Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
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Falcon 9 is the industry's metronome: 604 flights and 603 successes per Launch Library, with reused boosters setting the price floor everyone else quotes against. Its weakness is systemic: when one design carries most of the world's manifest, a single stand-down stalls everyone's schedule.
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- notable2026-10-31SpaceX flies Falcon 9 for the 700th time
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- major2026-10-30Filtronic lands record $68.1M SpaceX order, wins first GEO satellite deal
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- 20242024-07-12incidentStarlink Group 9-3 launch failureoutcome: Launch Failurecause: An oxygen leak caused a failure of the second stage engine during its second burn leading to the loss of all Starlink satellites.as of 2026-07-08
- 20202020-05-30Falcon 9 launches Crew Dragon Demo-2, the first crewed orbital flight from the US since 2011as of 2026-07-12
- 20172017-03-30SpaceX flies first reused Falcon 9 booster on SES-10 (per SpaceNews)as of 2026-07-12
- 20152015-12-21Falcon 9 lands its first stage for the first time after an orbital launch (per SpaceNews)as of 2026-07-12
- 2015-06-28Falcon 9 is lost carrying CRS-7, NASA's Bolden confirms the failureas of 2026-07-12
- 20122012-10-07Falcon 9 launches CRS-1, NASA's first contracted cargo resupply mission to the ISSas of 2026-07-12
- 20102010-06-04Falcon 9 launches maiden flight from Cape Canaveralas of 2026-07-12
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faq
Who builds Falcon 9?
Falcon 9 is built by SpaceX. as of 2026-07-05
How many times has Falcon 9 flown?
Falcon 9 has flown 644 times. as of 2026-11-05
When did Falcon 9 first fly?
Falcon 9 first flew on 2018-05-11. as of 2026-07-05
Is Falcon 9 reusable?
Falcon 9 is reusable. as of 2026-07-05