FALCON USER’S GUIDE 3 PERFORMANCE AVAILABLE INJECTION ORBITS SpaceX launch services are offered at its Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Kennedy Space Center, and Vandenberg Air Force Base launch sites. Together, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Kennedy Space Center are referred to herein as the Eastern Range. Additional launch facilities are currently under development in South Texas (Section 6). Table 3-1 describes the typical injection orbits available from our operational launch sites. (As other launch sites are activated, this User’s Guide will be updated.) Table 3-1: Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch services Insertion Orbit Inclination Range Vehicle Launch Site(s) Mass Capability LEO 28.5 – 51.6 deg Falcon 9 or Falcon Eastern Range Heavy LEO polar/ 66 – 145 deg Falcon 9 Vandenberg SSO Contact SpaceX GTO Up to 28.5 deg Falcon 9 or Falcon Eastern Range for performance Heavy details GSO Up to 28.5 deg Falcon Heavy Eastern Range Earth escape N/A Falcon 9 or Falcon Vandenberg or Heavy Eastern Range Launch services to a range of low Earth orbits are available, including services to low-inclination orbits through high- inclination and sun-synchronous orbits (SSO). Falcon vehicles can provide either two-burn or direct-inject launch services: two-burn mission profiles optimize vehicle performance, while direct-inject mission profiles offer reduced mission duration and require only a single start of the second-stage engine. LEO missions to a 51.6 deg inclination or lower are flown from the Eastern Range; LEO missions to higher inclinations are flown from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Launch services to inclinations lower than 28.5 deg are available from the Eastern Range, but they incur a performance penalty. Launch services to a range of geosynchronous transfer orbits and other high-altitude orbits are available, including standard GTO, sub-GTO for heavy payloads, and supersynchronous injection. A perigee altitude of 185 km (100 nmi) is baselined for GTO; higher perigee values may be provided with a performance penalty. Currently, all GTO missions are flown from the Eastern Range. Launch services directly into geosynchronous orbit (GSO) are available from Kennedy Space Center via Falcon Heavy. The satellite is placed into a circular orbit directly above or below GSO to allow it to phase into its correct orbital position. Launch services to a range of Earth escape orbits are available. Customers may also utilize a customer-supplied kick- stage to achieve higher escape energy (C3) performance, based on mission requirements. Earth escape missions are typically flown from the Eastern Range. MASS-TO-ORBIT CAPABILITY Mass-to-orbit capabilities for the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy fairing configuration are available upon request. © Space Exploration Technologies Corp. All rights reserved. 10