Editing Falcon 1 (section)

==Variants==

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! width= | Falcon 1 <br>Versions<ref name="SpaceX Falcon1" /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.spacex.com/Falcon1DataSheet.pdf |title=SpaceX Falcon 1 Data Sheet |date=September 28, 2008 |publisher=SpaceX |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001161859/http://www.spacex.com/Falcon1DataSheet.pdf|archive-date=October 1, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.spacex.com/Falcon1UsersGuide.pdf |title=Falcon 1 Users Guide |date=September 28, 2008 |publisher=SpaceX |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226213030/http://www.spacex.com/Falcon1UsersGuide.pdf |archive-date=February 26, 2009 }}</ref>
! width= | Merlin A; <br>2006–2007
! width= | Merlin C; <br>2007–2009
! width= | [[Falcon 1e]] <br>(proposed)
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| '''Stage 1'''
| 1 × [[Merlin (rocket engine)#Merlin 1A|Merlin 1A]]
| 1 × [[Merlin (rocket engine)#Merlin 1C|Merlin 1C]]
| 1 × Merlin 1C
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| '''Stage 2'''
| 1 × [[Kestrel (rocket engine)|Kestrel]]
| 1 × Kestrel
| 1 × Kestrel
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| '''Height'''<br/>(max; m)
|align="right"| 21.3
|align="right"| 22.25
|align="right"| 26.83
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| '''Diameter'''<br/>
|align="right"| 1.7 (5.57743 ft)
|align="right"| 1.7 (5.57743 ft)
|align="right"| 1.7 (5.57743 ft)
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| '''Initial thrust'''<br/>([[newton (unit)|kN]])
|align="right"| 318 (71489.2 lbf)
|align="right"| 343 (77109.5 lbf)
|align="right"| 454 (102063
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| '''Takeoff weight'''<br/>([[tonne]]s)
|align="right"| 27.2
|align="right"| 33.23
|align="right"| 38.56
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| '''Fairing diameter'''<br/>(Inner; m)
|align="right"| 1.5
|align="right"| 1.5
|align="right"| 1.71
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| '''Payload'''<br/>([[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] {{nowrap|185 km}}; kg)
|align="right"| 420<ref>{{cite web | url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau_det/falcon-1-dev.htm | title=Falcon-1 (Development Version)}}</ref>
|align="right"| 470<ref>{{cite web | url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau_det/falcon-1.htm | title=Falcon-1}}</ref><br> (290 to polar)
|align="right"| 1,010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.georing.biz/usefull/Falcon1UsersGuide.pdf |title=Users Guide |publisher=www.georing.biz |date= |accessdate=March 11, 2021}}</ref><br> (430 to polar)
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| '''Price'''<br/>(Mil. [[United States dollar|USD]])
|align="right"| 6.7
|align="right"| 7
|align="right"| 10.9
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| minimal '''Price/kg'''<br/>([[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] {{nowrap|185 km}}; [[United States dollar|USD]])
|align="right"| ~14,000
|align="right"| ~14,000
|align="right"| ~8400 <br>(~20,000 to polar)
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| '''Success ratio'''<br/>(successful/total)
|align="right"| 0/2
|align="right"| 2/3
|align="right"| —
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