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Falcon 9 launches SES O3b mPOWER 5 & 6 satellites and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Nov 12, 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched SES’s fifth and sixth O3b mPOWER satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 12 November 2023, at 21:08 UTC (16:08 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 (B1076) previously supported eight missions: CRS-26, OneWeb 16, Intelsat IS-40e and five Starlink missions.

 

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Falcon 9 launches Korea 425 & Falcon 9 first stage landing

Dec 1, 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the Korea 425 mission (25 spacecraft) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on 1 December 2023, at 18:19 UTC (10:19 PST). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1061) previously supported 16 missions: Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE, Transporter-4, Transporter-5, Globalstar-2 FM15, EROS C-3 and 7 Starlink missions.

 

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Falcon 9 launches SARah-2 & SARah-3 and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Dec 24, 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the SARah-2 and SARah-3 reflector satellites built by OHB from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on 24 December 2023, at 13:11 UTC (05:11 PST). 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 seven missions: SDA Tranche 0 (SDA-0A) and six Starlink missions.

 

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Falcon 9 launches Ovzon 3 & Falcon 9 first stage landing

Jan 4, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the Ovzon 3 satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 3 January 2024, at 23:04 UTC (18:04 EST). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1076) previously supported nine missions: CRS-26, OneWeb 16, Intelsat IS-40e, SES O3b mPOWER 5 & 6 and five St

arlink missions.

 

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PACE launch & Falcon 9 first stage landing

Feb 8, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission to a sun-synchronous orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 8 February 2024, at 06:33 UTC (01:33 EST). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1081) previously supported Crew-7, CRS-29 and one Starlink mission.

 

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Falcon 9 launches USSF-124 and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Feb 15, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the USSF-124 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 14 February 2024, at 22:30 UTC (17:30 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 (B1078) previously supported six missions: Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER and four Starlink missions.

 

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Falcon 9 launches Merah Putih 2 and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Feb 20, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Telkomsat Merah Putih 2 mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 20 February 2024, at 20:11 UTC (13:11 EST). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1067) previously supported 16 missions: CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat-5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, O3b mPOWER-a, PSN SATRIA-1 and eight Starlink missions.

 

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SpaceX Transporter-10 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Mar 5, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Transporter-10, SpaceX’s tenth dedicated SmallSat Rideshare Program mission with 53 payloads, from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on 4 March 2024, at 22:05 UTC (14:05 PST). 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 four missions: Crew-7, CRS-29, PACE and one Starlink mission.

 

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Falcon 9 launches Eutelsat 36D and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Mar 31, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Eutelsat 36D mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 30 March 2024, at 21:52 UTC (17:52 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 (B1076) previously supported 11 missions: CRS-26, OneWeb 16, Intelsat IS-40e, SES O3b mPOWER 5 & 6, Ovzon 3 and six Starlink missions.

 

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SpaceX Bandwagon-1 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Apr 8, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Bandwagon-1, a SpaceX dedicated rideshare mission to a mid-inclination orbit, from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 7 April 2024, at 23:16 UTC (19:16 EDT). Falcon 9’s first stage landed on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1073) previously supported 13 missions: Hispasat Amazonas Nexus, SES-22, Hakuto-R M1, CRS-27 and 9 Starlink missions.

 

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SpaceX USSF-62 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Apr 11, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the USSF-62 mission, the first USSF Weather System Follow- on-Microwave (WSF-M) satellite, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on 11 April 2024, at 14:25 UTC (07:25 PDT). Falcon 9’s first stage landed on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1082) previously supported two Starlink missions.

 

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Falcon 9 launches NROL-146 and Falcon 9 first stage landing

May 22, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the NROL-146 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on 22 May 2024, at 08:00 UTC (01:00 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 15 missions: NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, Transporter-8, Transporter-9 and nine Starlink missions.

 

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EarthCARE launch

May 29, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched ESA EarthCARE (Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer) mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on 28 May 2024, at 22:20 UTC (15:20 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 6 missions: Crew-7, CRS-29, PACE, Transporter-10 and two Starlink mission.

 

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Falcon 9 launches ASTRA 1P and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Jun 21, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the SES ASTRA 1P mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 20 June 2024, at 21:35 UTC (17:35 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “ust Read the Instructions” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1080) previously supported 8 missions: Ax-2, ESA Euclid, Ax-3, CRS-30 and 4 Starlink missions.

 

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Falcon 9 launches NROL-186 and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Jun 29, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the NROL-186 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on 29 June 2024, at 03:14 UTC (28 June, at 20:14 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 (B1081) previously supported 7 missions: Crew-7, CRS-29, PACE, Transporter-10, EarthCARE and two Starlink mission.

 

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Falcon 9 launches Turksat-6A and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Jul 9, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Turksat-6A mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 8 July 2024, at 23:30 UTC (19:30 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 (B1076) previously supported 14 missions: CRS-26, OneWeb 16, Intelsat IS-40e, SES O3b mPOWER 5 & 6, Ovzon 3, Eutelsat 36D and 8 Starlink missions.

 

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Falcon 9 launches ASBM and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Aug 12, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the Space Norway Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) to Molniya transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 12 August 2024, at 02:02 UTC (11 August, at 19:02 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 (B1061) previously supported 21 missions: Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE, Transporter-4, Transporter-5, Globalstar-2 FM15, EROS C-3, Korea 425, Maxar 1 and 10 Starlink missions. The Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) employs two satellites designed to operate in a highly elliptical orbit to expand broadband coverage to the Arctic region for the U.S. Space Force and Space Norway.

 

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SpaceX Transporter-11 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Aug 16, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched Transporter-11, SpaceX’s 11th dedicated SmallSat Rideshare Program mission with 116 payloads, from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 16 August 2024, at 18:56 UTC (11:56 PDT). 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 11 missions: SDA Tranche 0 (SDA-0A), SARah-2/3 and 9 Starlink missions.

 

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Falcon 9 launches NROL-113 and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Sep 6, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the NROL-113 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 6 September 2024, at 03:20 UTC (5 September, at 20:20 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 (B1063) previously supported 19 missions: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, OneWeb 19/Iridium-9, SDA Tranche 0B (SDA-0B) and 14 Starlink missions.

 

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Polaris Dawn launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Sep 10, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the Polaris Dawn mission to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 10 September 2024, at 09:23 UTC (05:23 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 (B1083) previously supported Crew-8 and two Starlink missions. At approximately 700 kilometres above the Earth, the Polaris Dawn crew (Jared Isaacman, Scott Poteet, Sarah Gillis, Anna Menon) will attempt the first-ever commercial extravehicular activity (EVA). Crew Dragon Resilience previously supported the Crew-1 and Inspiration4 missions.