Launch vehicle · SpaceX
Falcon 9
RocketsMedium-lift
Imagery
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 members stand in front of a Falcon 9 first-stage booster
jsc2024e050140 (May 13, 2024) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 members stand in front of a Falcon 9 first-stage booster at SpaceX’s HangarX facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
2024
NASA/Johnson · NASA media (public domain)
Overview
A partially reusable two-stage orbital rocket by SpaceX, the most-flown vehicle in the world with a reusable first stage.
Components & hardware
Knowledge connections
- Operated bySpaceX
- LaunchedDART
- LaunchedTESS
- LaunchedDanuri (KPLO)
- Member of familyFalcon
- Launched fromLaunch Complex 39A
- Launched fromSpace Launch Complex 40
- Launched fromSpace Launch Complex 4E
- Has stageFalcon 9 first stage
- Has stageFalcon 9 second stage
- Basis forFalcon Heavy
- Powered byMerlin 1D
- LaunchedSWOT
- LaunchedJason-3
- LaunchedGRACE-FO
- LaunchedHera
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- SpaceXSpace Exploration Technologies Corp.
Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Starship, and the Merlin/Raptor engines — manufacturer specifications and launch data.