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

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Falcon 9 launches GPS III SV06 and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Jan 18, 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the GPS III Space Vehicle 06 mission (GPS III SV06) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on 18 January 2023, at 12:24 UTC (07:24 EST). GPS III SV06 is the United States Space Force’s sixth Global Positioning System III space vehicle (SV). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1077) landed on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” drone-ship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, having previously supported the Crew-5 mission.

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Falcon 9 launches Hispasat Amazonas Nexus and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Feb 7, 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Hispasat Amazonas Nexus communications satellite to a geosynchronous transfer orbit, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on 7 February 2023, at 01:32 UTC (6 February, 20:32 EST). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” drone-ship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1073) previously supported five missions: SES-22, Hakuto-R M1 and three Starlink missions.

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Inmarsat-6 F2 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Feb 18, 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the Inmarsat-6 F2 (I-6 F2) satellite from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 18 February 2023, at 03:59 UTC (17 February, at 22:59 EST). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1077) previously supported two missions: Crew-5 and GPS III SV06. Inmarsat-6 F2 is the second satellite in Inmarsat’s sixth series of communications satellites.

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Falcon 9 launches SES-18/SES-19 and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Mar 18, 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the SES-18 and SES-19 communications satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 17 March 2023, at 23:38 UTC (19:38 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1069) previously supported five missions: CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 15 and two Starlink mission.

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Falcon 9 launches Tranche 0 and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Apr 2, 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Tranche 0 mission for the Space Development Agency (SDA), from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on 2 April 2023, at 14:29 UTC (07:29 PDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1075) previously supported one Starlink mission. According to SDA, “Tranche 0 will comprise 28 satellites: 20 in the Transport Layer for communications and data; and eight in the missile warning/tracking Tracking Layer”.

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Falcon 9 launches IS-40e and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Apr 7, 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Intelsat IS-40e satellite, with NASA’s TEMPO (Tropospheric Emissions Monitoring of Pollution instrument) onboard, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 7 April 2023, at 04:30 UTC (00:30 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1076) previously supported three missions: CRS-26, OneWeb 16 and one Starlink mission.

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SpaceX Transporter-7 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Apr 15, 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Transporter-7, SpaceX’s seventh dedicated SmallSat Rideshare Program mission with 51 payloads, from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on 14 April 2023, at 06:48 UTC (13 April, at 23:48 PDT). Falcon 9’s first stage landed on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1063) previously supported nine missions: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, and seven Starlink missions.
For the first time, a shorter second stage MVac nozzle was because Falcon 9 didn’t need as much performance to get the payload to its final destination.

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Falcon 9 launches SES O3b mPOWER 3 & 4 satellites and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Apr 29, 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched SES’s third and fourth O3b mPOWER satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 28 April 2023, at 22:12 UTC (18:12 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1078) previously supported the Crew-6 mission.

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Falcon 9 launches Arabsat BADR-8 and Falcon 9 first stage landing

May 27, 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the Arabsat BADR-8 satellite to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 27 May 2023, at 04:30 UTC (00:30 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1062) previously supported thirteen missions: GPS III SV04, GPS III SV05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, Nilesat 301, OneWeb 17 and seven Starlink missions.

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SpaceX Transporter-8 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Jun 13, 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Transporter-8, SpaceX’s eighth dedicated SmallSat Rideshare Program mission with 72 payloads, from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on 12 June 2023, at 21:35 UTC (14:35 PDT). 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 eight missions: NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT and four Starlink missions.