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Space Forum / Shuttle / April 2008Falcon 9 data updated
http://www.spacex.com/falcon9.php Includes a "Data Sheet", but still no Payload Users Guide. Payload has gone up to 11, 290kg from 9,900kg. Still no dimensions or weights for the Dragon though. {|-\ > http://www.spacex.com/falcon9.php Includes a "Data Sheet", but still no > Payload Users Guide. > > Payload has gone up to 11, 290kg from 9,900kg. > > Still no dimensions or weights for the Dragon though. {|-\ Sorry; meant to add that the F9H will have a payload of 29,610kg LEO. Interesting.... > http://www.spacex.com/falcon9.php Includes a "Data Sheet", but still > no Payload Users Guide. > > Payload has gone up to 11, 290kg from 9,900kg. Note the Merlin 1e engine thrust is up to 125 Klbs/sea level. This has resulted in the stretched Falcon 1e, which has about double the payload and certainly hasn't hurt the Falcon 9 performance. :) The Falcon 9 Neavy will be over 3.3 million lbs/thrust on 27(!) of those engines. That'll be a serious show at liftoff. Wonder how much the Merlin can be uprated before SpaceX has to go to a clean sheet? SpaceX is planning a very much larger engine in the F-1 class at some time in the future. A 200 Klbs engine could greatly simplify the Falcon 9 to a Falcon 5 with no loss of performance. USAF and Aerojet are discussing accelerated development of an all-new reusable staged-combustion hydrocarbon engine to replace the RD-180 (but they've always been talking about such an engine-- little significant hardware development has resulted). http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=busav&id =news/REUSE04108.xml&show=us --Damon > > http://www.spacex.com/falcon9.php Includes a "Data Sheet", but still > > no Payload Users Guide. [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > --Damon It's going to get interesting for companies like Boeing and LocMart too - their launch vehicles are going to be too expensive for anyone to use. If Falcon 9 and F9H can show their reliability and demonstrate low costs, then the Big Two will have to get their fingers out and design new launch vehicles in a similar manner to F9/F9H. There's no reason why the guvmnt couldn't use the SpaceX LV's to launch classified projects and space probes. I'm starting to look very favourably towards SpaceX; I think they've got the right vehicles at the right time. I agree with you that it would be good to get a more powerful engine than the Merlin on the F9/F9H, but SpaceX claim 'engine-out-at-launch' capability that might affect reliability if there were fewer engines. The next two or three years will be very interesting; very interesting indeed! :-) > > >http://www.spacex.com/falcon9.phpIncludes a "Data Sheet", but still > > > no Payload Users Guide. [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > the Big Two will have to get their fingers out and design new launch > vehicles in a similar manner to F9/F9H. There is no need to redesign the Atlas and Delta. Spacex's costs will rise to meet ULA's when they find how many manhours it takes to maintain >96% launch success rate. > http://www.spacex.com/falcon9.phpIncludes a "Data Sheet", but still no > Payload Users Guide. > > Payload has gone up to 11, 290kg from 9,900kg. It says for the block II |
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