Falcon 9
In-activeSpaceX (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
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Stages
2 -
Length
47.8 m -
Diameter
3.65 m -
Fairing Diameter
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Launch Mass
318.0 T -
Thrust
3807.0 kN -
Apogee (Sub-Orbital)
200.0 km
Family
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Name
Falcon 9 -
Family
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Variant
v1.0 -
Alias
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Full Name
Falcon 9 v1.0
Payload Capacity
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Launch Cost
$59000000 -
Low Earth Orbit
9300.0 kg -
Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
3400.0 kg -
Direct Geostationary
― -
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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SpaceX
Commercial
CEO: Elon Musk
SpX 2002Space 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.
Flight Record
No spaceflights found for .
Long March 2D
4 x SatNet test satellites
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaOfficially described as "Satellite-Internet Technology Demonstration Satellites". Probably 4 test satellites for the Chinese state-owned LEO commu…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 17-41
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Atlas V 551
Amazon Leo (LA-07)
Space Launch Complex 41 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAAmazon Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper, is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, thi…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 10-53
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 7A
TJSW-24
201 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaChinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.
