Falcon family

Falcon 1

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.

Flights flown5

Success rate40%2/5

Payload to LEO470kg

Cost per kg to LEO$14,894$7M per launch

Maiden flight2006-03-24

Peak year20082 flights

Falcon 1 is built by SpaceX of the United States. Company background, funding, contracts and news for this operator are tracked on Space Index. It first flew on 24 March 2006 and last flew on 14 July 2009.

Flight record

5 records

40% success rate2 of 5 flown · 3 failed

2006peak 2008 · 2 flights2009

First flight2006-03-24

Latest flight2009-07-14

Failures3

Consecutive successes2

Fastest turnaround56d 19h

Landing record

Booster recovery

0% landings recovered0 of 2 flown · 2 failed

Reuse rate is successful landings divided by attempted landings, both as reported upstream. It counts recovery attempts, not reflights.

Payload

Per mission profile

Low Earth orbit	470kg
Sun-synchronous orbit	290kg
Launch cost	$7M
Cost per kg to LEO	$14,894

Vehicle

1 spec

Stages	2
Length	22.25m
Diameter	1.7m
Launch mass	33t
Liftoff thrust	454kN
Maiden flight	2006-03-24
Reusable	No

Pads used

1 pad

Omelek Island5

Orbits delivered

1 orbit

Low Earth Orbit5

Launch history

5 launches

Date	Mission	Pad	Orbit	Outcome
2009-07-14	Falcon 1 \| RazakSAT	Omelek Island	Low Earth Orbit	Success
2008-09-28	Falcon 1 \| RatSat	Omelek Island	Low Earth Orbit	Success
2008-08-03	Falcon 1 \| Flight 3	Omelek Island	Low Earth Orbit	Failure
2007-03-21	Falcon 1 \| DemoSat	Omelek Island	Low Earth Orbit	Failure
2006-03-24	Falcon 1 \| FalconSAT-2	Omelek Island	Low Earth Orbit	Failure

Specifications from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs, launch records from Space Index. Derived figures are computed here; see sources and method.