Falcon 9 full thrust—also known as
Falcon 9 v1.1 Full Thrust, and earlier as
Falcon 9 v1.2,
Enhanced Falcon 9,
Full-Performance Falcon 9,
Upgraded Falcon 9, and
Falcon 9 Upgrade—is the third major version of the
SpaceX Falcon 9 orbital launch vehicle. Designed in 2014–2015, it began launch operations in December 2015, and has a
large manifest of over 40 launches contracted over the next five years.