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Falcon 9 Block 5
Falcon 9 Block 5 is an orbital launch vehicle currently flying operated by SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, 70 m tall, 22,800 kg to low Earth orbit, 2 stages.
| Operator | SpaceX · Hawthorne, California |
|---|---|
| Status | Currently flying |
| First flight | 2018 |
| Height | 70 m |
| Diameter | 3.7 m |
| Liftoff mass | 549 t |
| Liftoff thrust | 7,607 kN |
| Stages | 2 |
| Payload to LEO | 22,800 kg |
| Payload to GTO | 8,300 kg |
| Engines | 9 × Merlin 1D · 1 × Merlin Vacuum |
| Propellant | RP-1 / liquid oxygen |
| Reuse | First stage and both fairing halves |
| Launch sites | LC-39A, Kennedy · SLC-40, Cape Canaveral · SLC-4E, Vandenberg |
The most-flown orbital rocket in history and the only one with a genuinely routine reuse cadence — individual boosters have passed twenty flights.
About SpaceX
Flies more mass to orbit than the rest of the world combined, on a booster that lands and flies again within weeks. Founded 2002. Official site.