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Falcon 9 Full Thrust

SpaceX · Falcon · RETIRED

Falcon 9 Full Thrust is a reusable launch vehicle built by SpaceX. It stands 71.0 m tall, lifts 22,800 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 22 December 2015. It has flown 25 times with 24 successes, a success rate of 96.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height71.0 m
Diameter3.6 m
Payload to LEO22,800 kg
Payload to GTO8,305 kg
Maiden flight22 December 2015
ReusableYes, stage recovery
Launch cost$50M
StatusRETIRED

As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.

Flight record

Reliability

ON RECORD
Total flights25
Successful24
Failed1
Success rate96.0%
Landing attempts18
Landing success88.9% (16)
Scheduled0
VariantFull Thrust

About Falcon 9

The Full Thrust variants first stage includes all systems necessary for an operational re-use of stages while the second stage is operated as an expendable rocket stage.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Falcon 9 is retired, and no flight is filed.

All upcoming launches

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

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Common questions

How many times has Falcon 9 Full Thrust flown?
25 times, with 24 successes and 1 failures.
What is Falcon 9 Full Thrust's success rate?
96.0%. That's 24 successful flights out of 25 attempts. Its landings have succeeded 88.9% of the time, across 18 attempts.
How much can Falcon 9 Full Thrust lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Falcon 9 Full Thrust at 22,800 kg to low Earth orbit and 8,305 kg to geostationary transfer orbit.
Is Falcon 9 Full Thrust reusable?
Yes. Launch Library 2 lists Falcon 9 Full Thrust as reusable, with 16 successful recoveries from 18 attempts. On most reusable rockets that's the first stage, not the whole rocket.