Falcon 9

In-active

SpaceX (SpX)

June 4, 2010

Description

The Falcon 9 v1.0 first stage was used on the first five Falcon 9 launches, and powered by nine SpaceX Merlin 1C rocket engines arranged in a 3x3 pattern.

Specifications

Stages
2
Length
47.8 m
Diameter
3.65 m
Fairing Diameter
―
Launch Mass
318.0 T
Thrust
3807.0 kN
Apogee (Sub-Orbital)
200.0 km

Family

Name
Falcon 9
Family
―
Variant
v1.0
Alias
―
Full Name
Falcon 9 v1.0

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
$59000000
Low Earth Orbit
9300.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
3400.0 kg
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
―

SpaceX

Commercial

CEO: Elon Musk

SpX 2002

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.