Falcon 1

Falcon 1

The Falcon 1 was an expendable launch system privately developed and manufactured by SpaceX during 2006-2009. On 28 September 2008, Falcon 1 became the first privately-developed liquid-fuel launch vehicle to go into orbit around the Earth.

 

Active: No

Stages: 2

Cost Per Launch: 6.7 million

Success Rate: 40%

First Flight: March 24th, 2006

Height: 22.25 m (73 ft.)

Diameter: 1.68 m (5.5 ft.)

Mass: 30,146 kg (66,460 lb)

First Stage

Thrust (Sea Level): 420 kN (94,000 lbf)

Thrust (Vacuum): 480 kN (110,000 lbf)

Reusable: No

Engines: 1

Fuel Amount: 44.3 tons

Burn Time: 169 seconds

Second Stage

Thrust: 31 kN (7,000 lbf)

Payload Fairing:

Height: 3.5 m (11.5 ft.)

Diameter: 1.5 m (4.9 ft.)

Reusable: No

Engines: 1

Fuel Amount: 3.38 tons

Burn Time: 378 seconds