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BR3.2F
Our flagship product is the Bigger Rocket version 3.2 [Fixed]. The BR3.2F is a heavy-lift rocket designed for maximum cost savings to open up spaceflight to a wider market. Key to its design philosophy is Bootstrap Principle #1- no corner spared! This results in a launch system with almost the same performance as its competitors at a fraction of the cost!
This page will detail the design and performance of the BR3.2F as well as compare it to its primary competitors.
The BR3.2F in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)
Overall Metrics
Height: 31.49m
Width: 6.66m
Empty mass: 47.60 tonnes
Loaded mass: 245.05 tonnes
Payload to Low Earth Orbit (LEO): 27 tonnes
Comparison with Competitors
Comparison
Metric
BR3.2F
Falcon 9
Delta IV
Height
31.49m
69.8m
70.7m
Empty Mass
47.60 tonnes
29.5 tonnes
29.5 tonnes
Loaded Mass
245.05 tonnes
549 tonnes
249.5 tonnes
Number of Stages
4
2
2
Total Number of Engines
15
10
2
Payload to LEO
27 tonnes
22.8 tonnes
25.3 tonnes
Launch Success Rate
28/47- 59.6%
439/442- 99.3%
44/45- 97.8%
Cost per Launch
563,000 USD
69.75 million USD
164 million USD
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At less than 1% the cost of our competitors while providing 95% the payload capacity, the BR3.2F is truly in a class of its own. And 59.6% success rate is almost a passing grade!
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Falcon 9 See more
Last edited: Sat, Feb 22, 2025
Falcon 9 is a partially reusable, human-rated, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX. The first Falcon 9 launch was on 4 June 2010, and the first commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched on 8 October 2012. In 2020, it became the first commercial rocket to launch humans to orbit. The Falcon 9 has an exceptional safety record, with 439 successful launches, two in-flight failures, one partial failure and one pre-flight destruction. It is the most-launched American orbital rocket in history.
The rocket has two stages. The first (booster) stage carries the second stage and payload to a predetermined speed and altitude, after which the second stage accelerates the payload to its target orbit. The booster is capable of landing vertically to facilitate reuse. This feat was first achieved on flight 20 in December 2015. As of 18 February 2025, SpaceX has successfully landed Falcon 9 boosters 395 times. Individual boosters have flown as many as 26 flights. Both stages are powered by SpaceX Merlin engines, using cryogenic liquid oxygen and rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) as propellants.
The heaviest payloads flown to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) were Intelsat 35e carrying 6,761 kg (14,905 lb), and Telstar 19V with 7,075 kg (15,598 lb). The former was launched into an advantageous super-synchronous transfer orbit, while the latter went into a lower-energy GTO, with an apogee well below the geostationary altitude. On 24 January 2021, Falcon 9 set a record for the most satellites launched by a single rocket, carrying 143 into orbit.
Falcon 9 is human-rated for transporting NASA astronauts to the ISS, certified for the National Security Space Launch program and the NASA Launch Services Program lists it as a "Category 3" (Low Risk) launch vehicle allowing it to launch the agency's most expensive, important, and complex missions.
Several versions of Falcon 9 have been built and flown: v1.0 flew from 2010 to 2013, v1.1 flew from 2013 to 2016, while v1.2 Full Thrust first launched in 2015, encompassing the Block 5 variant, which has been in operation since May 2018.
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Delta IVSee more
Last edited: Sat, Feb 1, 2025
Delta IV was a group of five expendable launch systems in the Delta rocket family. It flew 45 missions from 2002 to 2024. Originally designed by Boeing's Defense, Space and Security division for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program, the Delta IV became a United Launch Alliance (ULA) product in 2006. The Delta IV was primarily a launch vehicle for United States Air Force (USAF) military payloads, but was also used to launch a number of United States government non-military payloads and a single commercial satellite.
The Delta IV had two main versions which allowed the family to cover a range of payload sizes and masses: the Medium (which had four configurations) and Heavy. The final flight of Medium occurred in 2019. The final flight of Heavy was in April 2024.
Delta IV vehicles were built in the ULA facility in Decatur, Alabama. Final assembly was completed at the launch site by ULA: at the horizontal integration facility for launches from SLC-37B pad at Cape Canaveral and in a similar facility for launches from SLC-6 pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
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Stage 1
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A single SRB-25K booster
Stage 1B
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Stage 1B
Stage 2
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Stage 2
Stage 3
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Stage 3 with aerodynamic fairing
Stage 3 in orbit with a trio of happy customers!
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