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)
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.