
An upgrade from Falcon 9 v1.1, the Falcon 9 v1.2 launch vehicle is a medium-lift launch vehicle that was designed and manufactured by SpaceX in 2015. It first launched in December 2015, on an orbital trajectory to successfully vertically land and be able to recover to the rocket. The main upgrades from v1.2 are better first and second engines and a larger propellant tank.