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Rockets from the Falcon 9 family have been launched 436 times over 15 years, resulting in 433 full successes (99.31%), two in-flight failures (SpaceX CRS-7 and Starlink Group 9–3), and one partial success (SpaceX CRS-1, which delivered its cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), but a secondary payload was stranded in a lower-than-planned orbit).
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. A first list contains rockets that are operational or have attempted an orbital flight attempt as of 2024; a second list ...
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]
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches - statistics graphs and the main table. Update lead when new reuse records are set. List of Falcon 9 first-stage boosters - main table and four graphs.
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.
In 2024, SpaceX conducted 46 Falcon 9 launches from Vandenberg. In 2025, according to a statement by The Department of the Air Force, the company hopes to expand the types of launches to include ...
Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy side boosters are reconfigurable to each other. A Falcon Heavy core booster is manufactured with structural supports for the side boosters and cannot be converted to a Falcon 9 booster or Falcon Heavy side booster. [citation needed] The interstage mounting hardware was changed after B1056. The newer interstage design ...