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Falcon 1
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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.
Key figures
Total launches
5
Successes
2
Failures
3
Success rate
40.0 %
Success streak
2
Landings
0 of 2
Maiden flight
Mar 24, 2006
Launch cost
$7 Mio.
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
56d 19h
Planned launches
0
Falcon family total
17 launches · 14 successes · 3 failures (2 variants)
🧐 Data check
Automatic plausibility checks — anomalies are surfaced transparently here:
- ℹ️The figures above apply only to the “Falcon 1” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately — the Falcon family totals 17 launches across 2 variants.
Technology
Length
22.25 m
Diameter
1.7 m
Launch mass
33 t
Liftoff thrust
454 kN
Stages
2
LEO (low Earth orbit)
470 kg
SSO (sun-synchronous)
290 kg
Launches per year
of which in our database: 5
Successes Failures Other/planned
History & events
Sources
- Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs)
- Wikipedia