List of Falcon 1 launches
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 Falcon 1 rocket | |
| Function | Orbital launch vehicle |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Project cost | US$90 million |
| Cost per launch | US$7 million |
| Size | |
| Height | 21 m (68 ft) |
| Diameter | 1.7 m (5.5 ft) |
| Mass | 28,000 kg (61,000 lb) |
| Stages | 2 |
| Capacity | |
| Payload to LEO |
|
| Payload to SSO | 450 kg (990 lb) |
| Launch history | |
| Status | Retired[2] |
| Launch sites | Omelek Island |
| Total launches | 5 |
| Successes | 2 |
| Failures | 3 |
| Partial failures | 0 |
| First flight | 24 March 2006 22:30 GMT |
| Last flight | 14 July 2009 03:35 GMT |
| First stage | |
| Engines | 1 Merlin 1A (first 2 flights) 1 Merlin 1C (final 3 flights) |
| Thrust | 450 kN (102,000 lbf) |
| Specific impulse | 255 s (2.50 km/s) (sea level) |
| Burn time | 169 s |
| Fuel | RP-1/LOX |
| Second stage | |
| Engines | 1 Kestrel |
| Thrust | 31 kN (7,000 lbf) |
| Specific impulse | 327 s (3.21 km/s) |
| Burn time | 378 s |
| Fuel | RP-1/LOX |
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About the Falcon 1
The Falcon 1 was an expendable launch system privately developed and manufactured by SpaceX during 2006–2009.[3] On 28 September 2008, Falcon 1 became the first privately-developed liquid-fuel launch vehicle to go into orbit around the Earth.[4]:203
The two-stage-to-orbit rocket used LOX/RP-1 for both stages, the first powered by a single Merlin engine and the second powered by a single Kestrel engine. It was designed by SpaceX from the ground up.
The vehicle was launched a total of five times. Falcon 1 achieved orbit on its fourth attempt, in September 2008 with a mass simulator as a payload. On 14 July 2009, Falcon 1 made its final flight and successfully delivered the Malaysian RazakSAT satellite to orbit on SpaceX's first commercial launch (fifth launch overall). Following its fifth launch, the Falcon 1 was retired and succeeded by Falcon 9.
SpaceX had announced an enhanced variant, the Falcon 1e,[2] but development was stopped in favor of Falcon 9.
Launch history
| Flight No. | Date / time (UTC) | Launch site | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Customers | Launch outcome |
Launch video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 March 2006, 22:30 | Omelek Island | FalconSAT-2 | 19.5 kg | LEO (Planned) | DARPA | Failure | [video 1] |
| Engine failure at T+33 seconds. Loss of vehicle.[5] FalconSAT-2 landed in a storage shed near the launch site.[6] | ||||||||
| 2 | 21 March 2007, 01:10 | Omelek Island | DemoSat | LEO (Planned) | DARPA | Failure | [video 2] | |
| Successful first-stage burn and transition to second stage, maximal altitude 289 km. Harmonic oscillation at T+5 minutes. Premature engine shutdown at T+7 min 30 s. Failed to reach orbit.[7] | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 August 2008, 03:34[8] | Omelek Island | Trailblazer PRESat NanoSail-D Explorers |
4 kg | LEO (Planned) | ORS NASA NASA Celestis[9] |
Failure | [video 3] |
| Residual stage-1 thrust led to collision between stage 1 and stage 2.[10] | ||||||||
| 4 | 28 September 2008, 23:15[11][12] | Omelek Island | RatSat | 165 kg | LEO | SpaceX | Success[11] | [video 4] |
| Initially scheduled for 23–25 Sep, carried dummy payload – mass simulator, 165 kg (originally intended to be RazakSAT). | ||||||||
| 5 | 14 July 2009, 03:35[13] | Omelek Island | RazakSAT | 180 kg | LEO | ATSB | Success[14] | [video 5] |
| Malaysian satellite was the only commercial contract launch of Falcon 1. | ||||||||
Canceled launches
| Date | Payload | Customers | Launch outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Falcon 1e maiden flight[9] | SpaceX | Not scheduled |
| Was to be maiden flight of Falcon 1e configuration | |||
| 2010 | Not known | MDA Corp[15] | Not scheduled |
| 2011 | Not known | Swedish Space Corporation[15] | Not scheduled |
| 2011–2014 | OG2 | Orbcomm[16] | Successful – Falcon 9 |
| 18 satellites, launch vehicle switched to Falcon 9. | |||
| 2013 | FORMOSAT-5 | NSPO | Successful – Falcon 9 |
| Launch vehicle switched from Falcon 1e to Falcon 9. | |||
| 2014–2015 | Small satellites | Astrium | Not scheduled |
| Launch vehicle was to be Falcon 1e. | |||
Notes
References
- ↑ International Astronautical Federation, United Nations. Office for Outer Space Affairs, International Institute of Space Law (1 January 2006). Highlights in Space 2005: Progress in Space Science, Technology and Applications, International Cooperation and Space Law. United Nations Publications. p. 11. ISBN 978-9211009897.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link) Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Falcon 1". Space Exploration Technologies Corporation. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2010. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Engel, Max (1 March 2013). "Launch Market on Cusp of Change". Satellite Today. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
SpaceX is not the first private company to try to break through the commercial space launch market. The company, however, appears to be the real thing. Privately funded, it had a vehicle before it got money from NASA, and while NASA's space station resupply funds are a tremendous boost, SpaceX would have existed without it.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ France, Marty; Lawrence, Tim. "FalconSAT-2 Launched (and Recovered)" (PDF). United States Air Force Academy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2013-03-15. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Demo Flight 2 Flight Review Update" (PDF). SpaceX. 15 June 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2008. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Stephen Clarke (3 August 2008). "Falcon 1 suffers another setback". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Launch Manifest". SpaceX. Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2008. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Flight 3 mission summary". SpaceX. 6 August 2008. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ "SPACEX And ATSB Announce New Launch Date For Razaksat Satellite" (Press release). SpaceX. 1 June 2009. Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2009. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedF1success - ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Archived Copy". Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-04. Retrieved 2021-12-12.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ "ORBCOMM and SpaceX Reach Deal To Launch Satellite Constellation" (Press release). SpaceX. 3 September 2009. Archived from the original on 2 January 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2009. Unknown parameter
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