Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.
Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.
| Year | Historical missions | Forecast launches |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.
| Variant | Orbit | Capacity | Altitude | Inclination | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No performance specsNo structured payload capacity rows are linked to this vehicle family. | |||||
Latest launched missions using variants in this family.
| Mission | Variant | Launch |
|---|---|---|
| Razaksat | Falcon 1 | Jul 14, 2009 |
| Ratsat Mission | Falcon 1 | Sep 28, 2008 |
| Launch 2008-F01 | Falcon 1 | Aug 3, 2008 |
| Launch 2007-F02 |
Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.
| Variant | Stages | Missions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Falcon 1 | Not stated | 5 | Retired |
Falcon 1 |
| Mar 21, 2007 |
| Launch 2006-F01 | Falcon 1 | Mar 24, 2006 |
Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.
| Mission | Variant | Announced |
|---|---|---|
No forecasted missionsNo upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family. | ||
Bulent Altan joined SpaceX in 2004 and oversaw avionics development for Falcon 1, Falcon 9, and the Dragon capsule before later working on the initial Starlink satellites and leaving SpaceX in 2017.
SpaceX conducted the first launch of its Falcon 1 rocket from Kwajalein Atoll on 2006-03-24.
The Falcon 1 flew one more mission in 2009 before SpaceX retired the vehicle in favor of the larger Falcon 9.
Two subsequent Falcon 1 launches failed before the fourth Falcon 1 reached orbit in September 2008 carrying a test payload.
Kwajalein Atoll has not hosted a ground-based orbital launch since the last Falcon 1 launch from Omelek Island in 2009.
TriSept bought a SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket in 2005 to send Malaysia’s RazakSat Earth-imaging satellite into orbit in 2009.
The Starship 2019-03-01 vehicle was displayed next to a Falcon 1 first stage at SpaceX’s 2019-09-28 Starship update in Texas.
The Saocom-1A launch was originally scheduled to occur from the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean where SpaceX launched the now-retired Falcon 1.
CONAE signed up for two Falcon 9 launches when SpaceX had only flown the smaller Falcon 1 vehicle.