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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]
The vehicle was upgraded to Falcon 9 v1.1 in 2013, Falcon 9 Full Thrust in 2015, and finally to Falcon 9 Block 5 in 2018. The first stage of Falcon 9 is designed to retro propulsively land, be recovered, and flown again.
As of 2024, the company is also developing the fully reusable Starship launch system, which will replace Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Dragon. [ 1 ] SpaceX's first launch vehicle, the Falcon 1 , was the first privately developed liquid fueled launch vehicle to be launched into orbit, and used SpaceX's Merlin and Kestrel engines for its first and ...
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 ...
The first private company to send a probe beyond Earth orbit (Deep Space Climate Observatory, 11 February 2015) [citation needed] The first landing of a first stage orbital capable rocket (Falcon 9, Flight 20) (22 December 2015 1:39 UTC) [66] The first water landing of a first stage orbital capable rocket (Falcon 9) (8 April 2016 20:53 UTC) The ...
Falcon 1, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy first stage/boosters Operational [221] [222] [150] Merlin Vacuum: LOX/RP-1: Falcon 9 second stage, Falcon Heavy second stage Operational [222] [150] Raptor: LOX/ CH 4: SpaceX Mars transportation infrastructure, Starship, Starship HLS: Operational [223] Virgin Galactic: RocketMotorTwo: hybrid: SpaceShipTwo ...
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 ...
If the Falcon 9 is out of commission for an extended period of time, it could mean rolling setbacks for NASA’s astronaut launch schedule, SpaceX’s orbital space tourism efforts, the company ...