Falcon 9 Block 4 (SpaceX)
The Falcon 9 Block 4, manufactured by SpaceX established in 2002, undertook its inaugural launch on 12/22/2015, is reusable and is inactive.
Falcon 9 Block 4 has 12 successful launches and 0 failed attempts, with a cumulative tally of 12 launches, currently with 0 pending launches in the pipeline.
The Full Thrust variants first stage includes all systems necessary for an operational re-use of stages while the second stage is operated as an expendable rocket stage.
- Length: 71 m
- Diameter: 3.65 m
- Launch Mass: 546 T
- LEO Capacity: 22800 kg
- GTO Capacity: 8305 kg
- Launch Cost: $50,000,000
Manufacturer
SpaceX (SpX)
CEO: Elon Musk
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
Program
Human Spaceflight: Commercial Resupply Services
Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) are a series of flights awarded by NASA for the delivery of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.The first CRS contracts were signed in 2008 and awarded $1.6 billion to SpaceX for twelve cargo Dragon and $1.9 billion to Orbital Sciences for eight Cygnus flights, covering deliveries to 2016. The Falcon 9 and Antares rockets were also developed under the CRS program to deliver cargo spacecraft to the ISS.
