2024年7月12日 · The engine on the upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 malfunctioned during a launch July 11, causing the potential loss of a batch of Starlink satellites.

Falcon 9 is a partially reusable, human-rated, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle [a] designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX. The first Falcon 9 launch was on 4 June 2010, and the first commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched on 8 October 2012. [ 14 ]

2024年9月30日 · SpaceX is investigating a problem with the Falcon 9 rocket's upper stage that caused it to reenter the atmosphere and fall into the sea outside of its intended disposal area after a...

2024年9月29日 · WASHINGTON — SpaceX is suspending launches of its Falcon 9 rocket after a problem with the deorbit burn of the upper stage on a crewed launch Sept. 28, the second upper stage anomaly in...

2024年9月29日 · SpaceX said the Falcon 9 second stage that launched NASA’s Crew 9 mission failed to correctly perform a firing of its Merlin Vacuum engine less than 30 minutes after releasing Dragon...

Falcon 9 Full Thrust (also known as Falcon 9 v1.2) is a partially reusable, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle [a] designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX. It is the third major version of the Falcon 9 family, designed starting in 2014, with its first launch operations in December 2015.

2024年7月12日 · In its first inflight failure since 2015, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket broke apart during the final stage of flight, leaving a batch of Starlink satellites in lower-than-intended orbits and...

2015年7月20日 · WASHINGTON — A strut in an upper stage propellant tank that failed at a fraction of its rated strength is the leading explanation for the June 28 loss of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the...

2024年9月29日 · Washington — SpaceX has announced a temporary suspension of its Falcon 9 rocket launches following a problem encountered during the deorbit burn of the upper stage on a crewed mission on September 28. This incident marks the second anomaly involving the Falcon 9’s upper stage in less than three months.

Falcon 9 is equipped with four hypersonic grid fins positioned at the base of the interstage. They orient the rocket during reentry by moving the center of pressure. The second stage, powered by a single Merlin Vacuum Engine, delivers Falcon 9’s payload to the desired orbit.