Falcon 9 Block 5
Falcon 9 Block 5 is the final major production variant of SpaceX’s partially reusable Falcon 9 launch vehicle. It introduced upgrades for rapid first-stage reuse and high flight reliability while retaining the two-stage Falcon 9 architecture with nine sea-level Merlin engines on the reusable first stage and one Merlin Vacuum engine on the expendable second stage.
Identity
- Aliases
- F9 Block 5
- Family Name
- Falcon 9
- Full Name
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Reusability
- partially_reusable
- Slug
- falcon-9-block-5
- Status
- active
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- Block 5
Details
- Description
- Falcon 9 Block 5 is the final major production variant of SpaceX’s partially reusable Falcon 9 launch vehicle. It introduced upgrades for rapid first-stage reuse and high flight reliability while retaining the two-stage Falcon 9 architecture with nine sea-level Merlin engines on the reusable first stage and one Merlin Vacuum engine on the expendable second stage.
- Diameter M
- 3.7
- Engines
- Count
- 9
- Name
- Merlin 1D
- Placement
- core
- Count
- 1
- Name
- Merlin Vacuum
- Placement
- upper
- First Flight Year
- 2,018
- Height M
- 70
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 549,054
- Manufacturer Id
- jd7ce2bqftfeecsmsam5yhj86d7kqbmw
- Operator Id
- jd7ce2bqftfeecsmsam5yhj86d7kqbmw
- Parent Vehicle Family Id
- nd7gkzewwbqadwhzcyv5ggk4458ahdz6
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Gto
- 8,300
- Leo
- 22,800
- 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_Block_5
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/13/2026, 6:34:03 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/14/2026, 8:13:19 AM