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Falcon 9

Falcon 9 is a partially reusable, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX. The first Falcon 9 launch was on June 4, 2010, and the first Commercial Resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched on October 8, 2012. In 2020, it became the first commercial rocket to launch…

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Based on
Falcon 1
Burn time
FT: 162 seconds · v1.1: 180 seconds · v1.0: 170 seconds · FT: 397 seconds · v1.1: 375 seconds
Cost per launch
US$74 million (2026)
Country of origin
United States
Derivative work
Falcon Heavy
Diameter
3.7 m (12 ft)

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Development history

Notable flights and payloads

Design

Versions

Capabilities

Launch sites

Pricing

Rideshare payload programs

Public display of Falcon 9 vehicles

Influence on space industry

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Falcon 9

Nodes219
Edges218
Triples334
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009132
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Falcon 9

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related to Notable flights and payloads · 46
Falcon 9 → AMOS-6, B1021, Bangladesh Satellite-1, Block, Blue Ghost Mission, CASSIOPE, Crew Dragon, Crew Dragon Demo-1, Crew Dragon Demo-2, CRS-1, CRS-10, CRS-24, CRS-3, CRS-7, CRS-8, DART, Deep Space Climate Observatory, Dragon, Dragon C2, Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit
related to Reliability · 25
Falcon 9 → After, AMOS-6, An, As, August, Block, Chinese Long March, European Ariane, F9, F9's, Falcon, For, GPS, In, Prior, Proton-M's, Russian Proton, Saturn, Similar, Soyuz
related to Pricing · 20
Falcon 9 → Air Force, As, At, Because, Block, By, Dmitry Rogozin, Dragon, DSCOVR, Falcon, For, Full Thrust, Government, ISS, NASA, NOAA, Over, Roscosmos, Similarly, SpaceX
related to Orbital transfer and "last-mile" delivery · 17
Falcon 9 → Because Transporter, D-Orbit, DARPA, Exolaunch, Falcon, Frequent OTV, ION Satellite Carrier, Momentus, NASA, Notably, Orbital Transfer Vehicles, OTV, OTVs, These, Transporter-16, Vigoride, Vigoride-7
related to Launch sites · 16
Falcon 9 → California, Cape Canaveral Space Force, Crew Dragon, Falcon Heavy, Florida, However, Kennedy Space Center, Launch Complex, LC-39A, SLC-40, SLC-4E, Space Launch Complex, SpaceX, Station, The Falcon, Vandenberg Space Force Base
related to External links · 15
Falcon 9 → Customer Archived June, Defense Industry Daily, Falcon, Flight International, ISS, January, LandingTest, Launch, Merlin, Movie, Press, September, SpaceX, Wayback Machine, With
related to Conception and funding · 14
Falcon 9 → Additional, Commercial Orbital Transportation Services, COTS, Falcon, In October, Milestone-specific, NASA, SAA, Space Act Agreement, SpaceX, SpaceX Dragon, The, The NASA, US
related to Versions · 14
Falcon 9 → Block, Both, CASSIOPE, December, ELVs, Falcon, Full Thrust, Larger, May, September, SES-8 GEO, The, The Falcon, V1
related to Full Thrust · 13
Falcon 9 → AFSS, Block, Falcon, FT, It, Navigation, Plans, Positioning, System, The, The Autonomous Flight Safety, The Full Thrust, Timing
related to Public display of Falcon 9 vehicles · 13
Falcon 9 → B1019, B1035, California, Falcon, Hawthorne, Houston, In, International Space Station, It, NASA, Space Center Houston, SpaceX, Texas

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spacex falcon first flight launch stage mission booster landing payload v1 second engine thrust missions space launches nasa block rocket

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Falcon 9Based onFalcon 11.00infobox
Falcon 9Burn timeFT: 162 seconds1.00infobox
Falcon 9Burn timev1.1: 180 seconds1.00infobox
Falcon 9Burn timev1.0: 170 seconds1.00infobox
Falcon 9Burn timeFT: 397 seconds1.00infobox
Falcon 9Burn timev1.1: 375 seconds1.00infobox
Falcon 9Burn timev1.0: 345 seconds1.00infobox
Falcon 9Cost per launchUS$74 million (2026)1.00infobox
Falcon 9Country of originUnited States1.00infobox
Falcon 9Derivative workFalcon Heavy1.00infobox
Falcon 9Diameter3.7 m (12 ft)1.00infobox
Falcon 9Failure(s)2 (v1.1: CRS-7, FT Block 5: Starlink Group 9-3)1.00infobox
Falcon 9First flightFT Block 5: May 11, 2018 (Bangladesh Satellite-1)1.00infobox
Falcon 9First flightFT Block 4: August 14, 2017 (CRS-12)1.00infobox
Falcon 9First flightFT: December 22, 2015 (OG2 Flight 2)1.00infobox
Falcon 9First flightv1.1: September 29, 2013 (CASSIOPE)1.00infobox
Falcon 9First flightv1.0: June 4, 2010 (Dragon Qualification)1.00infobox
Falcon 9FunctionMedium-lift launch vehicle1.00infobox
Falcon 9HeightFT: 69.8 m (229 ft)[a]1.00infobox
Falcon 9Heightv1.1: 68.4 m (224 ft)[b]1.00infobox
Falcon 9Heightv1.0: 54.9 m (180 ft)[c]1.00infobox
Falcon 9Height39.6 m (130 ft) v1.0 41.2 m (135 ft) v1.1 & FT1.00infobox
Falcon 9Height2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) v1.0 13.6 m (45 ft) v1.1 and FT short nozzle 13.8 m (45 ft) FT1.00infobox
Falcon 9Landings635 / 646 attempts1.00infobox
Falcon 9Last flightFT Block 4: June 29, 2018 (CRS-15)1.00infobox
Falcon 9Last flightFT: February 22, 2018 (Paz/Tintin)1.00infobox
Falcon 9Last flightv1.1: January 17, 2016 (Jason-3)1.00infobox
Falcon 9Last flightv1.0: March 1, 2013 (CRS-2)1.00infobox
Falcon 9Launch sitesCape Canaveral, SLC-401.00infobox
Falcon 9Launch sitesKennedy, LC-39A1.00infobox

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