SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

FALGON SPACEX TECHNOLOGY SPECS Payload volume of spacecraft 14 m3 Dragon Space- SPACEX craft This is the pressur- ized cargo carrier. The future will see this unit transport- DRAG ON. ing astronauts to space as well as cargo. Stage Stage Two burn time: 375 sec. Powered by a single Merlin vacuum engine, this engine FALTON powers the rocket while in space. Inter- stage This stage holds Stage One and Stage Two togeth- Stage Two thrust 180,000 bf er. Takeoff Weight: 350 tons Stage One Powered by nine Merlin engines, this engine powers the rocket into space. The Falcon 9 is so powerful that even if two of the Fuel: Liquid Oxygen & Kerosene engines shut off, the rocket will still be capable of completing its mission. No other similar vehicle has this intense fea- ture, The body contains aluminum-lithium alloy tanks con- taining liquid Oxygen and kero- sene rocket fuel. Engines 9 SpaceX Merlin 1D's Diameter: 12 feet The Falcon 9 computers are Linux-based machines that check themselves against the other computers for ultimate reliability. STATISTICS Cost per launch: $54 - 59.5 million this is the only rocket fully developed in the 21st century Falcon 9 can lift payloads of 28,990 lb to low Earth orbit SpaceX has developed multiple rockets lead- ing up to the current Falcon 9 v1.1 and the Falcon Heay Sources: THE EMD http://www.spacex.com/falcon9 Falcon 1 Falcon 9 v1.0 Height: 224 feet Falcon 9 v1.1 Falcon Heavy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_9