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.
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Identity
- Aliases
- F9 Block 5
- Family Name
- Falcon 9
- Full Name
- 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.
- Dimensions
- Diameter
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- First Flight Year
- 2,018
- 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
- Liftoff Mass
- …
- Payload Capacity
- GTO
- …
- LEO
- …
- 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_Block_5
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- Creation Time
- July 13, 2026 at 06:34:03 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 15:37:31 UTC
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