N-I
2809:H-I
2711:III
2579:III
2554:E/F
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2463:120
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3059:U2
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2758:II
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1999:4C
1994:4B
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1979:3A
1974:2F
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