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SpaceX Transporter-9 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Nov 11, 2023

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Transporter-9, SpaceX’s ninth dedicated SmallSat Rideshare Program mission with 90 payloads, from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on 11 November 2023, at 18:49 UTC (10:49 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 11 missions: NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, Transporter-8 and six Starlink missions.

 

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Falcon Heavy launches Boeing X-37B OTV-7 (USSF-52)

Dec 29, 2023

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched the USSF-52 mission, the seventh flight of the Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-7), from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 29 December 2023, at 01:06 UTC (28 December, at 20:06 EST). Following booster separation, Falcon Heavy’s two side boosters (B1064 and B1065) landed at SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2 (LZ-1 and LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, having previously supported USSF-44, USSF-67, JUPITER 3 and NASA’s Psyche mission. Due to mission requirements, the core booster (B1084) was not planned to be recovered.

 

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Falcon Heavy launches GOES-U

Jun 26, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-U) from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 25 June 2024, at 21:26 UTC (17:26 EDT). Following booster separation, Falcon Heavy’s two side boosters (B1072 and B1086) landed at SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2 (LZ-1 and LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Due to mission requirements, the core booster (B1087) was not planned to be recovered. According to NASA, “the total cost for NASA to launch GOES-U is approximately $152.5 million, which includes the launch service and other mission-related costs”.
Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky/SpaceX
Falcon Heavy launches GOES-U and Falcon Heavy side boosters landing