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.
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
- Reusability
- fully_reusable
- Slug
- 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.
- Diameter M
- 3.7
- Engines
- Count
- 9
- Name
- Merlin 1D
- Placement
- core
- First Flight Year
- 2,018
- Height M
- 40.9
- Manufacturer Id
- jd7ce2bqftfeecsmsam5yhj86d7kqbmw
- Operator Id
- jd7ce2bqftfeecsmsam5yhj86d7kqbmw
- Parent Vehicle Family Id
- nd7sty4marr2nbkr1ng8jhvt158aec4g
- Stages Count
- 1
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.spacex.com/mission/overview
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/16/2026, 8:19:32 PM
- Updated Time
- 7/16/2026, 8:19:32 PM