Falcon 1 | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 05/05/2019

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00:01:24 1 History
00:01:33 1.1 Private funding
00:02:25 1.2 Launches previously planned, but never flown on Falcon 1
00:04:04 2 Design
00:04:55 2.1 First stage
00:06:40 2.2 Second stage
00:07:53 2.3 Reusability
00:08:18 2.4 Launch sequence
00:09:13 3 Pricing
00:11:36 4 Launch sites
00:12:27 5 Variants
00:12:36 6 Launch statistics
00:13:11 7 Launch manifest
00:13:21 7.1 Canceled launches
00:13:30 8 Launches
00:13:40 8.1 First flight
00:16:36 8.2 Second flight
00:21:55 8.3 Third flight
00:24:57 8.4 Fourth flight
00:27:09 8.5 Fifth flight
00:29:22 9 See also



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The Falcon 1 was an expendable launch system privately developed and manufactured by SpaceX during 2006–2009.
On 28 September 2008, Falcon 1 became the first privately-developed liquid-fuel launch vehicle to go into orbit around the Earth.The two-stage-to-orbit rocket used LOX/RP-1 for both stages, the first powered by a single Merlin engine and the second powered by a single Kestrel engine. It was designed by SpaceX from the ground up.
The vehicle was launched a total of five times.  Falcon 1 achieved orbit on its fourth attempt, in September 2008 with a mass simulator as a payload. On 14 July 2009, Falcon 1 made its final flight and successfully delivered the Malaysian RazakSAT satellite to orbit on SpaceX's first commercial launch (fifth launch overall). Following its fifth launch, the Falcon 1 was retired and succeeded by Falcon 9.
SpaceX had announced an enhanced variant, the Falcon 1e, but development was stopped in favor of Falcon 9.