This dimension sorts launch vehicles by their payload class, from small rockets to super-heavy lift vehicles. Wikipedia notes that launch vehicles range "from small-, medium-, heavy- to super-heavy lift," a classification based on how much mass a vehicle can actually carry to orbit. Browsing by vehicle class compares rockets built to do a similar job.
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Field Origin Era Vehicle Class
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1. Wikipedia: Explorer 1
Wikimedia FoundationExplorer 1, lead sectionQuote, Explorer 1, lead section
Explorer 1 was launched on 1 February 1958 at 03:47:56 GMT (or 31 January 1958 at 22:47:56 Eastern Time) atop the first Juno I booster from LC-26A at the Cape Canaveral Missile Test Center of the Atlantic Missile Range (AMR), in Florida.
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