Falcon 9 Full Thrust first-stage booster
The Falcon 9 Full Thrust first-stage booster family comprises SpaceX's individually serialized reusable cores flown before the Block 5 production standard. Each one-stage booster used nine Merlin 1D engines and could perform controlled entry and landing burns; the fleet achieved the first orbital-class booster landing and first orbital-class booster reflight before its final missions in 2018.
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- Aliases
- Falcon 9 v1.2 boosterFalcon 9 pre-Block-5 boosterFalcon 9 Full Thrust booster
- Family Name
- Falcon 9 first-stage booster
- Full Name
- Falcon 9 Full Thrust first-stage booster
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- Full Thrust
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- Description
- The Falcon 9 Full Thrust first-stage booster family comprises SpaceX's individually serialized reusable cores flown before the Block 5 production standard. Each one-stage booster used nine Merlin 1D engines and could perform controlled entry and landing burns; the fleet achieved the first orbital-class booster landing and first orbital-class booster reflight before its final missions in 2018.
- Dimensions
- Diameter M
- 3.7
- Height M
- 40.9
- First Flight Year
- 2,015
- Last Flight Year
- 2,018
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Rocket Specs
- Reusability
- fully_reusable
- Stages Count
- 1
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- Creation Time
- July 16, 2026 at 20:19:29 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 15:37:41 UTC
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