SpaceX - Falcon 1 / Falcon 1e
| Launcher name |
Falcon 1 / Falcon 1e |
| Launcher state |
Retired |
| First launch |
2006 |
| Launches |
5 |
| Launch cost |
$11M |
| Cost per kg |
11000 $/kg |
| Performance |
1000 kg |
| Propellant type |
Kerosene |
| Reusability |
Planned |
| Photos |
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| Photo sources |
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| Logo |
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| Entity name |
SpaceX |
| Oneliner |
SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft.
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| Notes |
- Rideshare missions accommodate customer payloads on 15” or 24” ESPA ports. Cubesats can be aggregated and launched on a customer provided, ESPA-compatible deployer.
- A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off 2023 April 2 carrying 10 military satellites, including two built by SpaceX.
- A new product line called Starshield, SpaceNews, 2023-01-19.
- SpaceX is offering a second class of rideshare missions on its Falcon 9 rocket to serve customers seeking to go to mid-inclination orbits.
- Over-The-Vacuum Update – Starlink’s Approach for Reliably Upgrading Software on Thousands of Satellites, SmallSat 2023.
- SpaceX no longer taking losses to produce Starlink satellite antennas, CNBC, 2023-09-13.
- Achieving 99% link uptime on a fleet of 100G space laser inter-satellite links in LEO, 2024-01-30.
- Starlink's Laser System Is Beaming 42 Million GB of Data Per Day, Michael Kan, 2024-01-31.
- SpaceX to deorbit 100 older Starlink satellites, SpaceNews, 2024-02-13.
- "This mission brings us above 10,000 operational space lasers for the constellation", 2024-03-05.
- Plug and Plaser laser communications module, 2024-03-19.
- Vast to use Starlink for space station broadband communications, SpaceNews, 2024-04-11.
- A Multifaceted Look at Starlink Performance, 2024-02-22.
- Starlink soars: SpaceX’s satellite internet surprises analysts with $6.6 billion revenue projection, SpaceNews, 2024-05-09.
- Analyst on Starlink’s rapid rise: “Nothing short of mind-blowing”, 2024-05-10.
- SpaceX and the categorical imperative to achieve low launch cost, Pierre Lionnet, 2024-06-07.
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| Funding |
$1B+ |
| Location |
US |
| Founded |
2002 |
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Last modified: 2024-06-08
