Falcon 9
Falcon 9 is SpaceX's two-stage, partially reusable orbital launch-vehicle program. Its major production generations are v1.0, v1.1, and Full Thrust, whose final Block 5 configuration supports current crew, cargo, satellite, science, and national-security missions. The reusable first stage uses nine Merlin engines and the expendable upper stage uses one restartable Merlin Vacuum engine.
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Identity
- Aliases
- F9
- Family Name
- Falcon 9
- Full Name
- Falcon 9
- Status
- active
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- Falcon 9 is SpaceX's two-stage, partially reusable orbital launch-vehicle program. Its major production generations are v1.0, v1.1, and Full Thrust, whose final Block 5 configuration supports current crew, cargo, satellite, science, and national-security missions. The reusable first stage uses nine Merlin engines and the expendable upper stage uses one restartable Merlin Vacuum engine.
- Dimensions
- Diameter M
- 3.7
- Height M
- 70
- First Flight Year
- 2,010
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Count
- 9
- Placement
- core
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- upper
- Propulsion System
- Role
- upper-stage
- Rocket Specs
- Reusability
- partially_reusable
- Stages Count
- 2
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 0
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/falcon-9/
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_9
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- Creation Time
- April 26, 2026 at 14:21:48 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 20, 2026 at 08:15:02 UTC
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