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Vehicle family profile

Falcon 9

Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.

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Variants
5
Canonical variants linked to this family.
Historical missions
663
Missions in the public mission table with actual launch dates.
Peak listed capacity
22,000 kg
Maximum payload capacity across listed variants and orbits.

Launch Cadence

Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.

YearHistorical missionsForecast launches
2019110
2020250
2021310
2022600
2023910
20241320
20251650
202682140
20270157
20280185
20290203
20300211
20310211
20320210
20330209
20340209
20350

Performance Specs

Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.

VariantOrbitCapacityAltitudeInclinationSource
Falcon 9
LEO22,000 kgUnknownUnknownSpaceX Capabilities & Services
Falcon 9 FT5
LEO22,000 kgUnknownUnknownSpaceX Capabilities & Services (live vehicle spec sheet)

Recent Missions

Latest launched missions using variants in this family.

MissionVariantLaunch
Starlink-408
Falcon 9 FT5
Jul 11, 2026
Starlink-407
Falcon 9 FT5
Jul 9, 2026
Transporter-17
Falcon 9 FT5
Jul 7, 2026
Starlink-406

Variants

Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.

VariantStagesMissionsStatus
Falcon 9
Not stated7Retired
Falcon 9 1.1
Not stated14Retired
Falcon 9 FT3
Not stated24Retired
Falcon 9 FT4
Not stated12Retired
209
20360209
20370209
20380209
20390209
20400209
20410209

Forecast Location Split

4 launch locations represented.

YearLocationLaunchesConfidenceBasis
2026Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)8585%SLC-40 is the Falcon high-throughput workhorse. Base stays below the FAA-analyzed 120/year cap to reflect range weather, maintenance, pad turnarounds, drone-sh...
2026Launch Complex 39A, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida (NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida)1565%LC-39A remains useful for crewed Dragon, high-priority NASA/commercial missions, and Falcon Heavy, but Falcon 9 single-stick work shifts toward SLC-40 and Vand...
2026Space Launch Complex 4-East, Vandenberg AFB (South Vandenberg AFB, California)4085%SLC-4E already supports high polar/SSO and NRO/Starshield cadence. Base rises to about half of the authorized VSFB combined Falcon capacity once SLC-6 is also ...
2026Space Launch Complex 6, Vandenberg AFB (South Vandenberg AFB, California)065%SLC-6 provides the main incremental West Coast capacity. Ramp starts after pad modifications and operational shakeout, then reaches a mature cadence just below...
2027Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)9585%SLC-40 is the Falcon high-throughput workhorse. Base stays below the FAA-analyzed 120/year cap to reflect range weather, maintenance, pad turnarounds, drone-sh...
2027Launch Complex 39A, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida (NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida)1265%LC-39A remains useful for crewed Dragon, high-priority NASA/commercial missions, and Falcon Heavy, but Falcon 9 single-stick work shifts toward SLC-40 and Vand...
2027Space Launch Complex 4-East, Vandenberg AFB (South Vandenberg AFB, California)4585%SLC-4E already supports high polar/SSO and NRO/Starshield cadence. Base rises to about half of the authorized VSFB combined Falcon capacity once SLC-6 is also ...
2027Space Launch Complex 6, Vandenberg AFB (South Vandenberg AFB, California)565%SLC-6 provides the main incremental West Coast capacity. Ramp starts after pad modifications and operational shakeout, then reaches a mature cadence just below...
2028Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)10585%SLC-40 is the Falcon high-throughput workhorse. Base stays below the FAA-analyzed 120/year cap to reflect range weather, maintenance, pad turnarounds, drone-sh...
2028Launch Complex 39A, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida (NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida)1065%LC-39A remains useful for crewed Dragon, high-priority NASA/commercial missions, and Falcon Heavy, but Falcon 9 single-stick work shifts toward SLC-40 and Vand...
2028Space Launch Complex 4-East, Vandenberg AFB (South Vandenberg AFB, California)5085%SLC-4E already supports high polar/SSO and NRO/Starshield cadence. Base rises to about half of the authorized VSFB combined Falcon capacity once SLC-6 is also ...
2028Space Launch Complex 6, Vandenberg AFB (South Vandenberg AFB, California)2065%SLC-6 provides the main incremental West Coast capacity. Ramp starts after pad modifications and operational shakeout, then reaches a mature cadence just below...
2029Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)11085%SLC-40 is the Falcon high-throughput workhorse. Base stays below the FAA-analyzed 120/year cap to reflect range weather, maintenance, pad turnarounds, drone-sh...
2029Launch Complex 39A, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida (NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida)865%LC-39A remains useful for crewed Dragon, high-priority NASA/commercial missions, and Falcon Heavy, but Falcon 9 single-stick work shifts toward SLC-40 and Vand...
2029Space Launch Complex 4-East, Vandenberg AFB (South Vandenberg AFB, California)5085%SLC-4E already supports high polar/SSO and NRO/Starshield cadence. Base rises to about half of the authorized VSFB combined Falcon capacity once SLC-6 is also ...
2029Space Launch Complex 6, Vandenberg AFB (South Vandenberg AFB, California)3565%SLC-6 provides the main incremental West Coast capacity. Ramp starts after pad modifications and operational shakeout, then reaches a mature cadence just below...
2030Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)11085%SLC-40 is the Falcon high-throughput workhorse. Base stays below the FAA-analyzed 120/year cap to reflect range weather, maintenance, pad turnarounds, drone-sh...
2030Launch Complex 39A, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida (NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida)665%LC-39A remains useful for crewed Dragon, high-priority NASA/commercial missions, and Falcon Heavy, but Falcon 9 single-stick work shifts toward SLC-40 and Vand...
2030Space Launch Complex 4-East, Vandenberg AFB (South Vandenberg AFB, California)5085%SLC-4E already supports high polar/SSO and NRO/Starshield cadence. Base rises to about half of the authorized VSFB combined Falcon capacity once SLC-6 is also ...
2030Space Launch Complex 6, Vandenberg AFB (South Vandenberg AFB, California)4565%SLC-6 provides the main incremental West Coast capacity. Ramp starts after pad modifications and operational shakeout, then reaches a mature cadence just below...
2031Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)11085%SLC-40 is the Falcon high-throughput workhorse. Base stays below the FAA-analyzed 120/year cap to reflect range weather, maintenance, pad turnarounds, drone-sh...
2031Launch Complex 39A, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida (NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida)665%LC-39A remains useful for crewed Dragon, high-priority NASA/commercial missions, and Falcon Heavy, but Falcon 9 single-stick work shifts toward SLC-40 and Vand...
2031Space Launch Complex 4-East, Vandenberg AFB (South Vandenberg AFB, California)5085%SLC-4E already supports high polar/SSO and NRO/Starshield cadence. Base rises to about half of the authorized VSFB combined Falcon capacity once SLC-6 is also ...
2031Space Launch Complex 6, Vandenberg AFB (South Vandenberg AFB, California)4565%SLC-6 provides the main incremental West Coast capacity. Ramp starts after pad modifications and operational shakeout, then reaches a mature cadence just below...
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)
2026 · 85% confidence
85

SLC-40 is the Falcon high-throughput workhorse. Base stays below the FAA-analyzed 120/year cap to reflect range weather, maintenance, pad turnarounds, drone-ship cycles, and Stars...

Launch Complex 39A, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida (NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida)
2026 · 65% confidence
15

LC-39A remains useful for crewed Dragon, high-priority NASA/commercial missions, and Falcon Heavy, but Falcon 9 single-stick work shifts toward SLC-40 and Vandenberg as Starship i...

Space Launch Complex 4-East, Vandenberg AFB (South Vandenberg AFB, California)
2026 · 85% confidence
40

SLC-4E already supports high polar/SSO and NRO/Starshield cadence. Base rises to about half of the authorized VSFB combined Falcon capacity once SLC-6 is also online.

Space Launch Complex 6, Vandenberg AFB (South Vandenberg AFB, California)
2026 · 65% confidence
0

SLC-6 provides the main incremental West Coast capacity. Ramp starts after pad modifications and operational shakeout, then reaches a mature cadence just below SLC-4E.

Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)
2027 · 85% confidence
95

SLC-40 is the Falcon high-throughput workhorse. Base stays below the FAA-analyzed 120/year cap to reflect range weather, maintenance, pad turnarounds, drone-ship cycles, and Stars...

Falcon 9 FT5
LEO17,400 kgUnknownUnknownFalcon 9 - Wikipedia (citing SpaceX Capabilities & Services spec sheet, archived 2025-08-06)
Falcon 9 FT5
GTO8,300 kgUnknownUnknownSpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle page
Falcon 9
GTO8,300 kgUnknown28.5 degSpaceX Capabilities & Services
Falcon 9
SSO7,742 kg500 km97.4 degSpaceX Falcon 9 User's Guide 2009, Table 4-3 via Spaceflight Now
Falcon 9 FT5
SSO7,742 kg500 km97.4 degSpaceX Falcon 9 User's Guide 2009, Table 4-3 via Spaceflight Now
Falcon 9 FT5
GTO5,800 kgUnknownUnknownFalcon 9 - Wikipedia (citing SpaceX Capabilities & Services spec sheet, archived 2025-08-06)
Falcon 9
GTO5,500 kgUnknown28.5 degSpaceX Capabilities & Services
Falcon 9 FT5
escape4,020 kgUnknownUnknownSpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle page
Falcon 9
escape4,020 kgUnknownUnknownSpaceX Capabilities & Services
Falcon 9 FT5
Jul 5, 2026
Starlink-405
Falcon 9 FT5
Jul 2, 2026
SXM-11 Mission
Falcon 9 FT5
Jun 29, 2026
Starlink-404
Falcon 9 FT5
Jun 28, 2026
Starlink-403
Falcon 9 FT5
Jun 24, 2026

Forecasted Missions

Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.

MissionVariantAnnounced

No forecasted missions

No upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family.

Falcon 9 FT5
Not stated606Active
Track
Launch Complex 39A, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida (NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida)
2027 · 65% confidence
12

LC-39A remains useful for crewed Dragon, high-priority NASA/commercial missions, and Falcon Heavy, but Falcon 9 single-stick work shifts toward SLC-40 and Vandenberg as Starship i...

Space Launch Complex 4-East, Vandenberg AFB (South Vandenberg AFB, California)
2027 · 85% confidence
45

SLC-4E already supports high polar/SSO and NRO/Starshield cadence. Base rises to about half of the authorized VSFB combined Falcon capacity once SLC-6 is also online.

Space Launch Complex 6, Vandenberg AFB (South Vandenberg AFB, California)
2027 · 65% confidence
5

SLC-6 provides the main incremental West Coast capacity. Ramp starts after pad modifications and operational shakeout, then reaches a mature cadence just below SLC-4E.

Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)
2028 · 85% confidence
105

SLC-40 is the Falcon high-throughput workhorse. Base stays below the FAA-analyzed 120/year cap to reflect range weather, maintenance, pad turnarounds, drone-ship cycles, and Stars...

Launch Complex 39A, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida (NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida)
2028 · 65% confidence
10

LC-39A remains useful for crewed Dragon, high-priority NASA/commercial missions, and Falcon Heavy, but Falcon 9 single-stick work shifts toward SLC-40 and Vandenberg as Starship i...

Space Launch Complex 4-East, Vandenberg AFB (South Vandenberg AFB, California)
2028 · 85% confidence
50

SLC-4E already supports high polar/SSO and NRO/Starshield cadence. Base rises to about half of the authorized VSFB combined Falcon capacity once SLC-6 is also online.

Space Launch Complex 6, Vandenberg AFB (South Vandenberg AFB, California)
2028 · 65% confidence
20

SLC-6 provides the main incremental West Coast capacity. Ramp starts after pad modifications and operational shakeout, then reaches a mature cadence just below SLC-4E.

Mentions
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El cohete Ariane 6 no es reutilizable, a diferencia del Falcon 9 de SpaceX.

CapabilityValue 3.0Oct 14, 2025Europa necesita cohetes reutilizables para alcanzar a SpaceX, afirma el director de la ESA

Villa worked as a structure technician for SpaceX where she helped build more than 300 Falcon 9 rockets.

Governance
Page40of138
Value 3.0
Oct 14, 2025
Alexa Villa, Apex Space

The Falcon 9 first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship after stage separation.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Oct 13, 2025Another Amazon KF-03 mission delay as SpaceX now targets Monday

The Falcon 9 will carry 24 Kuiper satellites to be released at an altitude of 289 miles over a 7.5-minute stretch that begins 56.5 minutes after liftoff.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Oct 13, 2025Another Amazon KF-03 mission delay as SpaceX now targets Monday

This launch will mark the second use of Falcon 9's first stage booster, tail number B1091.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.5Oct 13, 2025SpaceX plans Starship test flight in Texas as early as Monday

The Project Kuiper KF-03 launch will utilize a Falcon 9 rocket to send 24 satellites into low Earth orbit for Amazon's Project Kuiper internet service.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.5Oct 13, 2025SpaceX plans Starship test flight in Texas as early as Monday

B1091 is a Falcon Heavy Center Core that has been converted to a Falcon 9.

CapabilityValue 4.0Oct 13, 2025R to @GewoonLukas_: B1091 is a Falcon Heavy Center Core that has been converted to a Falcon 9, as which it will fly a couple of missions. It will then be converted back to a Center Core for a Falcon Heavy mission. This will likely be the Griffin Mission One launch.

The Ariane 6 rocket system is not reusable, unlike SpaceX's Falcon 9.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Oct 13, 2025Europe needs reusable rockets to catch Musk's SpaceX: ESA chief

B1091 will fly a couple of missions as a Falcon 9.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.5Oct 13, 2025R to @GewoonLukas_: B1091 is a Falcon Heavy Center Core that has been converted to a Falcon 9, as which it will fly a couple of missions. It will then be converted back to a Center Core for a Falcon Heavy mission. This will likely be the Griffin Mission One launch.

SpaceX is now targeting October 12 for a Falcon 9 launch of the KF-03 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral due to rough seas offshore.

PlanValue 4.0Oct 13, 2025Another Amazon KF-03 mission delay as SpaceX now targets Monday

SpaceX is targeting October 9 for a Falcon 9 launch of the KF-03 mission with a liftoff time of 9:34 p.m. ET.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Oct 13, 2025Another Amazon KF-03 mission delay as SpaceX now targets Monday

The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting the KF-03 mission has previously launched the KF-02 mission.

GeneralValue 3.0Oct 13, 2025Another Amazon KF-03 mission delay as SpaceX now targets Monday

SpaceX is targeting October 13 for a Falcon 9 launch of the KF-03 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

PlanValue 4.6Oct 13, 2025Another Amazon KF-03 mission delay as SpaceX now targets Monday

SpaceX is targeting Sunday, October 12 for a Falcon 9 launch of the KF-03 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

PlanValue 4.5Oct 11, 2025Amazon’s KF-03 mission now planned for Sunday by SpaceX with calmer seas

On October 9, SpaceX is targeting a Falcon 9 launch of the KF-03 mission from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

PlanValue 4.0Oct 11, 2025Amazon’s KF-03 mission now planned for Sunday by SpaceX with calmer seas

This will be the second flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting the KF-03 mission, which previously launched KF-02.

PlanValue 3.6Oct 11, 2025Amazon’s KF-03 mission now planned for Sunday by SpaceX with calmer seas

The Falcon 9 first stage booster, after launching, will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship in the Atlantic Ocean again.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Oct 11, 2025Amazon’s KF-03 mission now planned for Sunday by SpaceX with calmer seas

SpaceX's Falcon 9 will support the deployment of Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites in cooperation with ULA, Arianespace, and Blue Origin.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Oct 11, 2025Amazon’s KF-03 mission now planned for Sunday by SpaceX with calmer seas

SpaceX's Falcon 9 will launch the KF-03 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Oct 11, 2025Amazon’s KF-03 mission now planned for Sunday by SpaceX with calmer seas

SpaceX is also targeting Thursday, October 9 for a Falcon 9 launch of the KF-03 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

PlanValue 4.0Oct 10, 2025SpaceX’s launch of Amazon’s KF-03 mission now set for Saturday with improved weather