Falcon 9 Flight 1
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Falcon 9 Flight 1 was the inaugural launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, marking a key milestone in the company’s development of orbital launch capabilities.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Falcon 9 launch
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maiden flight ⓘ orbital launch ⓘ |
| apogeeApproximate | 250 km ⓘ |
| apsis | gee ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| customer | SpaceX (internal demonstration) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fairingType | Dragon-style payload fairing ⓘ |
| firstStageEngines | 9 Merlin 1C NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstStageEngineType | Merlin 1C NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flightNumberInProgram | 1 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Falcon 9 Flight 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inclinationApproximate | 34.5 degrees ⓘ |
| launchAzimuthApproximate | 45 degrees ⓘ |
| launchCampaign | Falcon 9 inaugural campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchConfiguration | Falcon 9 v1.0 Block 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2010-06-04 ⓘ |
| launchDateTimeUTC | 2010-06-04T18:45:00Z ⓘ |
| launchLocation | Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchMassApproximate | 333,400 kg ⓘ |
| launchOutcome | success ⓘ |
| launchProvider | SpaceX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40
NERFINISHED
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SLC-40 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchSuccessCriteria | validate Falcon 9 performance and systems in orbit ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Falcon 9 v1.0 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicleFamily | Falcon 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType |
demonstration mission
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test flight ⓘ |
| notableEvent | first successful orbital launch of a liquid-fueled rocket by a private company using its own rocket design from the United States ⓘ |
| operator | SpaceX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitType | Low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| payload | Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| payloadManufacturer | SpaceX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| payloadMassApproximate | ~6,000 kg ⓘ |
| payloadType | mass simulator ⓘ |
| perigeeApproximate | 235 km ⓘ |
| precededBy | Falcon 1 Flight 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedProgram |
Commercial Orbital Transportation Services
NERFINISHED
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Falcon 9 program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rocketCoreVersion | Falcon 9 v1.0 core NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondStageEngine | Merlin 1C Vacuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
first flight of a Falcon 9 launch vehicle
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first orbital launch of Falcon 9 rocket ⓘ key milestone in SpaceX orbital launch capability development ⓘ |
| stageRecoveryAttempt | no first stage recovery attempt ⓘ |
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