Falcon 9

FIRST ORBITAL CLASS ROCKET CAPABLE OF REFLIGHT

Falcon 9 Overview

Height
121 m / 397 ft

DIAMETER
9 m / 29.5 f

MASS
549,054 kg 1,207,920 lb

PAYLOAD TO LEO
22,800 kg 50,265 lb

PAYLOAD TO GTO
8,300 kg /18,300 lb

PAYLOAD TO MARS
4,020 kg /8,860 lb

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FALCON 9 IN FLIGHT

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Engines Merlin

Merlin is a family of rocket engines developed by SpaceX for use on its Falcon 1, Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles. Merlin engines use a rocket grade kerosene (RP-1) and liquid oxygen as rocket propellants in a gas-generator power cycle. The Merlin engine was originally designed for recovery and reuse.

Height
121 m / 397 ft

DIAMETER
9 m / 29.5 f

PAYLOAD CAPACITY
100 – 150 t(fully reusable)

Falcon F9 Launch

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