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Falcon 9

First flight

2010-06-04

Country

United States

Company

SpaceX

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit.

Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

Timezone

America/Los_Angeles

Coordinates

34.6321, -120.6108

Launch record

27 successes / 28 attempts

SpaceX's primary west coast launch pad for polar orbits and sun-synchronous orbits, primarily used for Iridium NEXT and scientific satellite launches. The pad was used for the debut of Falcon 9 v1.1 in the rocket's first ever non-dragon mission, CASSIOPE, in September 2013. It is SpaceX's only remaining pad with the old-style transporter/erector, which reclines prior to launch instead of using a throwback procedure. It is also capable of launching Falcon Heavy (although some pad modifications would be needed, but no west coast Falcon Heavy missions are currently planned).