SpaceX Falcon Launch Vehicle Flight History Page 1 of 1: List by Variant/Year (2000-2009) and List of Failures L(F) = Number of Launches(Number of Failures) Falcon 1 Falcon 1e Falcon 9 Total Year L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) --------------------------------------------------------------- 2000 - - - - - 2001 - - - - - 2002 - - - - - 2003 - - - - - 2004 - - - - - 2005 - - - - - 2006 1(1) - - - 1(1) 2007 1(1) - - - 1(1) 2008 2(1) - - - 2(1) 2009 1(0) - - - 1(0) [1] --------------------------------------------------------------- Falcon 1 Falcon 1e Falcon 9 Total L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) --------------------------------------------------------------- Suborb - - - - - Orbit 5(3) - - - 5(3) Total 5(3) - - - 5(3) --------------------------------------------------------------- Footnotes: Does not include first Falcon 1 flight article, which was heavily damaged and/or destroyed during on-pad testing accidents prior to the first launch. The first stage tank buckled due to a pressurization failure and the second stage developed a fuel leak. The first launch attempt was ultimately performed by the second Falcon 1 flight article. [1] Flight 5, 1st "live" operational commercial payload Comprehensive Falcon Failure List Date Vehicle ID Site Payload Failure Description Result# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03/24/06 Falcon 1 F1-2 KW TacSat 1 1st stg engine fuel leak and (FTO) fire, shutdown at T+29 sec 03/21/07 Falcon 1 F1-3 KW Demo 2 Control loss 2m10s into the (FTO) 2nd stg burn. LOX slosh due contact during 1/2 staging. 08/03/08 Falcon 1 F1-4 KW Jumpstart Stg 1 recontact Stg 2 (FTO) PreSat due unexpected Merlin 1C Nanosail residual thrust. 1st flight of Merlin 1C. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # FTO: Failed to Orbit (EEO): Unintended Eliptical Earth Orbit (GTO): Unintended Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (LEO): Unintended/Improper Low Earth Orbit (FSO): Failed Suborbital "KW": Omelek Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of Marshall Islands SpaceX Web Site "http://www.spacex.com" Jonathan's Space Report Launch Vehicle Database "http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/index.html" Encylopedia Astronautica "http://www.astronautix.com/" Gunter's Space Page "http://www.skyrocket.de/space" Last Update 01/08/2010 by Ed Kyle