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.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 454 kN
- Height
- 22.25 m
- Diameter
- 1.7 m
- Launch mass
- 33 t
- Stages
- 2
- Launch cost
- $7M
- LEO capacity
- 470 kg
- GTO capacity
- —
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- 290 kg
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Flights
5
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
40%
2 of 5
Current success streak
2
Landings
0
2 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS
Fastest turnaround
—
Between consecutive booster flights
Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.
Boosters that flew this rocket
Boosters by flights
- F1 B00011 flights0/1 landings
- F1 B00021 flights0/1 landings
- F1 B00031 flights
- F1 B00041 flights
- F1 B00051 flights
Serial-tracked stages only — predominantly SpaceX.
Launches
- Falcon 1 | RazakSAT — Success
- Falcon 1 | RatSat — Success
- Falcon 1 | Flight 3 — Failure
- Falcon 1 | DemoSat — Failure
- Falcon 1 | FalconSAT-2 — Failure