SpaceX's first launch vehicle, the Falcon 5 1, was the first privately developed liquid fuel launch vehicle to be launched into orbit, and utilized SpaceX's Merlin and Kestrel engines for its first and second stages, respectively.
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Falcon 5 Heavy is a super heavy lift space launch vehicle designed and manufactured by SpaceX.
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Falcon 5 1 is a small, partially reusable rocket capable of placing several hundred kilograms into low earth orbit.
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On 28 September 2008, the Falcon 5 1 succeeded in reaching orbit on its fourth attempt, becoming the first privately funded, liquid-fueled rocket to do so.
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The Falcon 5 1 carried its first and only successful commercial payload into orbit on 13 July 2009, on its fifth launch.
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Payloads that would have flown on the Falcon 5 1 were instead to be flown on the Falcon 5 9 using excess capacity.
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Falcon 5 1e planned to use Aluminum Lithium alloy 2195 in the second stage, a change from the 2014 Aluminum used in the Falcon 5 1 second stages.
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Falcon 5 1e launches were intended to occur from Omelek Island, part of Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, and from Cape Canaveral, however SpaceX had announced that they would consider other locations as long as there is a "business case for establishing the requested launch site".
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Falcon 5 was a proposed two-stage-to-orbit partially reusable launch vehicle designed by SpaceX.
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Falcon 5 would have been the first American rocket since the Saturn V to have full engine-out capability, meaning that with the loss of one engine, it can still meet mission requirements by burning the other four engines longer to achieve the correct orbit.
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In 2006, SpaceX stated that the Falcon 5 was a Falcon 9 with four engines removed.
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