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76-492: A Falcon 9 first-stage booster is a reusable rocket booster used on the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy orbital launch vehicles manufactured by SpaceX . The manufacture of first-stage booster constitutes about 60% of the launch price of a single expended Falcon 9 (and three of them over 80% of the launch price of an expended Falcon Heavy), which led SpaceX to develop a program dedicated to recovery and reuse of these boosters for

152-556: A 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53.2°. B1058 launched from LC-39A and landed successfully on the ASOG droneship. A regular East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53.2°. B1058 launched from SLC-40 and landed successfully on the JRTI droneship. B1058 launched a regular East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53.2°. Bluewalker-3

228-424: A Starlink mission, it became the first to complete fourteen launches and landings to become the fleet leader. With another 5 Starlink missions, B1058 achieved 15, 16, 17, 18 & 19 launches and landings, the first to do so. B1062 is the current fleet leader, having achieved the first 20th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd flight of a booster while being closely matched by B1061 and B1067 . Amongst all B5 boosters, B1058 holds

304-612: A controlled landing in the ocean instead of the planned ground pad landing. No future flights for B1050 were planned, and it was scrapped due to its damage. B1051 was the sixth Falcon 9 Block 5 booster built. On its maiden flight on 2 March 2019, it carried a Crew Dragon into orbit on the Demo-1 mission. It then flew its second mission out of Vandenberg AFB launching the Radarsat constellation. It then flew 4 Starlink missions and launched SXM-7, totaling 5 flights in 2020 alone, and becoming

380-450: A new record using the same booster for the 19th time. It was the last flight of B1058. B1058 launched from SLC-40 and landed successfully on the JRTI droneship. Despite successfully landing after its nineteenth flight, B1058 tipped over during transit due to rough seas and high winds. SpaceX has already equipped newer Falcon boosters with upgraded landing legs that have the capability to self-level and mitigate this type of issue. This

456-483: A polar orbit and 2 of 15 payloads remained attached to SHERPA-FX1 . Exolaunch deployed several small satellites and cubesats via their own deployment mechanisms. First flight of a Falcon 9 with a SHERPA-FX transfer stage called SHERPA-FX1. B1058 launched from SLC-40 and landed successfully on the OCISLY droneship. B1058 launched the twentieth operational launch of Starlink satellites, again 60 in number, bringing

532-592: A record turnaround of 27 days and 8 hours. For its 19 flights, it held the Guinness World Record of most missions flown by a rocket first stage, until B1062 surpassed it by completing its 20th flight on 13 April 2024. B1058 entered service on May 30, 2020 launching Demo-2 from LC-39A to the International Space Station with astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley . It was the first crewed orbital spaceflight launched from

608-411: A regular East Coast v2 mini Starlink launch to their Generation 2 network. B1058 was the first booster to launch and land 16 times, pushing the envelope and surpassing its previous record, which was 15 flights. B1058 launched from SLC-40 and landed successfully on the JRTI droneship. B1058 launched another East Coast v2 mini Starlink launch to their Generation 2 network. SpaceX set a new record using

684-720: A second time by late 2020, with several having been flown a third time as well. In late 2020, Rocket Lab guided the booster of their Electron rocket for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean with a parafoil after launching the Return to Sender mission , as part of a program to catch the booster with a helicopter and reuse it on later missions. Rocket boosters used on aircraft are known as jet-assisted take-off (JATO) rockets. Various missiles also use solid rocket boosters. Examples are: Falcon 9 B1058 While in service, B1058 had an average turnaround time of 72 days with

760-516: A significant decrease in launch costs. After multiple attempts, some as early as 2010, at controlling the re-entry of the first stage after its separation from the second stage, the first successful controlled landing of a first stage occurred on 22 December 2015, on the first flight of the Full Thrust version. Since then, Falcon 9 first-stage boosters have been landed and recovered 376 times out of 388 attempts, including synchronized recoveries of

836-747: A single Merlin-1D engine" with a height of 32 m (105 ft). The booster used for Grasshopper had the serial number 0002. Grasshopper began flight testing in September 2012 with a brief, three-second hop, followed by a second hop in November 2012 with an 8-second flight that took the testbed approximately 5.4 m (18 ft) off the ground, and a third flight in December 2012 of 29 seconds duration, with extended hover under rocket engine power, in which it ascended to an altitude of 40 m (130 ft) before descending under rocket power to come to

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912-496: A successful vertical landing. Grasshopper made its eighth, and final, test flight on 7 October 2013, flying to an altitude of 744 m (2,441 ft) before making its eighth successful vertical landing . Grasshopper is retired. Falcon 9 B1019 was the first Full Thrust booster, and was first launched on 22 December 2015 for Falcon 9 flight 20 and landed on the Landing Zone 1 (LZ‑1) at Cape Canaveral. It became

988-556: A total of 14 second flights of these variants. The boosters were either retired or expended after that second launch. Boosters B1023 and B1025 were originally Falcon 9 boosters which were converted to Falcon Heavy side boosters for the Falcon Heavy test flight . There are three booster types: Falcon 9 (F9), Falcon Heavy core (FH core) boosters, and Falcon Heavy side (FH side) boosters. Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy side boosters are reconfigurable to each other. A Falcon Heavy core booster

1064-443: Is a rocket (or rocket engine ) used either in the first stage of a multistage launch vehicle or in parallel with longer-burning sustainer rockets to augment the space vehicle 's takeoff thrust and payload capability. Boosters are traditionally necessary to launch spacecraft into low Earth orbit (absent a single-stage-to-orbit design), and are especially important for a space vehicle to go beyond Earth orbit. The booster

1140-528: Is a rideshare mission launched to 513 km altitude 53° inclination. In addition to this, the 2nd stage first executed two burns to deploy the Bluewalker ;3, followed by executing two more burns to deploy the Starlinks to a 330 km altitude 53.2° inclination orbit, concluding with deorbit burn, which made it one of the most complex F9 missions up to date. On 11 September 2022, it flew for

1216-527: Is dropped to fall back to Earth once its fuel is expended, a point known as booster engine cut-off (BECO). Following booster separation , the rest of the launch vehicle continues flight with its core or upper-stage engines. The booster may be recovered, refurbished and reused, as was the case of the steel casings used for the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters . The SM-65 Atlas rocket used three engines, one of which

1292-528: Is likely either technical demonstration, communications, earth observation or signals intelligence. In 2020, SpaceX had won a US$ 149 million contract for developing and launching missile tracking satellites based on the Starlink architecture. B1058 launched from SLC-40 and landed successfully on SpaceX Landing Zone 1 . The eleventh mission of B1058 was the first Group 4 mission to feature 2 upper stage burns like v1.0 Starlink launches, with deployment of

1368-622: Is limited to the Full Thrust versions as previous versions were never recovered intact. The entries for Block 5 include active boosters that can make additional flights in the future. Blocks 1–3 made 27 flights with 18 boosters (1.5 flights per booster), Block 4 made 12 flights with 7 boosters (1.7 flights per booster). As of 27 November 2024, Block 5 made 348 flights with 28 boosters (12.4 flights per booster) with Falcon 9. This chart shows how many boosters have had N flights, and their status: whether they are still active, expended (i.e. no attempt

1444-405: Is manufactured with structural supports for the side boosters and cannot be converted to a Falcon 9 booster or Falcon Heavy side booster. The interstage mounting hardware was changed after B1056. The newer interstage design features fewer pins holding the interstage on, reducing the amount of work needed to convert a Falcon 9 booster to a Falcon Heavy side booster. Block 5 is the latest iteration of

1520-470: Is the only booster to land on all of SpaceX's different landing zones and drone ships (not including LZ-2). It was expended on the ESA Hera launch on 7 October 2024. Booster 1061 flew a total of 23 flights, making it tied with B1062 for the oldest Falcon 9 booster. Falcon 9 B1062 launched Inspiration4 in 2021, operated by SpaceX on behalf of Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Isaacman . The mission launched

1596-604: The ANASIS-II payload, a military satellite for South Korea. This booster launched at SLC-40 towards a GTO orbit and landed successfully at the Just Read the Instructions droneship. Both fairing halves were recovered for the first time, and B1058 set a new turnaround record which was just 51 days. B1058 made its third flight from LC-39A on October 6, 2020 carrying 60 Starlink satellites to Low Earth orbit . This

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1672-536: The Canadarm 2 to help berth it to a US-derived module, but B1058 was flying the independent version of Dragon, which means that it could dock without the use of a robotic arm. B1058 completed a partial boost-back burn towards the Of Course I Still Love You drone ship, 8 minutes after launch. SpaceX announced that it would begin launching small satellites using its smallsat rideshare program, Transporter. B1058

1748-838: The Crew Dragon Resilience on 16 September 2021 at 00:02:56 UTC from the Florida Kennedy Space Center 's Launch Complex 39A atop a Falcon 9 launch vehicle , placed the Dragon capsule into low Earth orbit , and ended successfully on 18 September 2021 at 23:06:49 UTC, when the Resilience splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean. B1062 held the record for the fastest booster turnaround time at 21 days and 4 hours between 8 April 2022 (Axiom-1) and 29 April 2022 (Starlink Group 4–16) beating

1824-411: The OCISLY droneship. First East Coast Starlink launch after the v1.0 L28 launch which completed the first shell of the Starlink network located at 540 km altitude. Fairing "wet recovery" was attempted by SpaceX multipurpose ship, Bob for the first time, and both fairing halves were retrieved from water. B1058 launched from SLC-40 and landed successfully on the JRTI droneship. B1058 launched

1900-611: The R-7 rocket family in 1980. The Falcon 9 has evolved through several versions: v1.0 was launched five times from 2010 to 2013, v1.1 launched 15 times from 2013 to 2016, Full Thrust launched 36 times from 2015 to 2015. The most recent version, Block 5, was introduced in May 2018. With each iteration, the Falcon 9 has become more powerful and capable of vertical landing. As vertical landings became more commonplace, SpaceX focused on streamlining

1976-668: The 14th time and became the first booster to be recovered 14 times. B1058 launched from LC-39A and landed successfully on the ASOG droneship. On another record breaking 15th flight for the first time for SpaceX, B1058 launched a regular East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53.2°. B1058 launched from LC-39A and landed successfully on the JRTI droneship. Until then, Block 5 boosters were only certified for 15 launches. A "deep-dive" examination has been performed on B1058 and B1060 after their 15th flight, and SpaceX certified Falcon 9 boosters for 20 missions. On 10 July 2023, B1058 launched

2052-459: The 46 satellites approximately 1 hour after lift-off into a higher circular orbit. This is aimed at reducing the risk of high drag that caused 38 of the Group 4–7 satellites to fail reaching their intended orbits, and instead, reenter shortly after launch. B1058 launched from SLC-40 and landed successfully on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship. A regular East Coast Starlink network launch to

2128-497: The Falcon 9 Block 5 version. A total of 352 re-flights of first stage boosters have all successfully launched their second stages and, all but one, their payloads. This chart displays the turnaround time, in days, between two flights of each booster. As of 25 November 2024, the shortest turnaround time was 14 days, for the thirteenth flight of B1080. Boosters that are still likely to be re-used (active fleet) are highlighted in bold. This chart lists how often boosters were flown. It

2204-402: The Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy boosters. Changes include a stronger heat shield , upgraded engines, new carbon composite sections (landing legs, engine sections, raceways , RCS thrusters and interstage), retractable landing legs, titanium grid fins, and other additions that simplify refurbishment and allow for easier reusability. Block 5 boosters were initially certified for 10 launches which

2280-511: The Falcon 9 family have been launched 415 times over 14 years, resulting in 412 full successes ( 99.28%), two in-flight failures ( SpaceX CRS-7 and Starlink Group 9–3), and one partial success ( SpaceX CRS-1 , which delivered its cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), but a secondary payload was stranded in a lower-than-planned orbit). Additionally, one rocket and its payload ( AMOS-6 ) were destroyed before launch in preparation for an on-pad static fire test. The active version of

2356-538: The United States since the final Space Shuttle mission, and the first crewed flight test of Dragon 2 . This was the first time US astronauts launched using a privately-owned rocket and the first US crewed mission to the ISS in 9 years. B1058 landed aboard the autonomous spaceport drone ship Of Course I Still Love You approximately eight and a half minutes after launch. On July 20, 2020, B1058 launched again with

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2432-521: The booster launched IM-1 on 15 February 2024. This was its eighteenth mission. Falcon 9 B1061 first launched Crew-1 to the ISS on 16 November 2020, the first operational flight of Crew Dragon, and landed on a drone ship. It became the first booster to fly crew twice as well as the first reused booster to fly crew as a part of the Crew-2 mission. This first stage went on to complete additional missions. B1061

2508-735: The booster, droneship and the Octagrabber robot being heavily damaged in transit. It took months for SpaceX to refurbish B1069, returning into service only on Group 4-23 mission in August 2022. On its next flight for Eutelsat Hotbird 13F , B1069 included a hosted promotional payload by FIFA , that was a box powered by Starlink containing two Adidas Al Rihla (the Journey) balls, that were to be used in 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar . These match balls were launched and brought back by landing on

2584-433: The capability to self-level and mitigate this type of issue. B1060 first flew on 30 June 2020, a month after Demo-2. Further missions it supported include launches of Starlink v1, v1.5 and v2 Mini, two Transporter ridesharing missions, and three large commercial satellites. After becoming the senior active rocket for SpaceX on 25 December 2023, it was assigned to what would become the first successful commercial Lunar landing:

2660-559: The drone-ship surviving the stresses of re-entry. Later, they were taken out and shipped back to Qatar for the World Cup. This was the first payload on a Falcon 9 booster itself and demonstrated the reusability. The balls' flight by SpaceX was, in part, a promotion for the company's Starlink satellite internet service. An associated website invited World Cup attendees to visit the Starlink office in Doha. Booster (rocketry) A booster

2736-422: The droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas during the Starlink 8-6 mission. Falcon 9 B1069 launched SpaceX CRS-24 to ISS in December 2021 for NASA . SpaceX achieved the feat of 100 successful orbital rocket booster landings in this mission, coinciding with the sixth anniversary of its first booster landing. The rough seas led to the Octagrabber robot not being able to secure the booster to the deck, leading to both

2812-401: The eighth Iridium NEXT batch, and eight internal Starlink batches. B1049 was seen with its landing legs and grid fins removed indicating that it would be expended on its next flight. The final flight of B1049 was originally thought to be O3b mPower 4-6 but a regrouping of the launches meant that an expendable booster was no longer required. It was then planned that B1049's last flight would be

2888-412: The failure of the static test fire of Crew Dragon C204's Super-Draco abort engines on LZ-1, it landed on a drone ship instead. It flew three more times. On 17 February 2020, B1056 was planned to perform the 50th orbital-class rocket landing, just 27 days after its previous launch. The booster soft-landed in the Atlantic Ocean and was severely damaged after launching Starlink satellites into orbit, becoming

2964-473: The first Falcon 9 to launch a commercial payload on its seventh flight. On 18 December 2021, it flew for a record 11th time. It was the first booster to be used eight, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve times respectively. It flew for the final time on 12 November 2022 for the Intelsat G-31/G-32 mission, and was expended. B1056 first launched on 4 May 2019, carrying a Cargo Dragon to the ISS. Because of

3040-431: The first after B1019 to do so. The mission carried a new docking adapter specifically designed for autonomous spacecraft to the ISS in preparation for Dragon 2 resupply and Commercial Crew missions. B1023 and B1025 were assigned the role of side boosters for the Falcon Heavy test flight in 2017, after which they underwent separate static fire tests. The boosters were mated to a newly built Falcon Heavy core, B1033, for

3116-480: The first booster to fly and land for the 15th time. On 10 July 2023, it broke the reusability record of flying and landing an orbital-class rocket booster for the 16th time and later went on to be the first to complete 17, 18, and 19 launches in the same year. Despite the successful landing in its nineteenth flight, the booster tipped over during transit due to rough seas and high winds. SpaceX has already equipped newer Falcon boosters with upgraded landing legs that have

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3192-406: The first crewed flight test of Dragon 2 . It was the first crewed orbital spaceflight by a private company. The booster was the first and only Falcon 9 booster to feature NASA's worm logo and meatball insignia , which was reintroduced after last being used in 1992. On 11 September 2022, it flew for the 14th time and became the first booster to be recovered 14 times. On 17 December 2022, it was also

3268-404: The first flight-proven Block 5 booster to fail landing. Falcon 9 B1058 was first launched on 30 May 2020, from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ( Apollo 11 launch site). It carried NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the International Space Station . It was the first crewed orbital spaceflight launched from the United States since the final Space Shuttle mission, and

3344-420: The first orbital-class rocket booster to perform a successful return to launch site and vertical landing . SpaceX decided not to fly the booster again. Rather, the rocket was moved a few miles north, refurbished by SpaceX at the adjacent Kennedy Space Center , to conduct a static fire test. This test aimed to assess the health of the recovered booster and the capability of this rocket design to fly repeatedly in

3420-425: The first time that the same orbital-class booster flew three times. Its fourth and last mission launched a Crew Dragon capsule up to the point of maximum dynamic pressure , where it separated from the rocket to test its abort system in flight to validate the system's safety for crews. After separation of Falcon and Dragon, B1046 was compromised by aerodynamic forces. B1048 was the third Falcon 9 Block 5 to fly and

3496-497: The flight. The maiden flight of Falcon Heavy on 6 February 2018 launched SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster and a dummy astronaut into a Mars-crossing heliocentric orbit. The boosters successfully separated from the core and performed synchronized landings on LZ-1 and LZ-2. B1023 is on display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in its Falcon Heavy side booster configuration. B1046

3572-430: The future are marked with an asterisk. Single flights are marked with vertical lines. A short white gap indicates conversion between Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy side formats. For boosters having performed several launches, colored bars indicate the turnaround time for each flight. Most Falcon Heavy flights include landing of two side boosters onshore at the same time: Grasshopper consisted of "a Falcon 9 first-stage tank,

3648-565: The future. The historic booster is on display outside SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California . Falcon 9 B1021 was the first booster to be re-flown and the first to land on a droneship. It was first launched on 8 April 2016 carrying a Dragon spacecraft and Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) on the SpaceX CRS-8 mission and landed on an autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS). After recovery, inspections and refurbishing, it

3724-481: The launch of Nilesat-301 however, those plans changed and the mission was flown with a recoverable booster (B1062.7). B1049 flew the Eutelsat-10B communications satellite with a Test/Spare Block 4 interstage on November 22, 2022. This mission was its last flight. B1050 launched for the first time on 5 December 2018. A grid fin malfunction occurred shortly after the entry burn, resulting in the booster performing

3800-588: The number 1 standing for first-stage booster. SpaceX attempted parachute of the Falcon 9 v1.0 first stage on flights 1 and 2, however on both attempts the boosters disintegrated on re-entry, and the plans were abandoned in favor of propulsive landings. Boosters B0002 ( Grasshopper ) and B1002 ( F9R Dev1 ) were modified to make short propulsive hops at test sites to demonstrate landing technologies, and were not used on orbital missions. Three boosters successfully made soft ocean touchdowns on orbital flights but were not recovered. Falcon 9 Full Thrust (version 1.2 / Block 3)

3876-644: The previous record of 27 days and 6 hours held by B1060. This was the first time a booster had flown twice in the same calendar month. According to the SpaceX webcast of the Starlink Group 4-16 mission, the booster spent just nine days in refurbishment. This record withstood until B1080 broke it by launching within 14 days between 11-24 November 2024. This booster was the first booster to achieve 20 launches and landings. This booster completed 22 successful launch and landings, before tipping over on its 23rd landing on

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3952-516: The record for most spacecraft (869) launched to orbit and while the record for most spacecraft mass launched to orbit by a single booster is held by B1062 (313,000 kg (690,000 lb)). B1063 is currently the oldest surviving booster in the Falcon 9 fleet. As of 15 October 2024, SpaceX has put into service a total of 43 new B5 boosters, of which 27 have been destroyed (19 have been expended, six have been lost due to failed landings, and two have been lost during recovery). Rockets from

4028-433: The refurbishment process for boosters, making it faster and more cost-effective. The Falcon Heavy derivative is a heavy-lift launch vehicle composed of three Falcon 9 first-stage boosters. The central core is reinforced, while the side boosters feature aerodynamic nosecone instead of the usual interstage . Falcon 9 first-stage boosters landed successfully in 376 of 388 attempts ( 96.9%), with 351 out of 356 ( 98.6%) for

4104-508: The reliability of the rocket due to redundancy of the engines. With reduced thrust, B1048 was unable to sufficiently slow down its descent, and thus was unable to land. B1049 was the oldest Falcon 9 booster on active duty until its last flight on Nov 22, 2022, after which this title went to B1052. It was the first to successfully launch and land six, then seven times, and the second to launch and land eight, nine, and then ten times respectively. It launched two commercial payloads, Telstar 18V and

4180-495: The rocket, the Falcon 9 Block 5 , has flown 346 times successfully. In 2022, the Falcon 9 set a new record with 60 successful launches by the same launch vehicle type in a calendar year. This surpassed the previous record held by Soyuz-U , which had 47 launches (45 successful) in 1979. In 2023, the Falcon family of rockets (including the Falcon Heavy) had 96 successful launches, surpassing the 63 launches (61 successful) of

4256-452: The same booster for the 17th time. B1058 launched from SLC-40 and landed successfully on the ASOG droneship. B1058 launched another East Coast v2 mini Starlink launch to their Generation 2 network. SpaceX set a new record using the same booster for the 18th time. B1058 launched from SLC-40 and landed successfully on the ASOG droneship. B1058 launched another East Coast v2 mini Starlink launch to their Generation 2 network. SpaceX set

4332-573: The second Block 5 booster to re-fly, and the first booster ever to be launched four, then five times. During the last launch, an engine shut down seconds before the planned shutdown, becoming only the second time a Merlin engine failed since the failure during the SpaceX CRS-1 in October 2012. The primary mission was unaffected and the Starlink payload deployed successfully, further confirming

4408-539: The second stage and the payload, the booster returns to launch site or flies to a drone ship and lands vertically . After landing multiple boosters both on land and on drone ships in 2015–2016, a landed stage was first reflown in March 2017: Rocket core B1021 that had been used to launch a re-supply mission to the ISS when new in April 2016 was subsequently used to launch the satellite SES-10 in March 2017. The program

4484-514: The side-boosters of most Falcon Heavy flights. In total 43 recovered boosters have been refurbished and subsequently flown at least a second time, with a record of 23 missions and landings carried by a single booster. SpaceX intentionally limited Block 3 and Block 4 boosters to flying only two missions each, but the company indicated in 2018 that they expected the Block 5 versions to achieve ten flights, each with only minor refurbishment. This milestone

4560-550: The third dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to Sun-synchronous orbit. A total of 105 payloads including: Planet Labs SuperDoves (×44), and some of the customer payloads on SpaceFlight's SXRS-6 mission. In addition, four secret satellites, likely test satellites built by SpaceX based on the Starshield bus (based on Starlink Block v1.5 or v2.0 technology), were also deployed for the US army. Their purpose has not been revealed, but

4636-523: The third orbital-class rocket to land on a droneship after launching Thaicom 8 into a geostationary transfer orbit on 27 May 2016. It was an unusually hard landing that crushed the energy absorbers on at least one of the landing legs, causing the booster to "walk" across the droneship and lean over, but the rocket arrived safely at Port Canaveral. B1025 successfully launched the CRS-9 resupply mission on its maiden flight on 18 July 2016 and landed on LZ-1, being

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4712-457: The total to 1,265 (including prototypes) launched Starlink satellites. B1058 launched from SLC-40 and landed successfully on the JRTI droneship. B1058 launched the 23rd operational launch of Starlink satellites, bringing the total to 1,385 launched Starlink satellites (including prototype). This launch featured the fastest for B1058 and second fastest overall booster turnaround time at 27 days and 8 hours (after Starlink 18 with B1060.5, which

4788-405: Was 4 hours faster). B1058 launched from SLC-40 and landed successfully on the OCISLY droneship. Rideshare launch with a targeted orbit at 569x582, significantly higher than typical Starlink launches, to allow for needs of the rideshare payloads. Fairing "wet recovery" done by contracted recovery vessel Shelia Bordelon for the last time. B1058 launched from LC-39A and landed successfully on

4864-442: Was B1058's first mission for Starlink. About eight minutes after launch, B1058 landed on Of Course I Still Love You – completing its mission. Also, by completing this launch, B1058 had achieved the shortest time it had reached 3 flights, clocking in at 129 days, beating B1046 by 77 days. B1058 carried SpaceX CRS-21 and the first cargo Dragon 2 from LC-39A to the International Space Station . The old SpaceX Dragon 1 needed

4940-660: Was first achieved by Booster B1051 on the Starlink-27 mission in 2021. The limit has been extended several times, and individual boosters have flown as many as 23 flights. All boosters in Block 4 and earlier have been retired, expended, or lost. The last flight of a Block 4 booster was in June 2018. Since then all boosters in the active fleet are Block 5. Booster names are a B followed by a four-digit number. The first Falcon 9 version, v1.0, had boosters B0001 to B0007. All following boosters were numbered sequentially starting at B1001,

5016-480: Was fixed to the fuel tank, and two of which were mounted on a skirt which dropped away at BECO. This was used as an Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM); to launch the crewed Project Mercury capsule into orbit; and as the first stage of the Atlas-Agena and Atlas-Centaur launch vehicles. Several launch vehicles, including GSLV Mark III and Titan IV , employ strap-on boosters. NASA 's Space Shuttle

5092-446: Was increased to 15. A "deep-dive" examination has been performed on Falcon 9 B1058 and B1060 after their 15th flight, and SpaceX certified Falcon 9 boosters for 20 missions. SpaceX has further increased the Falcon re-flight certification to 40 flights per booster, since 20 flights of some boosters are reached. B1058 , first launched on 30 May 2020 ( Crew Dragon Demo-2 ), was the only booster with NASA logos. On 11 September 2022, during

5168-548: Was intended to reduce launch prices significantly, and by 2018, SpaceX had reduced launch prices on a flight-proven boosters to US$ 50 million , the lowest price in the industry for medium-lift launch services. By August 2019, the recovery and reuse of Falcon 9 boosters had become routine, with booster landings/recovery being attempted on more than 90 percent of all SpaceX flights, and successful landings and recoveries occurring 65 times out of 75 attempts. In total 25 recovered boosters have been refurbished and subsequently flown

5244-643: Was launched a second time on 7 August 2018, carrying the Telkom-4 (Merah Putih) satellite. The Telkom-4 mission marked the first time an orbital-class rocket booster launched two GTO missions. This was also the first re-flight of a Block 5 booster. Four months after the Telkom-4 mission, B1046 arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base to support the SSO-A mission. Following delays for additional satellite checks, liftoff occurred from SLC-4E on 3 December 2018. This marked

5320-629: Was launched again on 30 March 2017 for the SES-10 mission and recovered successfully a second time. This event marks a milestone in SpaceX's drive to develop reusable rockets and reduce launch costs. Following the second flight, SpaceX stated that they plan to retire this booster and donate it to Cape Canaveral for public display. It was later put on public display outside Dish Network 's headquarters in Littleton, Colorado in October 2023. B1023 became

5396-477: Was made to recover) or destroyed (i.e. recovery of the booster failed). The booster expended after 1 use was B1054, (GPS III SV01 to MEO, Dec 2018). The three boosters destroyed on their first flight include two FH cores : B1055 (fell off ship, Apr 2019) and B1057 (ADS landing fail, June 2019). This timeline displays all launches of Falcon 9 boosters starting with the first launch of Full Thrust. Active boosters that are expected to make additional flights in

5472-485: Was the first Block 5, the final version of the SpaceX Falcon 9. It was first launched on 11 May 2018, carrying Bangabandhu-1 , Bangladesh's first geostationary communications satellite. This marked the 54th flight of the Falcon 9 and the first flight of the Falcon 9 Block 5 . After completing a successful ascent, B1046 landed on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You . After inspection and refurbishment, B1046

5548-612: Was the first crewed vehicle to use strap-on boosters. Launch vehicles like Delta IV Heavy and Falcon Heavy employ strap-on liquid rocket boosters . The booster casings for the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters were recovered and refurbished for reuse from 1981 to 2011 as part of the Space Shuttle program . In a new development program initiated in 2011, SpaceX developed reusable first stages of their Falcon 9 rocket . After launching

5624-688: Was the first to service this type of mission targeting a 525 km (326 mi) altitude Sun-synchronous orbit . The launch deployed a record 143 satellites, consisting of 120 CubeSats , 11 microsatellites , 10 Starlinks , and 2 transfer stages. In addition, 2 hosted payloads and 1 non-separating dummy satellite were launched. By this launch, SpaceX broke the record held by India, which launched 104 satellites in 2017. These include SpaceBEE (x 36), Lemur-2 (x 8), ICEYE (x 3), UVSQ-SAT, ELaNa 35 ( PTD-1 ), and Kepler nanosats (x 8). D-Orbit ION Satellite Carrier and 10 Starlink satellites made for testing optical laser inter-satellite links placed in

5700-477: Was the first version of the Falcon 9 to successfully land. Changes included a larger fuel tank, uprated engines and supercooled propellant and oxidizer to increase performance. Block 3 and Block 4 are found in this list while the active Block 5 is listed separately. Block 4 was a test version that included new hardware like titanium grid fins later carried over to the current Block 5. Flights of all Falcon 9 rockets up to Block 4 were limited to 2 flights only, with

5776-412: Was the second instance of a booster toppling over during transit due to weather. The first time that this occurred was in April 2019, when Falcon Heavy core booster B1055 suffered the same fate. SpaceX intends on salvaging and inspecting the engines to learn about how they were affected by flying nineteen times, which may produce learnings for the rest of the Falcon 9 fleet. Doug Hurley suggested that

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