Falcon 1
Falcon 1 was SpaceX's first orbital launch vehicle, a two-stage liquid-propellant small launcher flown five times from Omelek Island between 2006 and 2009. Its first stage used a Merlin engine and its second stage used a Kestrel engine. The fourth flight became the first privately developed and privately funded liquid-fueled rocket to reach orbit, and the fifth and final flight deployed Malaysia's RazakSAT spacecraft.
Identity
- Aliases
- Falcon 1 launch vehicleFalcon-1
- Family Name
- Falcon 1
- Full Name
- Falcon 1
- Reusability
- partially_reusable
- Slug
- falcon-1
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- Falcon 1 was SpaceX's first orbital launch vehicle, a two-stage liquid-propellant small launcher flown five times from Omelek Island between 2006 and 2009. Its first stage used a Merlin engine and its second stage used a Kestrel engine. The fourth flight became the first privately developed and privately funded liquid-fueled rocket to reach orbit, and the fifth and final flight deployed Malaysia's RazakSAT spacecraft.
- Diameter M
- 1.7
- Engines
- Count
- 1
- Name
- Merlin
- Placement
- core
- Count
- 1
- Name
- Kestrel
- Placement
- upper
- First Flight Year
- 2,006
- Height M
- 21.3
- Last Flight Year
- 2,009
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 27,200
- Manufacturer Id
- jd7ce2bqftfeecsmsam5yhj86d7kqbmw
- Operator Id
- jd7ce2bqftfeecsmsam5yhj86d7kqbmw
- Parent Vehicle Family Id
- nd7mz1q6npvp7t85kjp7bwz9kd8ah5jp
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Leo
- 570
- Stages Count
- 2
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 0
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.spacex.com/launches/razaksat
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_1
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/14/2026, 12:59:49 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/14/2026, 8:13:02 AM