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

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NROL-69 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Mar 24, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the NROL-69 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 24 March 2025, at 17:48 UTC (13:48 EDT). Falcon 9’s first stage landed on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1092) previously supported one Starlink mission

 

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NROL-192 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Apr 12, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the NROL-192 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 12 April 2025, at 12:25 UTC (05:25 PDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, stationed in the Pacific Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1071) previously supported 23 missions: NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, Transporter-8, Transporter-9, NROL-146, Bandwagon-2, NROL-153 and 14 Starlink missions.

 

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NROL-145 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Apr 20, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the NROL-145 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 20 April 2025, at 12:29 UTC (05:29 PDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, stationed in the Pacific Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1082) previously supported 11 missions: USSF-62, OneWeb 20 and 9 Starlink missions.

 

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SpaceX Bandwagon-3 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Apr 22, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched Bandwagon-3, the third SpaceX dedicated rideshare mission to a mid-inclination orbit with 3 payloads (425Sat-3, Tomorrow-S7, PHOENIX re-entry capsule), from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 22 April 2025, at 00:48 UTC (21 April, at 20:48 EDT). Falcon 9’s first stage (B1090) landed on Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, having previously supported O3b mPOWER-E and Crew-10.

 

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Falcon 9 launches GPS III SV07 and Falcon 9 first stage landing

May 30, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the GPS III Space Vehicle 07 mission (GPS III SV07) to medium-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on 30 May 2025, at 17:37 UTC (13:37 EDT). GPS III SV07 is the United States Space Force’s seventh Global Positioning System III space vehicle (SV). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1092) landed on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” drone-ship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, having previously supported CRS-32, NROL-69 and a Starlink mission.

 

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SpaceX Transporter-14 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Jun 24, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched Transporter-14, SpaceX’s 14th dedicated SmallSat Rideshare Program mission with 70 payloads, from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 23 June 2025, at 21:25 UTC (14:25 PDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, stationed in the Pacific Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1071) previously supported 25 missions: NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, Transporter-8, Transporter-9, NROL-146, Bandwagon-2, NROL-153, NROL-192 and 15 Starlink missions.

 

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Falcon 9 launches MTG-S1 and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Jul 2, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched Eumetsat’s Meteosat Third Generation Sounder (MTG-S1) satellite, hosting the instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission, to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 1 July 2025, at 21:04 UTC (17:04 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 (B1085) previously supported 8 missions: Crew-9, RRT-1, Blue Ghost M1, Fram2, SXM-10 and 3 Starlink missions.