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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.

 

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Falcon 9 launches BlueBird 1-5 and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Sep 12, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 1-5 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 12 September 2024, at 08:52 UTC (04:52 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1078) previously supported 12 missions: Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER-B, USSF-124 and 9 Starlink missions.

 

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Falcon 9 launches NROL-167 and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Oct 24, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the NROL-167 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 24 October 2024, at 17:13 UTC (10:13 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 20 missions: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, OneWeb 19/Iridium-9, SDA Tranche 0B (SDA-0B), NROL-113 and 14 Starlink missions.

 

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

Nov 11, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Koreasat-6A mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 11 November 2024, at 17:22 UTC (12:22 EST). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1067) previously supported 22 missions: CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat-5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, O3b mPOWER-a, PSN SATRIA-1, Merah Putih 2, Galileo L13 and 12 Starlink missions.

 

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Falcon 9 launches TD7 and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Nov 18, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the TD7 mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 17 November 2024, at 22:28 UTC (17:28 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 (B1077) previously supported 15 missions: Crew-5, GPS III SV06, Inmarsat-6 F2, CRS-28, Intelsat G-37, NG-20 and 9 Starlink missions.

 

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Falcon 9 launches GSAT-N2 and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Nov 18, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the GSAT-N2 (GSAT-20) communications satellite to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 18 November 2024, at 18:31 UTC (13:31 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 (B1073) previously supported 18 missions: Hispasat Amazonas Nexus, SES-22, Hakuto-R M1, CRS-27, Bandwagon-1 and 13 Starlink missions.

 

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Falcon 9 launches NROL-126 and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Nov 30, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the NROL-126 mission and 20 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 30 November 2024, at 08:10 UTC (00:10 PDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1088) landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, stationed in the Pacific Ocean.

 

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Falcon 9 launches SXM-9 and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Dec 5, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the SiriusXM SXM-9 mission from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 5 December 2024, at 16:10 UTC (11:10 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 (B1076) previously supported 18 missions: CRS-26, OneWeb 16, Intelsat IS-40e, SES O3b mPOWER 5 & 6, Ovzon 3, Eutelsat 36D, Turksat-6A, Maxar 2 and 10 Starlink missions.

 

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Falcon 9 launches RRT-1 and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Dec 17, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the RRT-1 mission (GPS III SV10) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 17 December 2024, at 00:52 UTC (16 December, at 19:52 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 (B1085) previously supported Crew-9 and 2 Starlink missions.

 

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Falcon 9 launches NROL-149 and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Dec 17, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the NROL-149 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 17 December 2024, at 13:19 UTC (05:19 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 (B1063) previously supported 21 missions: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, OneWeb 19/Iridium-9, SDA Tranche 0B (SDA-0B), NROL-113, NROL-167 and 14 Starlink missions.

 

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Falcon 9 launches SES O3b mPOWER 7 & 8 satellites and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Dec 18, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched SES’s seventh and eighth O3b mPOWER satellites from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 17 December 2024, at 22:26 UTC (17:26 EST). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. This was the first mission for Falcon 9’s first stage (B1090).

 

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SpaceX Bandwagon-2 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Dec 21, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched Bandwagon-2, the second SpaceX dedicated rideshare mission to a mid-inclination orbit with 30 payloads, from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 21 December 2024, at 11:34 UTC (03:34 PST). 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 20 missions: NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, Transporter-8, Transporter-9, NROL-146 and 13 Starlink missions.

 

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Falcon 9 launches Thuraya 4 and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Jan 4, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the Thuraya 4 mission, the communications satellite Thuraya-4 NGS (Next Generation Satellite), to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 4 January 2025, at 01:27 UTC (3 January, at 20:27 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 (B1073) previously supported 19 missions: Hispasat Amazonas Nexus, SES-22, Hakuto-R M1, CRS-27, Bandwagon-1, GSAT-N2 and 13 Starlink missions.

 

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NROL-153 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Jan 10, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the NROL-153 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 10 January 2025, at 03:52 UTC (9 January, at 19:52 PST). 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 21 missions: NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, Transporter-8, Transporter-9, NROL-146, Bandwagon-2 and 13 Starlink missions.

 

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SpaceX Transporter-12 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Jan 14, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched Transporter-12, SpaceX’s 12th dedicated SmallSat Rideshare Program mission with 131 payloads, from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 14 January 2025, at 19:09 UTC (11:09 PST). Falcon 9’s first stage landed on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1088) previously supported the NROL-126 mission.

 

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SpainSat NG I launch

Jan 30, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the SpainSat NG I communications satellite to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 30 January 2025, at 01:34 UTC (20:34 EST). Due to the additional performance required to deliver the payload to orbit, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1073) was not recovered, having previously supported 19 missions: Hispasat Amazonas Nexus, SES-22, Hakuto-R M1, CRS-27, Bandwagon-1, GSAT-20 and 13 Starlink missions.

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SpaceX Transporter-13 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Mar 15, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched Transporter-13, SpaceX’s 13th dedicated SmallSat Rideshare Program mission with 74 payloads, from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 15 March 2025, at 06:43 UTC (14 March, at 23:43 PDT). Falcon 9’s first stage (B1081) previously supported 12 missions: Crew-7, CRS-29, PACE, Transporter-10, EarthCARE, NROL-186 and 6 Starlink missions.

 

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NROL-57 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Mar 21, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the NROL-57 mission from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 21 March 2025, at 06:49 UTC (20 March, at 23:49 PDT). Falcon 9’s first stage landed on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1088) previously supported 3 missions: NROL-126, Transporter-12 and SPHEREx/PUNCH.