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VEHICLE PROFILE
Falcon 9
SpaceX’s two-stage orbital launch vehicle with a reusable first stage.
SPECIFICATIONS
DIAMETER / WIDTH
3.7 m / 12 ft
MASS CONTEXT
549,054 kg / 1,207,920 lbs vehicle mass
PAYLOAD
22,800 kg to LEO; 8,300 kg to GTO; 4,020 kg to Mars, per current SpaceX vehicle page.
PROPULSION
First stage uses nine Merlin engines and produces more than 1.7 million pounds of thrust at sea level; Merlin uses LOX and RP-1.
Dimensions and capabilities depend on configuration.
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