FALCON USER’S GUIDE Figure 1-1: SpaceX vehicles are designed for high cross-platform commonality The Falcon family has conducted successful flights to the International Space Station (ISS), low Earth orbit (LEO), highly elliptical orbit (HEO), geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO), and Earth-escape trajectories. A partial flight manifest for the Falcon program can be found at www.spacex.com/missions. Reusability is an integral part of the Falcon program. SpaceX pioneered reusability with the first re-flight of an orbital class rocket in 2017. As of this writing, SpaceX has re-flown rockets more than fifteen times. In 2018, SpaceX had more missions launching with a flight-proven rocket than a first flight rocket. By re-flying boosters, SpaceX increases reliability and improves its designs and procedures by servicing and inspecting hardware as well as incorporating lessons that can only be learned from flight. FALCON LAUNCH VEHICLE SAFETY The Falcon launch vehicles were designed from the beginning to meet NASA human-rated safety margins. We continue to push the limits of rocket technology as we design the safest crew transportation system ever flown while simultaneously advancing toward fully reusable launch vehicles. Our emphasis on safety has led to advancements such as increased structural factors of safety, greater redundancy, and rigorous fault mitigation. Because SpaceX produces one Falcon core vehicle, satellite customers benefit from the high design standards required to safely transport crew. The major safety features are listed in more detail in Table 1-1. © Space Exploration Technologies Corp. All rights reserved. 2