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Function: Orbital launch vehicle
Manufacturer: SpaceX
Country of origin: United States
Cost per launch: FT: $62M
Size: Height
FT: 70 m (230 ft)
v1.1: 68.4 m (224 ft)
v1.0: 54.9 m (180 ft)
Diameter
3.7 m (12 ft)
Mass
FT: 549,054 kg (1,210,457 lb)
v1.1: 505,846 kg (1,115,200 lb)
v1.0: 333,400 kg (735,000 lb)
Stages: 2
Capacity: Payload to LEO
FT: 22,800 kg (50,300 lb)
v1.1: 13,150 kg (28,990 lb)
v1.0: 10,450 kg (23,040 lb)
Payload to: GTO
FT: 8,300 kg (18,300 lb) expendable
5,500 kg (12,100 lb) reusable
v1.1: 4,850 kg (10,690 lb)
v1.0: 4,540 kg (10,010 lb)
Associated rockets
Derivatives: Falcon Heavy
Launch history
Status: FT: Active
Block 5: In development
v1.1: Retired
v1.0: Retired
Launch sites
Cape Canaveral SLC-40
Kennedy Space Center LC-39A
Vandenberg SLC-4E
Boca Chica (under construction)
Total launches: 45 FT: 25v1.1: 15v1.0: 5
Successes: 43 FT: 25v1.1: 14v1.0: 4
Failures: 1 (v1.1, CRS-7)
Partial failures: 1 (v1.0, CRS-1)
Other:
1 (FT, Amos-6)[a]
Landings
20 / 25 attempts
First flight
FT: 22 December 2015 (OG2 Flight 2)
v1.1: 29 September 2013 (CASSIOPE)
v1.0: 4 June 2010 (Dragon COTS Demo 1)
Last flight: FT: 15 December 2017 (Dragon CRS-13)
v1.1: 17 January 2016 (Jason-3)
v1.0: 1 March 2013 (Dragon CRS-2)
First stage Engines:
Block 5: 9 Merlin 1D+ (max thrust)
FT: 9 Merlin 1D+
v1.1: 9 Merlin 1D
v1.0: 9 Merlin 1C
Thrust
FT (late 2016): 7,607 kN (1,710,000 lbf)
FT: 6,806 kN (1,530,000 lbf)
v1.1: 5,885 kN (1,323,000 lbf)
v1.0: 4,940 kN (1,110,000 lbf)
Specific impulse
v1.1
Sea level: 282 seconds
Vacuum: 311 seconds
v1.0
Sea level: 275 seconds
Vacuum: 304 seconds
Burn time
FT: 162 seconds
v1.1: 180 seconds
v1.0: 170 seconds
Fuel
LOX / RP-1
Second stage: Engines
FT: 1 Merlin 1D Vacuum+
v1.1: 1 Merlin 1D Vacuum
v1.0: 1 Merlin 1C Vacuum
Thrust
FT: 934 kN (210,000 lbf)
v1.1: 801 kN (180,000 lbf)
v1.0: 617 kN (139,000 lbf)
Specific impulse
FT: 348 seconds
v1.1: 340 seconds
v1.0: 342 seconds
Burn time
FT: 397 seconds
v1.1: 375 seconds
v1.0: 345 seconds
Fuel
LOX / RP-1
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base SLC-4E with the first ten Iridium NEXT communication satellites (January 2017).
Falcon rocket family; from left to right: Falcon 1, Falcon 9 v1.0, Falcon 9 v1.1, Falcon 9 Full Thrust, and Falcon Heavy.
Falcon 9
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