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Partially-reusable medium-lift launch vehicle by SpaceX
Falcon 9 is a partially reusable, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX. The first Falcon
Falcon_9
A Falcon 9 first-stage booster is a reusable rocket booster used on the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy orbital launch vehicles manufactured by SpaceX. The
List of Falcon 9 first-stage boosters
List_of_Falcon_9_first-stage_boosters
'25 '26 Falcon 9 v1.0 Falcon 9 v1.1 Falcon 9 Full Thrust Falcon 9 FT (reused) Falcon 9 Block 5 Falcon 9 Block 5 (reused) Falcon Heavy 25
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches
List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches
'17 '18 '19 Falcon 9 v1.0 Falcon 9 v1.1 Falcon 9 Full Thrust Falcon 9 FT (reused) Falcon 9 Block 5 Falcon 9 B5 (reused) Falcon Heavy 5 10 15
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches (2010–2019)
List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches_(2010–2019)
Partially reusable super-heavy-lift launch vehicle by SpaceX
consists of a center core on which two Falcon 9 boosters are attached, and a second stage on top of the center core. Falcon Heavy has the second highest payload
Falcon_Heavy
Third version of the SpaceX medium-lift launch vehicle
Falcon 9 Full Thrust (also known as Falcon 9 v1.2) is a partially reusable, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured in
Falcon_9_Full_Thrust
Proofs of the SpaceX booster's reusability
The Falcon 9 first-stage landing tests were a series of controlled-descent flight tests conducted by SpaceX between 2013 and 2016. Since 2017, the first
Falcon 9 first-stage landing tests
Falcon_9_first-stage_landing_tests
Launch vehicles developed and operated by SpaceX
manufactures and operates two members of the Falcon 9 family, the Falcon 9 Block 5, a medium-lift launch vehicle and the Falcon Heavy, a heavy-lift launch vehicle
SpaceX_launch_vehicles
Fifth version of the SpaceX medium-lift launch vehicle
Falcon 9 Block 5 is a partially reusable, human-rated, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured in the United States by
Falcon_9_Block_5
the end of 2022, Falcon 9 was launched 117 times, all successful, and landed boosters successfully on 111 of those flights. Falcon Heavy was launched
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches (2020–2022)
List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches_(2020–2022)
Second version of the SpaceX medium-lift launch vehicle
Falcon 9 v1.1 was the second version of SpaceX's Falcon 9 orbital launch vehicle. The rocket was developed in 2011–2013, made its maiden launch in September
Falcon_9_v1.1
Effort by SpaceX to make rockets that can fly multiple times
reusable second stages for Falcon 9 was later abandoned in favor of Starship, SpaceX developed reusable payload fairings for the Falcon 9. The program was announced
SpaceX reusable launch system development program
SpaceX_reusable_launch_system_development_program
134 Falcon family vehicle launches (132 Falcon 9 and 2 Falcon Heavy) in 2024, including the failed Starlink Group 9-3 mission. The Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches (2024)
List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches_(2024)
Reusable first-stage rocket developed by SpaceX
system with substantially greater capabilities than SpaceX's existing Falcon 9. Later in 2012, the company first mentioned the Mars Colonial Transporter
SpaceX_Super_Heavy
Test vehicles developed by SpaceX
Falcon 9 prototypes were experimental flight test reusable rockets that performed vertical takeoffs and landings. The project was privately funded by SpaceX
Falcon_9_prototypes
Rocket launch site in Florida, US
their new rocket, the Falcon 9. Since the early 2010s, the pad has transformed into a high-volume launch site for the Falcon 9, being mainly used to service
Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40
Cape_Canaveral_Space_Launch_Complex_40
Falcon 9 space launch that occurred on 22 December 2015 at 01:29:00 UTC
Falcon 9 flight 20 (also known as Orbcomm OG2 M2) was a Falcon 9 space launch that occurred on 22 December 2015 at 01:29:00 UTC (21 December, 8:29:00 pm
Falcon_9_flight_20
Historic launch pad operated by NASA and SpaceX
the site has been leased by SpaceX and supports launches of the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets. As of November 2025, SpaceX is expanding the site
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39A
First version of the SpaceX medium-lift launch vehicle
The Falcon 9 v1.0 was the first member of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle family, designed and manufactured by SpaceX in Hawthorne, California. Development
Falcon_9_v1.0
In 2023, SpaceX launched 96 Falcon family vehicles—91 Falcon 9 and five Falcon Heavy rockets. It surpassed both the company's own single-year launch record
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches (2023)
List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches_(2023)
Retrieved 9 August 2026. "Starlink Group 10-19 | Falcon 9 Block 5". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 6 August 2026. "Starlink Group 17-49 | Falcon 9 Block 5"
List of spaceflight launches in July–September 2026
List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_July–September_2026
Rocket launch complex at Vandenberg Space Force Base in the United States
15 SLC-8 (Minotaur) 14 13 12 12 SLC-4W (F9 Landings) 11 11 SLC-4E (Falcon 9) 10 10 9 8 7 7 SLC-576E (Minotaur-C) 6 6 5 5 4 4 SLC-2W (Alpha) 3 3 2 2 1
Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 4
Vandenberg_Space_Launch_Complex_4
Expendable launch system by SpaceX
announced an enhanced variant, the Falcon 1e, following this flight, the Falcon 1 was retired in favor of the Falcon 9 v1.0, the first version of the company's
Falcon_1
SpaceX satellite Internet constellation
orbital deployment on February 22, 2018. The satellites were launched by a Falcon 9 rocket, and they were piggy-back payloads launching with the Paz satellite
Starlink
First operational flight of the SpaceX Starship
launch-system architecture under development in the United States. Falcon 1 fourth flight Falcon 9 flight 20 SpaceX reusable launch system development program
Starship_flight_14
Missing or empty |title= (help) https://www.spacex.com/launches/sl-15-25 "Falcon 9 Block 5 - SpaceX CRS-35". "Launch schedule of the Martian Moons eXploration
List of spaceflight launches in October–December 2026
List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_October–December_2026
Proposed spaceflight launch system
Falcon X was a proposed spaceflight launch system that uses rockets designed and manufactured by SpaceX. Like the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 the first stage
Falcon_X
SpaceX family of liquid-fuel rocket engines
triple the thrust of SpaceX's Merlin 1D engine, which powers the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles. Raptor was conceived to burn hydrogen and
SpaceX_Raptor
Floating landing platform operated by SpaceX
a landing platform for Falcon 9 Flight 21. On 17 January 2016, JRTI was put to first use in an attempt to recover a Falcon 9 first-stage booster from
Autonomous spaceport drone ship
Autonomous_spaceport_drone_ship
Falcon 9 Block 5 first-stage booster
Falcon 9 booster B1058 was a reusable Falcon 9 Block 5 first-stage booster manufactured by SpaceX. B1058 was the first Falcon 9 booster to fly fourteen
Falcon_9_B1058
Satellite Internet constellation
much larger payload capacity than Falcon 9. Spaceflight portal List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches List of Falcon 9 first-stage boosters Starlink in
List of Starlink and Starshield launches
List_of_Starlink_and_Starshield_launches
Rocket engine in SpaceX Falcon launch vehicles
They are currently a part of the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles, and were formerly used on the Falcon 1. Merlin engines use RP-1 and liquid
SpaceX_Merlin
Historic Apollo Moonport
Complex 39A from NASA since 2014 and has modified the pad to support Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches. NASA began modifying Launch Complex 39B in 2007 to
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39
Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39
American military satellites
Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025. "Falcon 9 Block 5 - USSF-31". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 1 March 2025. "Falcon 9 Block 5 - USSF-36 (OTV-8)". Next Spaceflight
List_of_USSF_launches
Satellite constellation providing voice and data coverage
satellites to low Earth orbit (LEO) on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. A third launch, which occurred on October 9, 2017, delivered another ten satellites to LEO
Iridium satellite constellation
Iridium_satellite_constellation
SpaceX's landing facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
allowed the company to land the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket or the two side boosters of its Falcon Heavy rocket. The facilities were built on land
Landing_Zones_1_and_2
Falcon 9 first stage booster
Falcon 9 B1046 was a reusable Falcon 9 first-stage booster manufactured by SpaceX. It flew four times between 2018 and 2020 before it was expended during
Falcon_9_B1046
American spaceflight and AI company
operates three primary segments: Space, which develops and flies the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Dragon spacecraft
SpaceX
Launch facilities used by SpaceX
also where it tests all Merlin and Raptor engines, and flight article Falcon 9 first and second stages. A high-altitude suborbital test facility was under
SpaceX_facilities
Falcon 9 Block 5 first-stage booster
Falcon 9 B1060 was a Falcon 9 first-stage booster manufactured and operated by SpaceX. It was the senior active booster vehicle for the company since
Falcon_9_B1060
Science and Technology, Japan. Retrieved 24 April 2024. "Falcon 9 Block 5 - Starlink Group 8-9". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 18 January 2024. Foust, Jeff
List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2024
List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_July–December_2024
Falcon 9 first stage booster
Falcon 9 B1050 was a reusable first-stage booster for the orbital-class Falcon 9 vehicle manufactured by SpaceX. It launched on December 5, 2018. A grid
Falcon_9_B1050
Birds of prey in the genus Falco
Falcons (/ˈfɒlkən, ˈfɔːl-, ˈfæl-/) are birds of prey in the genus Falco, which includes about 40 species. Some small species of falcons with long, narrow
Falcon
Satellite Internet constellation launches list
failure Success Planned 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2023 2024 2025 2026 Atlas V Falcon 9 Ariane 6 Vulcan Centaur New Glenn Future launches are listed chronologically
List_of_Amazon_Leo_launches
Reusable superheavy-lift general-purpose launch vehicle under development
Starbase in Texas, it is intended as the successor to the company's Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets, and is part of SpaceX's broader reusable launch system
SpaceX_Starship
History of a space corporation
named Falcon 1 by Musk, taking inspiration from the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars after their early contract for the DARPA Falcon Project. Falcon 1 was
History_of_SpaceX
American business executive (born 1963)
Bill Nelson for her "phenomenal" leadership of SpaceX as it developed the Falcon 9 into the "workhorse" of the space launch sector. Nelson had reportedly
Gwynne_Shotwell
Ninth launch of SpaceX Starship
31, 2025. Retrieved May 1, 2025. DOUBLE HEADER: Ship 35 Static Fire and Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-75. NASASpaceflight. April 28, 2025. Event occurs at
Starship_flight_test_9
Expendable launch system program of the United States Space Force
launch vehicles for U.S. military satellites, and were later joined by the Falcon 9 developed by SpaceX. On 1 March 2019, the program name was changed from
National Security Space Launch
National_Security_Space_Launch
SpaceX rocket design
have not been widely used as rocket propellants in the past. Like the Falcon 9 orbital launch vehicle that preceded it, the ITS launch vehicle's first
ITS_launch_vehicle
Rocket engines developed by SpaceX
been developed for initial use in the SpaceX launch vehicles—Falcon 1, Falcon 9, and Falcon Heavy—or for the Dragon capsule. Each main engine developed
SpaceX_rocket_engines
Turkish-American aerospace executive and engineer
spacecraft to reach orbit. After initial successes and while working on Falcon 9 Altan became first senior director and then VP of Avionics & GNC and hence
Bulent_Altan
Communications satellite owner and operator
and subsequent loss of a Falcon 9 booster in September 2016) on the first SpaceX launch with a 'flight-proven' (reused) Falcon first stage, recovered from
SES_(company)
Falcon 9 first stage booster
Falcon 9 booster B1048 was a reusable orbital-class Block 5 Falcon 9 first-stage booster manufactured by SpaceX. B1048 was the third Falcon 9 Block 5
Falcon_9_B1048
events (part 2) [Updates Only]". 2 July 2026. Retrieved 25 July 2026. "Falcon 9 Block 5 - CRS NG-24". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 22 April 2023. "Unknown
List of spaceflight launches in April–June 2026
List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_April–June_2026
Retrieved 8 August 2024. "Falcon 9 Block 5 - Starlink Group 6-71". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 13 December 2024. "Falcon 9 Block 5 - Starlink Group 12-11"
List of spaceflight launches in January–March 2025
List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_January–March_2025
Billionaire space rivalry
X Prize later that year. 30 May 2020 – SpaceX successfully launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew Dragon space capsule during the Demo-2 mission
Billionaire_space_race
Space capsule type for cargo delivery from space
assisted splashdown. It can be carried to orbit by either Starship or Falcon 9. Starfall can loiter in space indefinitely. Reentry[clarification needed]
SpaceX_Starfall
2020s class of partially reusable spacecraft
replacement for the Dragon 1 cargo capsule. The spacecraft launches atop a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket, and the capsule returns to Earth through splashdown. Crew
SpaceX_Dragon_2
"Launch Roundup – Northrop Grumman prepare the first Cygnus to fly on Falcon 9". NASASpaceFlight. Archived from the original on 28 January 2024. Retrieved
List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2024
List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_January–June_2024
Businessman and entrepreneur (born 1971)
launching the Falcon 1 into orbit in 2008. Later that year, SpaceX received a $1.6 billion NASA contract (equivalent to $2.4×109 in 2025) for Falcon 9-launched
Elon_Musk
Type of flight control surface
grid fins on a first-stage demonstration test vehicle of its reusable Falcon 9 rocket, and on December 21, 2015 they were used during the high-velocity
Grid_fin
SpaceX private launch site
The launch site was originally intended to support launches of the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles as well as "a variety of reusable suborbital
SpaceX_Starbase
Partially reusable cargo space capsule
between 2010 and 2020. Dragon was launched into orbit by the company's Falcon 9 launch vehicle to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). It was
SpaceX_Dragon_1
Retrieved 2 July 2020. "MTG-S1 Mission". SpaceX. Retrieved 2 July 2025. "Falcon 9 Block 5 – MTG-S1/Sentinel-4A". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 2 July 2025
List of spaceflight launches in July–September 2025
List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_July–September_2025
Development history of the SpaceX Starship vehicle
(later named Falcon 9), Falcon X Heavy (later named Falcon Heavy), and Falcon XX (later named Starship); the largest of all was the Falcon XX with a 140 t
SpaceX Starship design history
SpaceX_Starship_design_history
First successful launch attempt of Falcon Heavy rocket
The Falcon Heavy test flight (also known as the Falcon Heavy demonstration mission) was the first attempt by SpaceX to launch a Falcon Heavy rocket on
Falcon_Heavy_test_flight
Former rocket launch site in Florida, USA
location for returning Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicle booster stages. As of 2026, LC-13 is only used for Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy landings at LZ-2
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 13
Cape_Canaveral_Launch_Complex_13
Test version of SpaceX spacecraft
tests, SpaceX launched it into low Earth orbit on the maiden flight of the Falcon 9 rocket, on June 4, 2010. SpaceX used the launch to evaluate the aerodynamic
Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit
Dragon_Spacecraft_Qualification_Unit
Failed 2015 American resupply spaceflight to the ISS
Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle. It was the nineteenth overall flight for the Falcon 9 and the fourteenth flight for the substantially upgraded Falcon 9
SpaceX_CRS-7
American spy satellites
13 February 2025. "NROL-179 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Next Spaceflight". nextspaceflight.com. Retrieved 22 July 2026. "Falcon 9 Block 5 - NROL-186". Next Spaceflight
List_of_NRO_launches
Chinese commercial medium-lift rocket
primarily in the location of the recovery hardware. Reusable rockets like Falcon 9 carry the landing legs and reinforced support structures throughout the
Long_March_10B
NASA human spaceflight program for the International Space Station
astronauts to the ISS. A Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched to space atop a Falcon 9 Block 5 launch vehicle and the capsule returns to Earth via splashdown
Commercial_Crew_Program
SpaceX fairing catching and wet recovery vessels
2018–2021 as experimental platforms for recovery of rocket fairings from Falcon 9 orbital launch trajectories. These fast ships were retrofitted with large
SpaceX fairing recovery program
SpaceX_fairing_recovery_program
Falcon 9 Block 5 first-stage booster
Falcon 9 booster B1056 was a reusable Falcon 9 Block 5 first-stage booster manufactured by SpaceX. The booster was the fourth Falcon 9 to fly four times
Falcon_9_B1056
Amazon satellite constellation and internet service
founder Elon Musk may have precluded Amazon from contracting SpaceX's Falcon 9 vehicle, which is flight proven and potentially more cost-effective. Two
Amazon_Leo
American solar research spacecraft
climate, and Earth observation satellite. It was launched by SpaceX on a Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle on 11 February 2015, from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Deep Space Climate Observatory
Deep_Space_Climate_Observatory
Cancelled crewed circumlunar mission and art project
the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2017. Pasztor, Andy. "Elon Musk Says SpaceX's New Falcon Heavy Rocket Unlikely to Carry Astronauts"
DearMoon_project
spaceflight launches in January–June 2024. Foust, Jeff (18 October 2022). "Falcon 9 leading candidate to launch European science mission". SpaceNews. Retrieved
List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2023
List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_July–December_2023
Conditions to be met for a rocket launch
MSL Weather Criteria "Falcon 9 Launch Weather Criteria" (PDF). National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 2012. "Falcon 9 Crew Dragon Launch Weather
Launch_commit_criteria
International Earth observation satellite mission
December 2015 with the upgraded Falcon 9 Full Thrust, Jason-3 was assigned to the final previous-generation Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket, although some parts
Jason-3
United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California
a Falcon 9 launch—actually a heavily modified and much larger Falcon 9 v1.1. As the pad was nearing completion in February 2013, the first Falcon 9 launch
Vandenberg_Space_Force_Base
Family of SpaceX spacecraft
Red Dragon. Red Dragon was to be a low-cost Mars mission that would use Falcon Heavy as the launch vehicle and injection vehicle, and the SpaceX Dragon
SpaceX_Dragon
Geostationary communications satellite
launch of JCSAT-14 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. The expected launch date was the second half of 2015. But the failure of Falcon 9 Flight 19 meant a delay of
JCSAT-2B
NRO's Proliferated Architecture
has been advanced through a series of launches, primarily using SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, in collaboration
NRO Proliferated Architecture Mission
NRO_Proliferated_Architecture_Mission
Method of takeoff and landing used by rockets; vertical takeoff, vertical landing
decades of development, SpaceX utilised the VTVL concept for its flagship Falcon 9 first stage, which has delivered over five hundred successful powered landings
VTVL
Reusable robotic spaceplane used by US military since 2010
reaching 780 days in orbit for the fifth mission, the first to launch on a Falcon 9 rocket. The sixth mission launched on an Atlas V on 17 May 2020 and concluded
Boeing_X-37
Vehicles that can go to space and return
development, such as in SpaceShipOne, New Shepard, New Glenn, Electron, Falcon 9, and Falcon Heavy. At the same time, the US Boeing X-37 and Chinese CSSHQ military
Reusable_launch_vehicle
Rocket launch phenomenon
(2024-05-23). SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 6-63. Retrieved 2024-07-01 – via YouTube. NASASpaceflight (2024-05-22). SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink
Space_jellyfish
August 2024). "Pakistan's loses its Lunar Payload". Retrieved 3 June 2026. "Falcon 9 Block 5 | Blue Ghost Mission 1". nextspaceflight.com. Retrieved 28 August
List_of_missions_to_the_Moon
falcon-9-rockets-in-2027/ "Full steam ahead for carbon dioxide monitoring mission". ESA. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022. "CO2M". EUMETSAT. 9
2027_in_spaceflight
American space company
principal engineer of the Merlin and Draco rocket engines that power the Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft. Impulse Space designs and manufactures orbital transfer
Impulse_Space
Partially-reusable medium-lift launch vehicle
The redesigned legs feature a folding mechanism similar to the SpaceX Falcon 9 landing legs. During the company's earnings call in February 2025, a plan
Rocket_Lab_Neutron
Family of Low Earth orbit communications satellites
on a SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.0 flight. The primary payload was for NASA to the International Space Station (ISS). On this launch, the Falcon 9 had a failure
Orbcomm_(satellite)
2012 American resupply spaceflight to the ISS
company's two-stage Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The launch occurred on 8 October 2012 at 00:34:07 UTC. In May 2012, it was reported that the Falcon 9 had been transported
SpaceX_CRS-1
Partially-reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle by Relativity Space
of Terran R to SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch vehicle. With this design, Relativity is aiming to significantly exceed the Falcon 9 payload to LEO. In July 2022
Terran_R
2024 American crewed spaceflight to the ISS
veteran of the SpaceX Crew-4 and Axiom Space's Ax-2 and Ax-3 missions. The Falcon 9 first-stage booster, designated B1085, made its second flight. Originally
SpaceX_Crew-9
Chris (19 October 2012). "Dragon enjoying ISS stay, despite minor issues – Falcon 9 investigation begins". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
List of private spaceflight companies
List_of_private_spaceflight_companies
Market dynamics in satellite launch industry
Falcon 9 first stage in December 2015, equity analysts at investment bank Jefferies estimated that launch costs to satellite operators using Falcon 9
Space launch market competition
Space_launch_market_competition
NASA program for delivery of cargo to the ISS
September 14, 2025 - Falcon 9, first Cygnus XL CRS NG-24: April 8, 2026 - Falcon 9 CRS NG-25: December 2026 (planned) - Falcon 9 Northrop Grumman plans
Commercial_Resupply_Services
travel, tourism, insurance
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