Falcon family
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The Falcon family is a series of partially reusable orbital launch vehicles developed by SpaceX for delivering payloads to Earth orbit and beyond.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Falcon family canonical | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | orbital launch vehicle family ⓘ |
| commercialCustomerBase |
commercial satellite operators
ⓘ
defense and national security customers ⓘ government space agencies ⓘ |
| contains |
Falcon 1 rocket
ⓘ
surface form:
Falcon 1
Falcon 9 rocket ⓘ
surface form:
Falcon 9
Falcon Heavy rocket ⓘ
surface form:
Falcon Heavy
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developer | SpaceX ⓘ |
| engineCycle | gas-generator cycle ⓘ |
| engineTypeUsed |
Merlin engine family
ⓘ
surface form:
Merlin engine
|
| firstLaunchVehicle |
Falcon 1 rocket
ⓘ
surface form:
Falcon 1
|
| fuelType | kerosene/liquid-oxygen chemical rocket ⓘ |
| launchCapability |
Earth orbit
ⓘ
geostationary transfer orbit ⓘ interplanetary trajectories ⓘ |
| launchMarketRole | major provider of commercial launch services ⓘ |
| launchProvider | SpaceX ⓘ |
| launchSiteUsed |
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
ⓘ
Kennedy Space Center ⓘ Vandenberg Space Force Base ⓘ |
| manufacturer | SpaceX ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Millennium Falcon ⓘ |
| notableConfiguration |
Falcon 9 rocket
ⓘ
surface form:
Falcon 9 Block 5
Falcon Heavy expendable ⓘ Falcon Heavy partially reusable ⓘ |
| notableMissionType | Starlink constellation deployment ⓘ |
| operator | SpaceX ⓘ |
| oxidizer | liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| partiallyReusable | true ⓘ |
| primaryPropellant | RP-1 kerosene ⓘ |
| reusabilityFeature |
fairing recovery (partial)
ⓘ
first-stage booster recovery ⓘ powered vertical landing ⓘ |
| reusabilityImpact | reduced launch cost per kilogram to orbit ⓘ |
| status |
operational (Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy)
ⓘ
retired (Falcon 1) ⓘ |
| successorProgram | Starship launch system ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
cargo resupply to the International Space Station
ⓘ
commercial satellite launches ⓘ crewed missions to the International Space Station ⓘ rideshare small-satellite missions ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.