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Rockets from the Falcon 9 family have a success rate of 99.31% and have been launched 436 times over 15 years, resulting in 433 full successes, two in-flight failures (SpaceX CRS-7 and Starlink Group 9–3), one pre-flight failure (AMOS-6 while being prepared for an on-pad static fire test), and one partial failure (SpaceX CRS-1, which delivered its cargo to the International Space Station ...
Falcon 9 is a partially reusable, human-rated, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle [a] designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX.The first Falcon 9 launch was on 4 June 2010, and the first commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched on 8 October 2012. [14]
The Thai communication satellite was the second GTO launch for Falcon 9. The USAF evaluated launch data from this flight as part of a separate certification program for SpaceX to qualify to fly military payloads, but found that the launch had "unacceptable fuel reserves at engine cutoff of the stage 2 second burnoff". [41]
The Falcon 9 rocket launched on time at 5:13 a.m., lighting up the morning sky as it flew on a southeast trajectory. ... but various factors − such as weather at the launch and booster landing ...
List of SpaceX launches may refer to: List of Falcon 1 launches, SpaceX's retired first launch vehicle; List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches, SpaceX's current operational launch vehicles; List of SpaceX Starship flight tests
SpaceX quickly resumes launches. By Saturday, SpaceX declared itself back up and running by sending a Falcon 9 rocket soaring into the predawn Florida sky.
The launch contract was awarded to SpaceX for US$50.3 million, [235] and is the smallest dedicated payload ever launched by Falcon 9 launch vehicle. [236] However, the required exact equatorial orbit required an orbital plane change that meant an approximately 30% of Falcon 9's maximum theoretical performance for such an orbital profile (1.5-2 ...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launches from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 4, 2024 sending 6,000 pounds of supplies and research to the International Space Station.