Rocket file · LV-169
Falcon 9 v1.0
Falcon 9 v1.0 is an expendable launch vehicle built by SpaceX. It stands 47.8 m tall, lifts 9,300 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 4 June 2010. It has flown 5 times with 4 successes, a success rate of 80.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.
Specification
Vehicle spec sheet
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
About Falcon 9
The Falcon 9 v1.0 first stage was used on the first five Falcon 9 launches, and powered by nine SpaceX Merlin 1C rocket engines arranged in a 3x3 pattern.
Upcoming flights
Manifest
Falcon 9 is retired, and no flight is filed.
All upcoming launchesFalcon 9 v1.0 in the archive
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Common questions
- How many times has Falcon 9 v1.0 flown?
- 5 times, with 4 successes and 1 failures.
- What is Falcon 9 v1.0's success rate?
- 80.0%. That's 4 successful flights out of 5 attempts. Its landings have succeeded 0.0% of the time, across 2 attempts.
- How much can Falcon 9 v1.0 lift to orbit?
- Launch Library 2 lists Falcon 9 v1.0 at 9,300 kg to low Earth orbit and 3,400 kg to geostationary transfer orbit.
- Is Falcon 9 v1.0 reusable?
- No. Launch Library 2 lists Falcon 9 v1.0 as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.