Falcon 9 v1.0
A Falcon 9 v1.0 launches with an uncrewed Dragon spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station in March 2013, the fifth and final flight of a version 1.0 Falcon 9.
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| Function | Orbital medium-lift launch vehicle |
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| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Project cost | $ 300 million (including Dragon) |
| Cost per launch | $54–59.5 million (2012) |
| Size | |
| Height | 47.8 m (157 ft) |
| Diameter | 3.66 m (12.0 ft) |
| Mass | 333,400 kg (735,000 lb) |
| Stages | 2 |
| Capacity | |
| Payload to LEO | 10,450 kg (23,040 lb) |
| Payload to GTO | 4,540 kg (10,010 lb) |
| Associated rockets | |
| Family | Falcon 9 |
| Derivatives | Falcon 9 v1.1 |
| Launch history | |
| Status | Retired |
| Launch sites | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 |
| Total launches | 5 |
| Successes | 4 |
| Partial failures | 1 (secondary payload only) |
| First flight | June 4, 2010 |
| Last flight | March 1, 2013 |
| Notable payloads | Dragon |
| First stage | |
| Engines | 9 Merlin 1C |
| Thrust | 4,940 kN (1,110,000 lbf) |
| Specific impulse |
Sea level: 275 seconds Vacuum: 304 seconds |
| Burn time | 170 seconds |
| Fuel | LOX / RP-1 |
| Second stage | |
| Engines | 1 Merlin 1C vacuum |
| Thrust | 445 kN (100,000 lbf) |
| Specific impulse | 342 s |
| Burn time | 345 seconds |
| Fuel | LOX / RP-1 |
The Falcon 9 v1.0 was the first member of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle family, designed and manufactured by SpaceX in Hawthorne, California. Development of the medium-lift launcher began in 2005, and it first flew in June 2010. The Falcon 9 v1.0 then launched four Dragon cargo spacecraft: one on an orbital test flight, then one demonstration and two operational resupply missions to the International Space Station under a Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.
The two stage vehicle was powered by SpaceX's Merlin engines, burning liquid oxygen (LOX) and rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1). It had a payload capacity of 10,450 kg (23,040 lb) to low Earth orbit (LEO) and 4,540 kg (10,000 lb) to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO), though all launches were to LEO.
The vehicle was retired in 2013 and replaced by the upgraded Falcon 9 v1.1, which first flew in September 2013. Of its five launches from 2010-2013, all successfully delivered their primary payload, though an anomaly led to the loss of one secondary payload.
The Falcon 9 v1.0 first stage was used on the first five Falcon 9 launches, and powered by nine SpaceX Merlin 1C rocket engines arranged in a 3x3 pattern. Each of these engines had a sea-level thrust of 556 kilonewtons (125,000 lbf) for a total thrust on liftoff of about 5,000 kilonewtons (1,100,000 lbf).
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