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Rockets from the Falcon 9 family have been launched 428 times over 15 years, resulting in 425 full successes (99.3%), two in-flight failures (SpaceX CRS-7 and Starlink Group 9–3), and one partial success (SpaceX CRS-1, which delivered its cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), but a secondary payload was stranded in a lower-than-planned orbit).
Falcon 9 is a partially reusable, human-rated, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle [a] designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX.The first Falcon 9 launch was on 4 June 2010, and the first commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched on 8 October 2012. [14]
Second and last Galileo launch on a Falcon 9 and overall thirteenth launch of Galileo satellites, carrying two satellites. Originally planned to launch on Soyuz ST-B, but scrapped due to geopolitical factors. Then moved to Ariane 6, which was also scrapped due to delays. Europe contracted SpaceX to launch the two pairs aboard Falcon 9. 19 September
Falcon 9 Block 5: Starlink Group 6-32 Cape Canaveral SLC-40: SpaceX: Starlink × 23 SpaceX: Low Earth: Communications: In orbit: Operational First time a Falcon 9 booster B1058 has been reflown 19 times. 24 December 13:11 [160] Falcon 9 Block 5: F9-284 Vandenberg SLC-4E: SpaceX: SARah-2 Bundeswehr: Low Earth Reconnaissance: In orbit: Spacecraft ...
First Galileo launch on a Falcon 9 and overall twelfth launch of Galileo satellites, carrying satellites Patrick and Julina. Originally planned to launch on Soyuz ST-B, but scrapped due to geopolitical factors. Then moved to Ariane 6, which was also scrapped due to delays. Europe contracted SpaceX to launch the two pairs aboard Falcon 9.
The launch contract was awarded to SpaceX for US$50.3 million, [235] and is the smallest dedicated payload ever launched by Falcon 9 launch vehicle. [236] However, the required exact equatorial orbit required an orbital plane change that meant an approximately 30% of Falcon 9's maximum theoretical performance for such an orbital profile (1.5-2 ...
List of Falcon 1 launches, SpaceX's retired first launch vehicle List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches , SpaceX's current operational launch vehicles List of SpaceX Starship flight tests
The Thai communication satellite was the second GTO launch for Falcon 9. The USAF evaluated launch data from this flight as part of a separate certification program for SpaceX to qualify to fly military payloads, but found that the launch had "unacceptable fuel reserves at engine cutoff of the stage 2 second burnoff". [41]