SpaceX Transporter-9 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing
Nov 11, 2023
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Transporter-9, SpaceX’s ninth dedicated SmallSat Rideshare Program mission with 90 payloads, from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on 11 November 2023, at 18:49 UTC (10:49 PST). Falcon 9’s first stage landed on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1071) previously supported 11 missions: NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, Transporter-8 and six Starlink missions.
Falcon Heavy launches Boeing X-37B OTV-7 (USSF-52)
Dec 29, 2023
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched the USSF-52 mission, the seventh flight of the Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-7), from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 29 December 2023, at 01:06 UTC (28 December, at 20:06 EST). Following booster separation, Falcon Heavy’s two side boosters (B1064 and B1065) landed at SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2 (LZ-1 and LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, having previously supported USSF-44, USSF-67, JUPITER 3 and NASA’s Psyche mission. Due to mission requirements, the core booster (B1084) was not planned to be recovered.
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