Space
Jun 4, 2010Falcon 9 maiden flight
The workhorse Falcon 9 — designed for reuse — flies for the first time.
~22,800 kg
Payload to LEO
9 × Merlin
Engines
Falcon 9 first flew on 4 June 2010. Designed from the outset to be partly reusable, it would go on to become the most-flown and most-reliable orbital rocket in operation, dramatically lowering the cost per kilogram to orbit.
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