Launch Vehicle Payloads: SpaceX
Launch vehicle payload capabilities, fairing envelope dimensions, and spacecraft mechanical/acoustic environment specifications. Covers active and recent vehicles: Falcon 9 (expendable/reusable RTLS/drone), Falcon Heavy (expendable/partial/full recovery), Atlas V (401/551), Vulcan Centaur (VC2S/VC6S), Delta IV Heavy, Ariane 6 (A62/A64), Vega-C, Soyuz-2 (ST-A/ST-B), PSLV-XL, H3 (30S/22L), Long March 5, Long March 3B, Electron (standard/expanded fairing), LauncherOne, New Glenn, and Starship. Per SpaceX Falcon Users Guide 2021, ULA Atlas V Mission Planner's Guide Rev 11a, Arianespace User Manuals, NASA GEVS-STD-7000B.
| launch provider | vehicle config | acoustic oaspl db (dB) | max axial accel g (g) | max lateral accel g (g) | min axial freq hz (Hz) | min lateral freq hz (Hz) | notes | payload gto kg (kg) | payload leo kg (kg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SpaceX | Falcon9_expendable | 142 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 15 | Full thrust Block 5; 200 km 28.5 deg LEO; GTO 1800 m/s; no booster recovery; fairing 5.2 m OD / 4.6 m ID usable / 13.1 m length | 8,300 | 22,800 |
| SpaceX | Falcon9_reusable_RTLS | 142 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 15 | RTLS booster recovery; typical commercial GTO mission | 5,500 | 15,600 |
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