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"Partial failures" metric

The summary box still shows only one partial failure (Partial failure(s) 1 (v1.0: CRS-1)[9]), however, another "partial failure" is Transporter 6 mission. Also, Zuma mission's outcome remains unknown, so maybe it is reasonable to have additional metric "outcome unknown"? 207.102.27.181 (talk) 20:15, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@207.102.27.181 King Ali Aljanabi monuiy 2A02:AA7:460F:1129:1:1:1C6B:3E0F (talk) 22:09, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Zuma wasn't a failure of Falcon 9, and I don't know of any issue with Transporter 6. Redacted II (talk) 12:19, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Large specification change without supporting reference

This page previously listed specifications which were the same as those on the Falcon Heavy page, which are at least supported by a (broken) reference link.

These were replaced with substantially different numbers for EG 2nd stage propellant. There appears to be absolutely no citation for the new numbers. (Am I missing something?)

Addtionally, diameter was previously listed correctly as 3.66m, and has now been "improved" to 3.7m.

What is the justification for such a large change to the specifications without support by link to a reference source? MP99 (talk) 12:15, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Supporting this - the ~93t prop figure is for a very old version of F9US according to this:

https://web.archive.org/web/20220406013729/https://www.spacelaunchreport.com/falcon9ft.html MP99 (talk) 19:38, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I came here to post the same link.

ISTM the previous version needs to be reverted, as it is clearly closer to the true values.

Thanks. MP99 (talk) 12:22, 7 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Add A Fact: "California rejects increase in SpaceX launches"

I found a fact that might belong in this article. See the quote below

The Space Force had sought to increase the number of launches of SpaceX’s flagship Falcon 9 rocket from 36 to 50 per year out of California. But on Thursday, the California Coastal Commission denied the bid in a 6-4 vote, pointing to its previous requests for the military and SpaceX to mitigate the disruptive sonic booms caused by the rockets and to keep a closer eye on the operations’ effects on the state’s wildlife.

The fact comes from the following source:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/12/us/spacex-launch-california.html

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TJMSmith (talk) 16:44, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong launch tally

As of November 4 the total launch tally says 390 but shouldn't it be 388? 2010: 2, 2012: 2, 2013: 3, 2014: 6, 2015: 7, 2016: 8, 2017: 18, 2018: 20, 2019: 11, 2020: 26, 2021: 31, 2022: 60, 2023: 91, 2024: 103 (so far)

That's 388 in total. Am I missing something? Lomicto (talk) 01:35, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]