Falcon·SpaceX
Falcon 1
retired
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Specifications
- Status
- retired
- Height
- 22.25 m
- Diameter
- 1.7 m
- Mass
- 33,000 kg
- Stages
- 2
- Thrust
- 454 kN
- Payload to LEO
- 470 kg
- First flight
- 2006-03-24
- Total launches
- 5
- Success / Fail
- 2 / 3
The Falcon 1 was the first launch vehicle developed and manufactured by SpaceX in 2006. It is an expendable, two stage rocket where each stage is powered by a single LOX/RP1 engine.
Propulsion
First stage
Merlin 1C350 kN
RP-1 / LOX · gas-generator
SpaceXIsp 304s (vac)since 2008
Second stage
Kestrel31 kN
RP-1 / LOX · pressure-fed
SpaceXIsp 317s (vac)since 2006
Payloads it launched
2 loaded