SpaceX’s first rocket was the Falcon 1, a two-stage liquid-fueled craft designed to send small satellites into Earth orbit. The Falcon 1 was significantly less expensive to build and operate than its competitors partly because of the SpaceX-developed Merlin engine. A Falcon 1 successfully entered Earth orbit for the first time in 2008.
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