Falcon 9 Block 5 first-stage booster
The Falcon 9 Block 5 first-stage booster family comprises the individually serialized reusable cores used by SpaceX's current Falcon 9 production configuration. Each booster uses nine Merlin 1D engines and is designed for repeated recovery, inspection, and reflight, while individual cores may also be intentionally expended when mission performance requires it.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Falcon 9 Block 5 boosterBlock 5 coreFalcon 9 reusable booster
- Family Name
- Falcon 9 first-stage booster
- Full Name
- Falcon 9 Block 5 first-stage booster
- Status
- active
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- Block 5
Details
- Description
- The Falcon 9 Block 5 first-stage booster family comprises the individually serialized reusable cores used by SpaceX's current Falcon 9 production configuration. Each booster uses nine Merlin 1D engines and is designed for repeated recovery, inspection, and reflight, while individual cores may also be intentionally expended when mission performance requires it.
- Dimensions
- Diameter M
- 3.7
- Height M
- 40.9
- First Flight Year
- 2,018
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Rocket Specs
- Reusability
- fully_reusable
- Stages Count
- 1
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.spacex.com/mission/overview
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- Creation Time
- July 16, 2026 at 20:19:32 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 15:37:35 UTC
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