Transcription of SpaceX Falcon 9 Data Sheet - NASA
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Space Launch Report: SpaceX Falcon 9 Data SheetHome On the Pad Space Logs Library LinksSpaceX Falcon 9 Updated May 01, 2017 Vehicle ConfigurationsVehicle ComponentsFalcon 9 ( ) Flight HistoryFalcon 9 Data Sheet (New April 29, 2013)Dot-com multimillionaire Elon Musk established SpaceX Corporation in June 2002 in an ElSegundo, California warehouse, intent on developing the small " Falcon " launch vehicle and trocket engines to power it. By early 2003, the company was testing early prototypes of its 40tonne-thrust-class Merlin first stage engine and tonne thrust Kestrel second stage engineMcGregor, Texas test site. Merlin was a gas generator cycle engine that used a pintle style injector, an injector design adfrom the Apollo Lunar Module engine.
May 01, 2017 · produced 385.5 tonnes of total thrust. Two more less-than-full-duration 9-engine tests followed. On November 23, 2008, SpaceX performed the first full-duration nine-engine Falcon 9 test at McGregor. Producing 3 tonnes of total thrust while burning nearly 227 tonnes of propellant, the burn lasted 178 seconds. Two of the nine Mer
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