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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]
Falcon 9 Block 5, the most prolific active orbital launch system in the world.. This comparison of orbital launch systems lists the attributes of all current and future individual rocket configurations designed to reach orbit.
The Falcon Heavy is a variant of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle comprising three Falcon 9 first stages: a reinforced center core, and two additional side boosters. All three boosters are capable of being recovered and reused, although most flights use unrecoverable stripped-down center cores to increase performance.
SpaceX has said that it continues to monitor the forecast to look for favorable weather conditions; as of the company's most recent update Thursday on social media site X, the Falcon 9 and Dragon ...
SpaceX's partially reusable Falcon 9 rockets have been a crucial advantage over rivals in its rapid deployment of Starlink, a fast-growing internet network that made the Musk-owned company the ...
The Exploration Company: LEO,Lunar: Ariane 6 or Falcon 9 4: 8,000 Solar panels 4,000 LEO, 2,000 Lunar TBA Planned: 0: Suborbital space vehicles. Spacecraft Origin
Although Thursday night's Falcon 9 flight was an in-house mission, the rocket's grounding is likely to impact the company's upcoming customer missions. Falcon 9 is the only U.S. rocket capable of ...
The Falcon 9 has evolved through several versions: v1.0 was launched five times from 2010 to 2013, v1.1 launched 15 times from 2013 to 2016, Full Thrust launched 36 times from 2015 to 2015. The most recent version, Block 5, was introduced in May 2018. [10] With each iteration, the Falcon 9 has become more powerful and capable of vertical landing.