Falcon 1

Falcon 1 is a small lift launch vehicle and the first privately developed liquid fuelled rocket to get into orbit around Earth (on September 28 2008). It was developed and manufactured by space x.

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Falcon 1

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Profile

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Function - small lift launch vehicle
Manufacturer - space x
Country of origin - United States
Cost per launch - 7 million $
Project cost - 90 million $
Height - 21 m
Diameter - 1.7 m
Stages - 2
Payload to LEO - 180 kg
Payload to SSO - 450 kg
First flight - 24 March 2006
Last flight - 14 July 2009

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First stage

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Thrust - 480kn
Burn time - 169 seconds
Fuel - RP-1(kerosene)/LOX(liquid oxygen)

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Second stage

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Engine - 1 kestrel
Thrust - 31kn
Burn time - 378 seconds
Fuel - RP-2(kerosene)/LOX(liquid oxygen)