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Rockets from the Falcon 9 family have a success rate of 99.32% and have been launched 442 times over 15 years, resulting in 439 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 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 ...
In the second launch, a Falcon 9 rocket sent 24 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. It was the rocket’s 12th flight. There was a short delay after the launch window opened, but the rocket ...
SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket with a payload of 49 Starlink satellites from California. The rocket was carrying D-Orbit’s ION SCV009 Eclectic Elena on a low-Earth orbit from Vandenberg ...
Successful Falcon 9/Heavy launches in a row: 13 Most successful flights in a row: 344 (between 6/28/15 and 07/11/24) Starlink launches to date: 190 (181 dedicated flights, 9 mixed payloads)
The third version of the Falcon 9 was developed in 2014–2015 and made its maiden flight in December 2015. The Falcon 9 Full Thrust is a modified reusable variant of the Falcon 9 family with capabilities that exceed the Falcon 9 v1.1, including the ability to "land the first stage for geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) missions on the drone ship" [14] [15] The rocket was designed using ...
SpaceX plans to launch the Falcon 9 carrying the Thuraya 4 satellite Friday at 8:27 p.m. ET from Cape Canaveral, with a backup option Saturday. The mission marks the 20th flight for the rocket's ...