Falcon 9 Block 5, launch vehicle, SpaceX, Hawthorne, California, USA

SpaceX’s first Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket launch was aborted at T-58 seconds on 10 May 2018 due to unknown error. The Falcon 9 Block 5 was supposed to launch the Bangabandhu Satellite-1 from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 10 May 2018, at 21:47 UTC (17:47 EDT).
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SpaceX’s first Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket launched the Bangabandhu Satellite-1 from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 11 May 2018, at 20:14 UTC (16:14 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. According to SpaceX, Falcon 9 Block 5 is “designed to be capable of 10 or more flights with very limited refurbishment”. Bangabandhu-1 is Bangladesh’s first geostationary communications satellite.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Es’hail-2 satellite to a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 15 November 2018, at 20:46 UTC (15:46 EST). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (Block 5 B1047) landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage for the Es’hail-2 mission previously supported the Telstar 19 VANTAGE mission in July 2018. Es'hail 2 is a communications satellite operated by Es’hailSat.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Spaceflight SSO-A: SmallSat Express mission to low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, on 3 December 2018, at 18:34 UTC (10:34 PST). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, stationed in the Pacific Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage for the Spaceflight SSO-A mission (Block 5 B1046) previously supported previously supported the Bangabandhu Satellite-1 mission in May 2018 and the Merah Putih mission in August 2018.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the CRS-16 cargo mission to the International Space Station on Dec. 5, 2018.

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Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage suffered a landing anomaly, failing to land on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Instead, the Falcon 9 first stage made a water landing in the Atlantic Ocean. The Falcon 9 rocket launched the CRS-16 Dragon spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on 5 December 2018, at 18:16 UTC (13:16 EST).
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the United States Air Force’s first Global Positioning System III space vehicle (SV) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on Dec. 23, 2018.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Iridium-8 NEXT mission, 10 satellites to low- Earth orbit for Iridium, from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, on 11 January 2019, at 15:31 UTC (07:31 PST). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (Block 5 B1049) landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, stationed in the Pacific Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage for the Iridium-8 mission previously supported the Telstar 18 VANTAGE mission in September 2018.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Nusantara Satu satellite, the Beresheet lunar spacecraft and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) S5 spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on 22 February 2019, at 01:45 UTC (21 February, 20:45 EST). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (Block 5 B1048) landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage previously supported the Iridium-7 mission in July 2018 and the SAOCOM 1A mission in October 2018.
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SpaceX is targeting Saturday, May 4 for an instantaneous launch of its seventeenth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-17) at 2:48 a.m. EDT, or 6:48 UTC, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Dragon will separate from Falcon 9’s second stage about 9 minutes after liftoff and attach to the space station on Monday, May 6.

The Dragon spacecraft that will support the CRS-17 mission previously supported the CRS-12 mission in August 2017. Following stage separation, SpaceX will attempt to recover Falcon 9’s first stage on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the CRS-17 Dragon spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on 4 may 2019, at 06:48 UTC (02:48 EDT). The CRS-17 Dragon spacecraft previously supported the CRS-12 mission in August 2017. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (Block 5 B1056) landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. The CRS-17 Dragon is scheduled to rendezvous with the International Space Station on 6 May 2019, with capture scheduled for 11:00 UTC (07:00 EDT).
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The first 60 satellites of SpaceX’s Starlink megaconstellation were launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket on May 23, 2019.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean after launching the first 60 satellites of the Starlink megaconstellation.

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SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, June 12 for launch of RADARSAT Constellation Mission from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The primary launch window opens at 7:17 a.m. PDT, or 14:17 UTC, and closes at 7:30 a.m. PDT, or 14:30 UTC. The satellites will begin deployment approximately 54 minutes after launch. A backup launch window opens on Thursday, June 13 at 7:17 a.m. PDT, or 14:17 UTC, and closes at 7:30 a.m. PDT, or 14:30 UTC.

Falcon 9’s first stage for launch of RADARSAT Constellation Mission previously supported Crew Dragon’s first demonstration mission in March 2019. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage will return to land on SpaceX’s Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the CRS-18 Dragon spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on 25 July 2019 at 22:01 UTC (18:01 EDT). The CRS-18 Dragon spacecraft previously supported the CRS-6 mission in April 2015 and the CRS-13 mission in December 2017. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (Block 5 B1056 that previously supported the CRS-17 mission in May 2019) landed on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The CRS-18 Dragon is scheduled to rendezvous with the International Space Station on 27 July 2019, with capture scheduled for 14:00 UTC (10:00 EDT).
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At 6:01 p.m. EDT, or 22:01 UTC, on Thursday, July 25, SpaceX launched its eighteenth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-18) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Dragon separated from Falcon 9’s second stage about nine minutes after liftoff.

The Dragon spacecraft supporting the CRS-18 mission previously supported the CRS-6 mission in April 2015 and the CRS-13 mission in December 2017. Following stage separation, SpaceX recovered Falcon 9’s first stage on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

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SpaceX’s 18th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station lifted off on Thursday, July 25, at 6:01 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, next to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Dragon spacecraft will deliver more than 5,000 pounds of research and supplies to the orbiting laboratory. Replay the countdown and liftoff!

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SpaceX launched the CRS-18 Mission to the International Space Station on July 25, 2019.

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