FALCON USER’S GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................1 1 1.1 User’s Guide Purpose ......................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Company Description ......................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Falcon Program Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 1 Falcon Launch Vehicle Safety .......................................................................................................................................... 2 1.5 Falcon Reliability ................................................................................................................................................................. 3 1.5.1 Engines ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 1.5.2 Avionics ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4 1.5.3 Staging Architecture and Design .................................................................................................................................................... 4 1.6 Pricing ................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 2 VEHICLES .............................................................................................................................. 5 Falcon Vehicle Overview .................................................................................................................................................... 5 Falcon Heavy Vehicle Overview ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Structure and Propulsion ................................................................................................................................................... 6 Retention, Release and Separation Systems ................................................................................................................ 8 Avionics, and Guidance, Navigation and Control .......................................................................................................... 8 Coordinate Frame ............................................................................................................................................................... 8 3 PERFORMANCE ................................................................................................................. 10 Available Injection Orbits ................................................................................................................................................. 10 Mass-to-Orbit Capability .................................................................................................................................................. 10 Mass Properties ................................................................................................................................................................ 11 Launch Windows ............................................................................................................................................................... 12 Flight Attitude .................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Separation Attitude and Accuracy ................................................................................................................................. 12 Multiple Payloads .............................................................................................................................................................. 13 Secondary Payloads ......................................................................................................................................................... 13 4 ENVIRONMENTS ................................................................................................................ 14 Transportation Environments ......................................................................................................................................... 14 Temperature, Humidity and Cleanliness ...................................................................................................................... 14 Flight Environments ......................................................................................................................................................... 15 4.3.1 Loads ..................................................................................................................................................................................................15 4.3.2 Sine Vibration ....................................................................................................................................................................................17 4.3.3 Acoustic 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