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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.

 

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Falcon 9 launches Commercial GTO-1 and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Jul 13, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the Commercial GTO-1 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 13 July 2025, at 05:04 UTC (01:04 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 (B1083) previously supported 12 missions: Crew-8, Polaris Dawn, CRS-31, Astranis: From One to Many, IM-2 and 7 Starlink missions. According to unofficial information, the payload is “Dror-1”, a geostationary communication satellite developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).

 

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Falcon 9 launches SES O3b mPOWER 9 & 10 satellites and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Jul 23, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched SES’s ninth and tenth O3b mPOWER satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 22 July 2025, at 21:12 UTC (17:12 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 (B1090) previously supported 5 missions: O3b mPOWER-E, Crew-10, Bandwagon-3 and two Starlink missions.

 

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TRACERS launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Jul 23, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched NASA’s TRACERS mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 23 July 2025, at 18:13 UTC (11:13 PDT). Also on board this mission is SEOPS’ Epic Athena, Skykraft’s Skykraft 4, Maverick Space Systems’ REAL, Tyvak’s LIDE, and York Space Systems’ Bard. 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 (B1081) previously supported 15 missions: Crew-7, CRS-29, PACE, Transporter-10, EarthCARE, NROL-186, Transporter-13 and 8 Starlink missions.

Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) on Wikipedia

 

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NAOS launch and deployment

Aug 26, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched OHB Italia’s NAOS mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 26 August 2025, at 18:53 UTC (11:53 PDT). Also on board this mission is Dhruva Space's LEAP-1; Planet's Pelican-3 and Pelican-4; and four payloads manifested by Exolaunch: Capella's Acadia-6 and Pixxel's FFLY-1, FFLY-2, and FFLY-3. 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 (B1063) previously supported 26 missions: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, OneWeb 19/Iridium-9, SDA Tranche 0B (SDA-0B), NROL-113, NROL-167, NROL-149 and 18 Starlink missions.

 

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Tranche 1 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Sep 10, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) first Tranche 1 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 10 September 2025, at 14:12 UTC (07:12 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 (B1093) previously supported five Starlink missions.

 

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Nusantara Lima launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Sep 12, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the Nusantara Lima mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 12 September 2025, at 01:56 UTC (11 September, at 21:56 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 (B1078) previously supported 22 missions: Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER-B, USSF-124, BlueBird 1-5 and 18 Starlink missions.

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NROL-48 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Sep 22, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the NROL-48 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 22 September 2025, at 17:38 UTC (10:38 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 (B1081) previously supported 17 missions: Crew-7, CRS-29, PACE, Transporter-10, EarthCARE, NROL-186, Transporter-13, TRACERS and 9 Starlink missions.

 

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IMAP launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Sep 24, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched NASA’s IMAP mission to interplanetary transfer orbit, along with NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1), from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 24 September 2025, at 11:30 UTC (07:30 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1096) landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, having previously supported the KF-01 launch. According to NASA, Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) will map the boundaries of our heliosphere, study the Sun’s activity and how the heliosphere boundary interacts with the local galactic neighbourhood beyond. NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory is a small satellite that will observe Earth’s outermost atmospheric layer, the exosphere. It will image the faint glow of ultraviolet light from this region, called the geocorona, to better understand how space weather impacts our planet. The SWFO-L1 spacecraft will monitor space weather and detect solar storms in advance, serving as an early warning beacon for potentially disruptive space weather, helping safeguard Earth’s critical infrastructure and technological-dependent industries. The SWFO-L1 spacecraft is the first NOAA observatory designed specifically for and fully dedicated to continuous, operational space weather observations.

 

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SDA-T1L1 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Oct 16, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 21 satellites for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 data transport mission, the second of ten Tranche 1 missions, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 15 October 2025, at 23:06 UTC (16:06 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 (B1093) previously supported SDA T1TL-B Tranche 1 and five Starlink missions.

 

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SpainSat NG II launch

Oct 24, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the SpainSat NG II communications satellite to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 24 October 2025, at 01:30 UTC (23 October, at 21:30 EST). Due to the additional performance required to deliver the payload to orbit, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1076) was not recovered, having previously supported 21 missions: CRS-26, OneWeb 16, Intelsat IS-40e, SES O3b mPOWER 5 & 6, Ovzon 3, Eutelsat 36D, Turksat-6A, Maxar 2, SXM-9 and 12 Starlink missions.

 

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SpaceX Bandwagon-4 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Nov 2, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched Bandwagon-4, the fourth SpaceX dedicated rideshare mission to a mid-inclination orbit with 18 payloads, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 2 November 2025, at 05:09 UTC (01:09 EDT). Falcon 9’s first stage (B1091) landed on Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, having previously supported the KF-02 and KF-03 missions.

 

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Sentinel-6B launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Nov 17, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the Sentinel-6B satellite from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 17 November 2025, at 05:21 UTC (16 November, at 21:21 PST). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1097) landed on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, having previously supported two Starlink missions. Part of European Union’s Copernicus Earth observation programme, Sentinel-6B will map the height of the sea surface to understand long-term change, as well as gather data used for near-real time ocean forecasting.

 

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SpaceX Transporter-15 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Nov 28, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched Transporter-15, SpaceX’s 15th dedicated SmallSat Rideshare Program mission with 140 payloads, to Sun-synchronous orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 28 November 2025, at 18:44 UTC (10:44 PST). 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 29 missions: NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, Transporter-8, Transporter-9, NROL-146, Bandwagon-2, NROL-153, NROL-192, Transporter-13 and 18 Starlink missions.

 

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NROL-77 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Dec 9, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the NROL-77 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 9 December 2025, at 19:16 UTC (14:16 EST). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1096) previously supported KF-01, IMAP and one Starlink mission.

 

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NROL-105 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Jan 17, 2026

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the NROL-105 mission from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 17 January 2026, at 04:39 UTC (16 January, at 20:39 PST). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1100) landed on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, having previously supported one Starlink mission.

 

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GPS III-9 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Jan 28, 2026

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the GPS III-9 mission (GPS III SV09) to medium-Earth orbit (MEO) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 28 January 2026, at 04:53 UTC (27 January, at 23:53 EST). 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 (B1096) previously supported KF-01, IMAP, NROL-77 and one Starlink mission.