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==== Grasshopper ====
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Grasshopper, the company's first [[VTVL]] test vehicle, consisted of a [[Falcon 9 v1.0]] first-stage tank, a single [[Merlin 1D|Merlin-1D]] engine, and four permanently attached steel landing legs. It stood {{convert|106|ft}} tall.<ref name="satspot20110926">{{cite news |url=http://satellite.tmcnet.com/topics/satellite/articles/222324-spacex-plans-test-reusable-suborbital-vtvl-rocket-texas.htm |title=SpaceX Plans to Test Reusable Suborbital VTVL Rocket in Texas |newspaper=Satellite Spotlight |last=Mohney |first=Doug |date=September 26, 2011 |access-date=November 21, 2013 |archive-date=August 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804024136/http://satellite.tmcnet.com/topics/satellite/articles/222324-spacex-plans-test-reusable-suborbital-vtvl-rocket-texas.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> SpaceX built a {{Convert|0.5|acre|ha|adj=on}} concrete launch facility at its Rocket Development and Test Facility in [[McGregor, Texas]] to support the Grasshopper flight test program.<ref name="sfn20120709">{{cite news |url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1207/10grasshopper/ |title=Reusable rocket prototype almost ready for first liftoff |newspaper=Spaceflight Now |first=Stephen |last=Clark |date=July 9, 2012 |access-date=July 13, 2012 |quote=SpaceX has constructed a half-acre concrete launch facility in McGregor, and the Grasshopper rocket is already standing on the pad, outfitted with four insect-like silver landing legs. |archive-date=May 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521132738/http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1207/10grasshopper/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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