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Rocket file · LV-14

Falcon 9 v1.1

SpaceX · Falcon · RETIRED

Falcon 9 v1.1 is an expendable launch vehicle built by SpaceX. It stands 68.4 m tall, lifts 13,150 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 29 September 2013. It has flown 15 times with 14 successes, a success rate of 93.3%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height68.4 m
Diameter3.6 m
Payload to LEO13,150 kg
Payload to GTO4,850 kg
Maiden flight29 September 2013
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch cost$61.2M
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 flights15
Successful14
Failed1
Success rate93.3%
Landing attempts5
Landing success0.0% (0)
Scheduled0
Variantv1.1

About Falcon 9

Falcon 9 v1.1 is a significantly redesigned version of the its predecessor, including a higher payload capacity. This version arranges the engines in a structural form SpaceX calls an Octaweb.

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.

Falcon-9
Falcon-9NASA · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗
Falcon-9 (cropped)
Falcon-9 (cropped)NASA · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗
Falcon 9 v1.1 production line
Falcon 9 v1.1 production lineSteve Jurvetson · CC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Falcon 9 v1.1 flown?
15 times, with 14 successes and 1 failures.
What is Falcon 9 v1.1's success rate?
93.3%. That's 14 successful flights out of 15 attempts. Its landings have succeeded 0.0% of the time, across 5 attempts.
How much can Falcon 9 v1.1 lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Falcon 9 v1.1 at 13,150 kg to low Earth orbit and 4,850 kg to geostationary transfer orbit.
Is Falcon 9 v1.1 reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Falcon 9 v1.1 as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.