List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches
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As of 22 April 2025, rockets from the Falcon 9 family have been launched 475 times, with 472 full mission successes, three failures,[a] and one partial failure. Designed and operated by SpaceX, the Falcon 9 family includes the retired versions Falcon 9 v1.0, v1.1, and v1.2 "Full Thrust" (blocks 3 and 4), along with the active Block 5 evolution. Falcon Heavy is a heavy-lift derivative of Falcon 9, combining a strengthened central core with two Falcon 9 first stages as side boosters.[1]
The Falcon design features reusable first-stage boosters, which land either on a ground pad near the launch site or on a drone ship at sea.[2] In December 2015, Falcon 9 became the first rocket to land propulsively after delivering a payload into orbit.[3] This reusability results in significantly reduced launch costs, as the cost of the first stage constitutes the majority of the cost of a new rocket.[4][5] Falcon family boosters have successfully landed 435 times in 448 attempts. A total of 46 boosters have flown multiple missions, with a record of 27 missions by a booster. SpaceX has also reflown fairing halves more than 300 times, with some being reflown at least twenty times.[6]
Typical missions include launches of SpaceX's Starlink satellites (accounting for a majority of the Falcon manifest since January 2020), Dragon crew and cargo missions to the International Space Station, and launches of commercial and military satellites to LEO, polar, and geosynchronous orbits. The heaviest payload launched on Falcon is a batch of 24 Starlink V2-Mini satellites weighing about 17,500 kg (38,600 lb) total, first flown in February 2024,[7] landing on JRTI. The heaviest payload launched to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) was the 9,200 kg (20,300 lb) Jupiter-3 on July 29, 2023. Launches to higher orbits have included DSCOVR to Sun–Earth Lagrange point L1, TESS to a lunar flyby, a Tesla Roadster demonstration payload to a heliocentric orbit extending past the orbit of Mars, DART and Hera to the asteroid Didymos, Euclid to Sun-Earth Lagrange point L2, Psyche to the asteroid 16 Psyche, and Europa Clipper to Europa (a moon of Jupiter).
Launch statistics
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Rockets from the Falcon 9 family have a success rate of 99.37% and have been launched 475 times over 15 years, resulting in 472 full successes, two in-flight failures (SpaceX CRS-7 and Starlink Group 9–3), one pre-flight failure (AMOS-6 while being prepared for an on-pad static fire test), and one partial failure (SpaceX CRS-1, which delivered its cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), but a secondary payload was stranded in a lower-than-planned orbit). The active version of the rocket, the Falcon 9 Block 5, has flown 407 times successfully and failed once (Starlink Group 9–3), resulting in the 99.75% success rate.
In 2022, the Falcon 9 set a new record with 60 successful launches by the same launch vehicle type in a calendar year. This surpassed the previous record held by Soyuz-U, which had 47 launches (45 successful) in 1979.[8] In 2023, the Falcon family of rockets (including the Falcon Heavy) had 96 successful launches, surpassing the 63 launches (61 successful) of the R-7 rocket family in 1980.[b][9] In 2024, SpaceX broke their own record with 134 total Falcon flights (133 successful) accounting for over half of all orbital launches that year.
The Falcon 9 has evolved through several versions: v1.0 was launched five times from 2010 to 2013, v1.1 launched 15 times from 2013 to 2016, Full Thrust launched 36 times from 2015 to 2015. The most recent version, Block 5, was introduced in May 2018.[10] With each iteration, the Falcon 9 has become more powerful and capable of vertical landing. As vertical landings became more commonplace, SpaceX focused on streamlining the refurbishment process for boosters, making it faster and more cost-effective.[11]
The Falcon Heavy derivative is a heavy-lift launch vehicle composed of three Falcon 9 first-stage boosters. The central core is reinforced, while the side boosters feature aerodynamic nosecone instead of the usual interstage.[12]
Falcon 9 first-stage boosters landed successfully in 435 of 448 attempts (97.1%), with 410 out of 416 (98.6%) for the Falcon 9 Block 5 version. A total of 408 re-flights of first stage boosters have all successfully launched their second stages and, all but one, their payloads.
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Past launches
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2010 to 2019
From June 2010, to the end of 2019, Falcon 9 was launched 77 times, with 75 full mission successes, one partial failure and one total loss of the spacecraft. In addition, one rocket and its payload were destroyed on the launch pad during the fueling process before a static fire test was set to occur. Falcon Heavy was launched three times, all successful.
The first Falcon 9 version, Falcon 9 v1.0, was launched five times from June 2010, to March 2013, its successor Falcon 9 v1.1 15 times from September 2013, to January 2016, and the Falcon 9 Full Thrust (through Block 4) 36 times from December 2015, to June 2018. The latest Full Thrust variant, Block 5, was introduced in May 2018,[13] and launched 21 times before the end of 2019.
2020 to 2022
From January 2020, to the end of 2022, Falcon 9 was launched 117 times, all successful, and landed boosters successfully on 111 of 114 attempts. Falcon Heavy was launched once and was successful, including landing of the mission's two side boosters.
2023
SpaceX launched 96 Falcon family vehicles—91 Falcon 9 and five Falcon Heavy rockets. It surpassed both the company's own single-year launch record of 61 and the global annual record of 64 launches, coming close to its previously announced goal of 100 Falcon launches in the year.[14][15]
The company's payload delivery capacity also rose, with approximately 1,200 tonnes (2,600,000 lb) sent to orbit.[16]
| Flight No. | Date and time (UTC) |
Version, booster[f] |
Launch site |
Payload[g] | Payload mass | Orbit | Customer | Launch outcome |
Booster landing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 195 | January 3, 2023 14:56[17] |
F9 B5 B1060.15 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Transporter-6 (115 payload smallsat rideshare) | Unknown[h] | SSO | Various | Success | Success (LZ‑1) |
| Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to Sun-synchronous orbit.[18] It included six space tugs, also known as orbital transfer vehicles (OTV), which are two of D-Orbit's ION Satellite Carriers, Epic Aerospace's Chimera LEO 1, Momentus's Vigoride-5, Skykraft's OTV and Launcher's Orbiter SN1.[19][20] Orbiter SN1 failed shortly after deployment from Falcon and before deploying payloads. One of the payloads, EWS RROCI failed to deploy from Falcon 9 and the satellite re-entered with the upper stage.[21] This was not a SpaceX failure as brokered dispensers and deployers are used on Transporter missions.[22] | |||||||||
| 196 | January 10, 2023 04:50[23] |
F9 B5 B1076.2 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | OneWeb 16 (40 satellites) | 6,000 kg (13,000 lb) | Polar LEO | OneWeb | Success | Success (LZ‑1) |
| Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, OneWeb suspended launches on Soyuz rockets.[24] In March 2022, OneWeb announced that they had signed an agreement with SpaceX to resume satellite launches.[25] This flight, the 16th of the OneWeb program and the second on a SpaceX rocket, carried 40 satellites.[26][27][28] | |||||||||
| FH 5 | January 15, 2023 22:56[29] |
Falcon Heavy B5 B1070 (core) |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | USSF-67 (CBAS-2 & LDPE-3A) | ~3,750 kg (8,270 lb) | GEO | USSF | Success | No attempt |
| B1064.2 (side) | Success (LZ‑2) | ||||||||
| B1065.2 (side) | Success (LZ‑1) | ||||||||
| First launch of Phase 2 US Air Force contract. US$316 million cost for the fiscal year of 2022, for the first flight,[30] mostly includes the cost of an extended payload fairing, upgrades to the company's West Coast launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, and a vertical integration facility required for NRO missions, while the launching price does not increase.[31] SpaceX deliberately expended the center core, which thus lacked grid fins and landing gear, while the two side-boosters were recovered at Landing Zones 1 and 2, and it was the fourth second stage featuring Falcon long coast mission-extension kit as the mission requirements are same as the USSF-44 mission.[32] | |||||||||
| 197 | January 18, 2023 12:24[33] |
F9 B5 B1077.2 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | USA-343 (GPS-III SV06) | 4,352 kg (9,595 lb) | MEO | USSF | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Global Positioning System navigation satellite, sixth GPS Block III satellite to be launched, named after Amelia Earhart. Space vehicle manufacturing contract awarded February 2013.[34] In September 2018, the space vehicle was integrating harnesses.[35] In March 2018, the Air Force announced it had awarded the launch contract for three GPS satellites to SpaceX.[36][37][38] | |||||||||
| 198 | January 19, 2023 15:43[39] |
F9 B5 B1075.1 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 2-4 (51 satellites) | 15,000 kg (33,000 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 51 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 570 km (350 mi) orbit at an inclination of 70° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 199 | January 26, 2023 09:32[40] |
F9 B5 B1067.9 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 5-2 (56 satellites) | ~17,400 kg (38,400 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 56 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. This was the heaviest payload to date flown on Falcon 9.[41] | |||||||||
| 200 | January 31, 2023 16:15[42] |
F9 B5 B1071.7 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 2-6 (49 satellites) | ~15,200 kg (33,500 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| ION SCV009 | D-Orbit | ||||||||
| Launch of 49 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 570 km (350 mi) orbit at an inclination of 70° to expand internet constellation. Also carried D-Orbit's ION SCV009 "Eclectic Elena."[43][44][45] | |||||||||
| 201 | February 2, 2023 07:58[42] |
F9 B5 B1069.5 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Starlink: Group 5-3 (53 satellites) | 16,500 kg (36,400 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 53 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 202 | February 7, 2023 01:32[46] |
F9 B5 B1073.6 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Amazonas Nexus | 4,146 kg (9,140 lb) | GTO | Hispasat | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| A high-throughput telecommunications satellite.[47][48] Hosted payloads included USSF Pathfinder 2[49] and Tele Greenland A/S's GreenSat.[50][51] | |||||||||
| 203 | February 12, 2023 05:10[52] |
F9 B5 B1062.12 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 5-4 (55 satellites) | 17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 55 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.[53][54] This launch marked a new pad turnaround record for SpaceX, launching 5 days, 3 hours and 38 minutes after the previous mission from SLC-40.[55] | |||||||||
| 204 | February 17, 2023 19:12[52] |
F9 B5 B1063.9 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 2-5 (51 satellites) | 15,900 kg (35,100 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 51 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 570 km (350 mi) orbit at an inclination of 70° to expand internet constellation.[56] | |||||||||
| 205 | February 18, 2023 03:59[57] |
F9 B5 B1077.3 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Inmarsat-6 F2 | 5,470 kg (12,060 lb) | GTO | Inmarsat | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Inmarsat maintained its launch option after a scheduled 2016 Falcon Heavy launch (a European Aviation Network satellite) was switched for an Ariane 5 launch in 2017.[58] This option could be used for launching Inmarsat-6B.[59] In February 2022, Inmarsat confirmed Inmarsat-6 F2 will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket.[60][61] The satellite reached the supersynchronous geostationary transfer orbit of 387 km × 41,592 km (240 mi × 25,844 mi) inclined at 27°.[62] | |||||||||
| 206 | February 27, 2023 23:13[63] |
F9 B5 B1076.3 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-1 (21 satellites) | ~15,300 kg (33,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.[64][65][66] This mission marked the debut of the v2 mini satellites, a smaller version of the planned v2 satellites, which are to launch on the future Starship. The v2 mini is 2.4 times the mass of its v1.5 predecessor but provides four times the data capacity.[67] Unlike the v1.5, the tension rods that hold the v2 mini satellites together during launch, remain attached to the Falcon 9 second stage after deployment, reducing orbital debris.[68] This flight marked the 100th consecutive landing success of a Falcon 9 booster since February 16, 2021. | |||||||||
| 207 | March 2, 2023 05:34[69] |
F9 B5 B1078.1 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Crew-6 (Crew Dragon C206.4 Endeavour) | ~13,000 kg (29,000 lb) | LEO (ISS) | NASA (CTS) | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Last USCV launch out of original NASA award of six Crew Dragon missions, to carry up to four astronauts and 100 kg (220 lb) of cargo to the ISS, as well as feature a lifeboat function to evacuate astronauts from ISS in case of an emergency.[70][71] | |||||||||
| 208 | March 3, 2023 18:38[63] |
F9 B5 B1061.12 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 2-7 (51 satellites) | 15,900 kg (35,100 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 51 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 570 km (350 mi) orbit at an inclination of 70° to expand internet constellation.[72] | |||||||||
| 209 | March 9, 2023 19:13[73] |
F9 B5 B1062.13 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | OneWeb 17 (40 satellites) | 6,000 kg (13,000 lb) | LEO | OneWeb | Success | Success (LZ‑1) |
| Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, OneWeb suspended launches on Soyuz rockets.[24] In March 2022, OneWeb announced they had signed an agreement with SpaceX to resume satellite launches.[25][27] | |||||||||
| 210 | March 15, 2023 00:30[74] |
F9 B5 B1073.7 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | SpaceX CRS-27 (Dragon C209.3) | 2,852 kg (6,288 lb) | LEO (ISS) | NASA (CRS) | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Three more CRS Phase 2 missions for Dragon 2 covering up to CRS-29 were announced in December 2020.[75] This flight used a partial boostback burn to bring the first-stage booster to its drone ship closer to the coast. The maneuver was meant to cut down processing time by decreasing the time spent moving the ship back for refurbishment.[76][77][78] | |||||||||
| 211 | March 17, 2023 19:26[79] | F9 B5 B1071.8 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 2-8 (52 satellites) | ~16,200 kg (35,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 52 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 570 km (350 mi) orbit at an inclination of 70° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 212 | March 17, 2023 23:38[79] |
F9 B5 B1069.6 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | SES-18 & SES-19 | ~7,000 kg (15,000 lb) | GTO | SES | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| SpaceX launched two C-band satellites for SES, with the option to launch a third satellite on a second flight.[80][81] SpaceX set a new record for the shortest time between two Falcon 9 launches at 4 hours and 12 minutes. The previous record time was 7 hours and 10 minutes, set between the Crew-5 and Starlink Group 4-29 missions on October 5, 2022. | |||||||||
| 213 | March 24, 2023 15:43[82] |
F9 B5 B1067.10 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 5-5 (56 satellites) | ~17,400 kg (38,400 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 56 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.[83] | |||||||||
| 214 | March 29, 2023 20:01[84] |
F9 B5 B1077.4 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 5-10 (56 satellites) | ~17,400 kg (38,400 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 56 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. This launch marked the first time SpaceX completed eight launches in a calendar month. | |||||||||
| 215 | April 2, 2023 14:29[85] |
F9 B5 B1075.2 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | SDA Tranche 0A (10 satellites) | Unknown | LEO | SDA | Success | Success (LZ‑4) |
| First launch of SDA Transport and Tracking Layer satellites. Out of 10 satellites, 8 are York Space Systems built Transport layer satellites and 2 are SpaceX-Leidos built, Starlink-derived Tracking Layer satellites.[86] The Transport layer is an interoperable mesh network of satellites intended to provide periodic low-latency and high-capacity data connectivity, while the Tracking Layer consists of interconnected satellites with cross-links and wide field of view infrared sensors for hypersonic missile tracking. | |||||||||
| 216 | April 7, 2023 04:30[87] |
F9 B5 B1076.4 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Intelsat 40e | ~5,588 kg (12,319 lb) | GTO | Intelsat |
Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Maxar Technologies-built satellite to service North and Central America.[88][89] Also hosts the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) experiment. | |||||||||
| 217 | April 15, 2023 06:47[90] |
F9 B5 B1063.10 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Transporter-7 (51 payload smallsat rideshare) | Unknown | SSO | Various | Success | Success (LZ‑4) |
| Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit. First flight with short nozzle second stage aimed at lowering costs and improving launch cadence, but is only suitable for missions with lower performance requirements.[91][92] Fifth mission featuring a second stage with a long coast mission-extension kit, accommodating the four second stage burns for payload deployment, excluding the deorbit burn. | |||||||||
| 218 | April 19, 2023 14:31[93] |
F9 B5 B1073.8 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-2 (21 satellites) | ~15,300 kg (33,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 219 | April 27, 2023 13:40[94] |
F9 B5 B1061.13 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 3-5 (46 satellites) | ~14,100 kg (31,100 lb) | SSO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 46 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 560 km (350 mi) sun-synchronous orbit at an inclination of 97.6° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 220 | April 28, 2023 22:12[95] |
F9 B5 B1078.2 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | O3b mPOWER 3 & 4 | ~4,100 kg (9,000 lb) | MEO | SES | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Second part of SES' MEO satellites for its O3b low-latency, high-performance connectivity services.[96][97][98] | |||||||||
| FH 6 | May 1, 2023 00:26[99] |
Falcon Heavy B5 B1068 (core) |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | ViaSat-3 Americas[100][101] |
6,400 kg (14,100 lb) | GEO | ViaSat | Success | No attempt |
| B1052.8 (side) | Aurora 4A (Arcturus)[102][103] | 300 kg (660 lb) | Astranis / Pacific Dataport | No attempt | |||||
| B1053.3 (side) | GS-1 | 22 kg (49 lb) | Gravity Space | No attempt | |||||
| This mission directly delivered the satellites to geostationary orbit, thus the core and side boosters were all expendable alongside having the sixth second stage featuring Falcon long coast mission-extension kit.[104] Satellites of the ViaSat-3 class use electric propulsion, which requires less fuel for stationkeeping operations over their lifetime,[101] making them the heaviest all-electric satellites ever launched into space. First mission to expend all three cores. GS-1 is a cubesat operated by Gravity Space on behalf of PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara who calls the satellite Nusantara-H1-A. | |||||||||
| 221 | May 4, 2023 07:31[105] |
F9 B5 B1069.7 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 5-6 (56 satellites) | ~17,400 kg (38,400 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 56 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.[105][106] | |||||||||
| 222 | May 10, 2023 20:09[107] |
F9 B5 B1075.3[108] |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 2-9 (51 satellites) | 15,900 kg (35,100 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 51 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 570 km (350 mi) orbit at an inclination of 70° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 223 | May 14, 2023 05:03[109] |
F9 B5 B1067.11 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 5-9 (56 satellites) | ~17,400 kg (38,400 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 56 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 224 | May 19, 2023 06:19[110] |
F9 B5 B1076.5 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-3 (22 satellites) | ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 225 | May 20, 2023 13:16[110] |
F9 B5 B1063.11 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Iridium-NEXT[111] (5 satellites) OneWeb (15 Gen1 plus a Gen2 test satellite)[112] |
~6,600 kg (14,600 lb) | Polar LEO | Iridium & OneWeb | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Iridium-9 rideshare mission, carrying five on-orbit spare Iridium-NEXT satellites along with 15 Gen1 and a demo Gen2 OneWeb satellites.[105] Second flight with short nozzle second stage aimed at lowering costs and improving launch cadence, but is only suitable for missions with lower performance requirements. | |||||||||
| 226 | May 21, 2023 21:37[113] |
F9 B5 B1080.1 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Ax-2 (Crew Dragon C212.2 Freedom) | ~13,000 kg (29,000 lb) | LEO (ISS) | Axiom Space | Success | Success (LZ‑1) |
| Axiom contracted for three additional private crewed missions in June 2021.[114] Peggy Whitson and John Shoffner were signed on as commander and pilot for Ax-2.[115][116] The third and fourth seats were bought by Saudi Arabia.[117] The Saudi crew members were revealed to be Ali AlQarni and Rayyanah Barnawi.[118] First time a booster landed on a ground pad after a crewed launch. | |||||||||
| 227 | May 27, 2023 04:30[119] |
F9 B5 B1062.14 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | ArabSat 7B (Badr-8)[120] | ~4,500 kg (9,900 lb) | GTO | Arabsat | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Includes Airbus's TELEO optical communications payload demonstrator.[121] | |||||||||
| 228 | May 31, 2023 06:02[122] |
F9 B5 B1061.14 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 2-10 (52 satellites) | ~16,400 kg (36,200 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 52 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 570 km (350 mi) orbit at an inclination of 70° to expand internet constellation. The 200th consecutive successful Falcon 9 mission. This launch marked the first time SpaceX completed nine launches in a calendar month. | |||||||||
| 229 | June 4, 2023 12:20[122] |
F9 B5 B1078.3 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-4 (22 satellites) | ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 230 | June 5, 2023 15:47[123] |
F9 B5 B1077.5 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | SpaceX CRS-28 (Dragon C208.4) | ~3,304 kg (7,284 lb) | LEO (ISS) | NASA (CRS) | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Three more CRS Phase 2 missions for Dragon 2 covering up to CRS-29 were announced in December 2020.[75] Third flight with short nozzle second stage aimed at lowering costs and improving launch cadence, but is only suitable for missions with lower performance requirements. | |||||||||
| 231 | June 12, 2023 07:10[124] |
F9 B5 B1073.9 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 5-11 (52 satellites) | ~16,400 kg (36,200 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 52 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 232 | June 12, 2023 21:35[125] |
F9 B5 B1071.9 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Transporter-8 (72 payload smallsat rideshare) | Unknown[h] | SSO | Various | Success | Success (LZ‑4) |
| Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to Sun-synchronous orbit. Launcher's Orbiter SN3 vehicle[19] and the first Satellite Vu Mid-wave Infrared imaging satellite are expected to fly on this mission. This mission marked the 200th overall successful booster landing. Fourth flight with short nozzle second stage aimed at lowering costs and improving launch cadence, but is only suitable for missions with lower performance requirements. | |||||||||
| 233 | June 18, 2023 22:21[126] |
F9 B5 B1067.12[127] |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | SATRIA[128] | ~4,580 kg (10,100 lb) | GTO | PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| PSN selected Falcon 9 in September 2020, to launch its satellite instead of a Chinese rocket or Ariane 5. | |||||||||
| 234 | June 22, 2023 07:19[126] |
F9 B5 B1075.4[129] |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 5-7 (47 satellites) | ~14,500 kg (32,000 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 47 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. This launch from Vandenberg achieved a record-breaking low orbital inclination of 43° for a rocket launched from the West Coast of the United States. Previous Starlink Group 9 launches to 43° had been conducted from the East Coast. Due to the unique orbital insertion, this launch carried nine fewer Starlink v1.5 satellites than a typical Group 9 launch, reducing weight by about 2,900 kg (6,400 lb).[130] | |||||||||
| 235 | June 23, 2023 15:35[131] |
F9 B5 B1069.8 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 5-12 (56 satellites) | ~17,400 kg (38,400 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 56 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 236 | July 1, 2023 15:12[132] |
F9 B5 B1080.2 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Euclid | ~2,160 kg (4,760 lb) | Sun–Earth L2 injection | ESA | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Euclid is a space telescope to better understand dark energy and dark matter by accurately measuring the acceleration of the universe.[133] | |||||||||
| 237 | July 7, 2023 19:29[134] |
F9 B5 B1063.12[135] |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 5-13 (48 satellites) | ~14,900 kg (32,800 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 48 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. This launch was to a lower than normal orbital inclination for a West Coast launch, as launches to 43° are normally conducted from the East Coast. Due to the unique orbital insertion, this launch carried fewer Starlink satellites than a typical launch, reducing weight. | |||||||||
| 238 | July 10, 2023 03:58[134] |
F9 B5 B1058.16 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-5 (22 satellites) | ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. On this flight, B1058 became the booster to launch and land 16 times. | |||||||||
| 239 | July 16, 2023 03:50[136] |
F9 B5 B1060.16[137] |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 5-15 (54 satellites) | ~16,700 kg (36,800 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 54 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. Final launch of Starlink v1.5 satellites. This launch marked the second time a booster was being launched for the 16th time. | |||||||||
| 240 | July 20, 2023 04:09[138] |
F9 B5 B1071.10 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 6-15 (15 satellites) | ~12,000 kg (26,000 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 15 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. First Starlink v2 mini launch from West Coast. This launch was to a lower than normal orbital inclination for a West Coast launch, as launches to 43° are normally conducted from the East Coast. Due to the unique orbital insertion, this launch carried fewer Starlink satellites than a typical launch, reducing weight. | |||||||||
| 241 | July 24, 2023 00:50[138] |
F9 B5 B1076.6 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-6 (22 satellites) | ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 242 | July 28, 2023 04:01[139] |
F9 B5 B1062.15 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-7 (22 satellites) | ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. The launch occurred 4 days, 3 hours and 11 minutes after SpaceX's previous mission from the same pad, setting a new record that was broken again ten days later with flight 244. | |||||||||
| FH 7 | July 29, 2023 03:04[140] |
Falcon Heavy B5 B1074 (core) |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Jupiter-3 (EchoStar-24)[141] | ~9,200 kg (20,300 lb) | GTO | EchoStar | Success | No attempt |
| B1064.3 (side) | Success (LZ‑1) | ||||||||
| B1065.3 (side) | Success (LZ‑2) | ||||||||
| Largest and heaviest geostationary communication satellite ever launched.[141] Both side boosters returned to the launch site while the center core was expended.[142] First second stage featuring Falcon medium coast mission-extension kit.[143] | |||||||||
| 243 | August 3, 2023 05:00[144] |
F9 B5 B1077.6 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Galaxy 37 | ~5,063 kg (11,162 lb) | GTO | Intelsat | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Intelsat originally contracted both SpaceX and Arianespace to launch its seventh C-band replacement satellite, Galaxy 37.[145] Launch was previously awarded to Arianespace.[146][147] Also known as Galaxy 13R, as it replaced Galaxy 13.[148] The spacecraft also contains a Ku-band payload known as Horizons-4, which is Japan-licensed. | |||||||||
| 244 | August 7, 2023 02:41[149] |
F9 B5 B1078.4 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-8 (22 satellites) | ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. This launch marked a turnaround record for SpaceX; the launch occurred 3 days, 21 hours and 41 minutes after SpaceX's previous mission from SLC-40. The previous record was set the month before at the same launch pad. | |||||||||
| 245 | August 8, 2023 03:57[150] |
F9 B5 B1075.5 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 6-20 (15 satellites) | ~12,000 kg (26,000 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 15 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. This launch was to a lower than normal orbital inclination for a West Coast launch, as launches to 43° are normally conducted from the East Coast. Due to the unique orbital insertion, this launch carried fewer Starlink satellites than a typical launch, reducing weight. | |||||||||
| 246 | August 11, 2023 05:17[151] |
F9 B5 B1069.9 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-9 (22 satellites) | ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. 1st time flying a fairing half for the 11th time. 100th launch of a batch of Starlink satellites (excluding launch of test satellites Tintin A&B). | |||||||||
| 247 | August 17, 2023 03:36[152] |
F9 B5 B1067.13 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-10 (22 satellites) | ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 248 | August 22, 2023 09:37[153] |
F9 B5 B1061.15 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 7-1 (21 satellites) | ~15,300 kg (33,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 249 | August 26, 2023 07:27[154] |
F9 B5 B1081.1[155] |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Crew-7[156] (Crew Dragon C210.3 Endurance) | ~13,000 kg (29,000 lb) | LEO (ISS) | NASA (CTS) | Success | Success (LZ‑1) |
| After first six Crew Dragon launches of NASA USCV award, a further three missions for SpaceX were announced on December 3, 2021. These launches carry up to four astronauts and 100 kg (220 lb) of cargo to the ISS as well as feature a lifeboat function to evacuate astronauts from ISS in case of an emergency.[71][157] | |||||||||
| 250 | August 27, 2023 01:05[158] |
F9 B5 B1080.3 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-11 (22 satellites) | ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 251 | September 1, 2023 02:21[159] |
F9 B5 B1077.7 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-13 (22 satellites) | ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 252 | September 2, 2023 02:21[160] 14:25[161] |
F9 B5 B1063.13 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | SDA Tranche 0B (13 satellites) | Unknown | LEO | SDA | Success | Success (LZ‑4) |
| Second launch of SDA Transport and Tracking Layer satellites. Originally intended to launch the remaining 18 satellites, but a late change reduced this to 13. One was York Space Systems built and 10 are Lockheed Martin-Tyvak Space systems built Transport layer satellites, and two were SpaceX/Leidos built, Starlink-derived Tracking layer satellites.[86] The Transport layer is an interoperable mesh network of satellites intended to provide periodic low-latency and high-capacity data connectivity, while the Tracking Layer consists of interconnected satellites with cross-links and wide field-of-view infrared sensors for hypersonic missile tracking. Fifth flight with short nozzle second stage aimed at lowering costs and improving launch cadence, but is only suitable for missions with lower performance requirements. This was the 61st launch of a Falcon rocket this year, the same number of launches carried out in all of 2022. | |||||||||
| 253 | September 4, 2023 02:47[162] |
F9 B5 B1073.10 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Starlink: Group 6-12 (22 satellites) | ~15,300 kg (33,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. With this launch, SpaceX's Falcon family surpassed the yearly world record for most successful launches, previously set by the R-7 rocket family in 1980. | |||||||||
| 254 | September 9, 2023 03:12[163] |
F9 B5 B1076.7 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-14 (22 satellites) | ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 255 | September 12, 2023 06:57[164] |
F9 B5 B1071.11 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 7-2 (21 satellites) | ~15,300 kg (33,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 256 | September 16, 2023 03:38[165] |
F9 B5 B1078.5 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-16 (22 satellites) | ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. This was the 200th flight and 200th success of the Block 5 version of Falcon 9. SpaceX's Falcon family thus broke the yearly world record for most launches attempted (irrespective of launch outcome) by any rocket family, i.e., 64 set by the R-7 family in 1980 after this launch.[166][167] | |||||||||
| 257 | September 20, 2023 03:38[168] |
F9 B5 B1058.17 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-17 (22 satellites) | ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. SpaceX set a new record using the same booster for the 17th time. | |||||||||
| 258 | September 24, 2023 03:38[169] |
F9 B5 B1060.17 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-18 (22 satellites) | ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. Second booster to fly for the 17th time. | |||||||||
| 259 | September 25, 2023 08:48[170] |
F9 B5 B1075.6 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 7-3 (21 satellites) | ~15,300 kg (33,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.
9 | |||||||||
| 260 | September 30, 2023 02:00[171] |
F9 B5 B1069.10 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-19 (22 satellites) | ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. This launch marked the first time SpaceX completed ten launches in a calendar month. | |||||||||
| 261 | October 5, 2023 05:36[172] |
F9 B5 B1076.8 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-21 (22 satellites) | ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 262 | October 9, 2023 07:23[173] |
F9 B5 B1063.14 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 7-4 (21 satellites) | ~15,300 kg (33,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| FH 8 | October 13, 2023 14:19[174] |
Falcon Heavy B5 B1079 (core)[175] |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Psyche[176] | ~2,608 kg (5,750 lb) | Heliocentric | NASA (Discovery) | Success | No attempt |
| B1064.4 (side) | Success (LZ‑1) | ||||||||
| B1065.4 (side) | Success (LZ‑2) | ||||||||
| Discovery Program mission designed to explore asteroid 16 Psyche to investigate the formation of the early Solar System.[177] Center core expended, while both side-boosters returned to Cape Canaveral for landings at LZ-1 and LZ-2.[178] | |||||||||
| 263 | October 13, 2023 23:01[179] |
F9 B5 B1067.14 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-22 (22 satellites) | ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 264 | October 18, 2023 00:39[180] |
F9 B5 B1062.16 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-23 (22 satellites) | ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 265 | October 21, 2023 08:23[181] |
F9 B5 B1061.16 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 7-5 (21 satellites) | ~15,300 kg (33,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 266 | October 22, 2023 02:17[182] |
F9 B5 B1080.4 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-24 (23 satellites) | ~16,800 kg (37,000 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. First time 23 Starlinks V2 Mini were launched and new Falcon 9 payload mass record of 18,400 kg. | |||||||||
| 267 | October 29, 2023 09:00[183] |
F9 B5 B1075.7 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 7-6 (22 satellites) | ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. New record of launching 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites from the West Coast. | |||||||||
| 268 | October 30, 2023 23:20[184] |
F9 B5 B1077.8 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-25 (23 satellites) | ~16,800 kg (37,000 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 269 | November 4, 2023 00:37[185] |
F9 B5 B1058.18 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-26 (23 satellites) | ~16,800 kg (37,000 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. First booster to fly for the 18th time. | |||||||||
| 270 | November 8, 2023 05:05[186] |
F9 B5 B1073.11 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-27 (23 satellites) | ~16,800 kg (37,000 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 271 | November 10, 2023 01:28[187] |
F9 B5 B1081.2 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | SpaceX CRS-29 (Dragon C211.2) | ~9,525 kg (20,999 lb) | LEO (ISS) | NASA (CRS) | Success | Success (LZ‑1) |
| Three more CRS Phase 2 missions for Dragon 2 covering up to CRS-29 were announced in December 2020.[75] The mission launched 2,381 kilograms (5,249 lb) of pressurized cargo and 569 kilograms (1,254 lb) of unpressurized cargo and then spent approximately one month on station. Among the cargo was station supplies and science experiments, including NASA's ILLUMA-T (Laser Communication from Space) and AWE (Atmospheric Waves Experiment) experiments, and ESA's Aquamembrane-3 experiment.[188] | |||||||||
| 272 | November 11, 2023 18:49[189] |
F9 B5 B1071.12 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Transporter-9 (113 payload smallsat rideshare) | Unknown[h] | SSO | Various | Success | Success (LZ‑4) |
| Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to Sun-synchronous orbit. Sixth flight with short nozzle second stage aimed at lowering costs and improving launch cadence, but is only suitable for missions with lower performance requirements. Momentus has announced that three sats manifested by them failed to deploy from the Transporter-9 mission. The satellites were destroyed when second stage deorbited.[190] | |||||||||
| 273 | November 12, 2023 21:08[191] |
F9 B5 B1076.9 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | O3b mPOWER 5 & 6 | ~4,100 kg (9,000 lb) | MEO | SES | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Third part of SES' MEO satellites for its O3b low-latency, high-performance connectivity services.[96] This is the first time a single booster launched for 8 times in a single calendar year. | |||||||||
| 274 | November 18, 2023 05:05[192] |
F9 B5 B1069.11 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-28 (23 satellites) | ~16,800 kg (37,000 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 275 | November 20, 2023 10:30[193] |
F9 B5 B1063.15 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 7-7 (22 satellites) | ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 276 | November 22, 2023 07:47[194] |
F9 B5 B1067.15 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-29 (23 satellites) | ~16,800 kg (37,000 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 277 | November 28, 2023 04:20[195] |
F9 B5 B1062.17 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-30 (23 satellites) | ~16,800 kg (37,000 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. First time SpaceX conducted 50th orbital launches in year from SLC-40. | |||||||||
| 278 | December 1, 2023 18:19[196] |
F9 B5 B1061.17 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | 425 Project satellite[197] EIRSAT-1 and others 23 secondary payloads[198] |
~800 kg (1,800 lb) (main satellite) |
SSO | Republic of Korea Armed Forces | Success | Success (LZ‑4) |
| A military satellite of South Korea with a mass of 800 kg. EIRSAT-1 is an Irish 2U cubesat that carries a gamma-ray detector and an experiment of thermal coatings for other spacecraft.[199] SpaceX completing 250th landing of a Falcon first-stage booster this mission. | |||||||||
| 279 | December 3, 2023 04:00[200] |
F9 B5 B1078.6 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-31 (23 satellites) | ~16,800 kg (37,000 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 280 | December 7, 2023 05:07[201] |
F9 B5 B1077.9 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-33 (23 satellites) | ~16,800 kg (37,000 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. SpaceX's 90th launch of the year including Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy. | |||||||||
| 281 | December 8, 2023 08:03[202] |
F9 B5 B1071.13 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 7-8 (22 satellites) | ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. 200th landing on a droneship by a Falcon booster. Fastest turnaround of Vandenberg SLC-4E pad at 6 days, 13 hours and 44 minutes. USA broke the world record of most launches by a nation (108), held by Soviet Union in 1982.[203][204] SpaceX completed 100 launches in 365 days (a year) between December 8, 2022, 22:27 UTC and December 8, 2023, 8:03 UTC.[205] | |||||||||
| 282 | December 19, 2023 04:01[206] |
F9 B5 B1081.3 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-34 (23 satellites) | ~16,800 kg (37,000 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 283 | December 23, 2023 05:33[207] |
F9 B5 B1058.19 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-32 (23 satellites) | ~16,800 kg (37,000 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Partial failure (JRTI) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. First booster to fly for the 19th time. Despite the landing being initially successful, the booster later tipped over during transit due to rough seas, high winds and waves, the stage was unable to be secured to the deck for recovery and later tipped over and was destroyed in transit. SpaceX has already equipped newer Falcon boosters with upgraded landing legs that have the capability to self-level and mitigate this type of issue.[208] | |||||||||
| 284 | December 24, 2023 13:11[209] |
F9 B5 B1075.8 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | SARah 2 & 3[210] | ~3,600 kg (7,900 lb) | SSO | German Intelligence Service | Success | Success (LZ‑4) |
| In January 2019, the satellites were expected to be launched between November 2020 and September 2021.[211] Seventh flight with short nozzle second stage aimed at lowering costs and improving launch cadence, but is only suitable for missions with lower performance requirements. | |||||||||
| FH 9 | December 29, 2023 01:07[212] |
Falcon Heavy B5 B1084 (core)[213] |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | USSF-52 (Boeing X-37B OTV-7) | 6,350 kg (14,000 lb) + OTV payload |
High Elliptical HEO[214] | Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office[215]/USSF |
Success | No attempt |
| B1064.5 (side) | Success (LZ‑1) | ||||||||
| B1065.5 (side) | Success (LZ‑2) | ||||||||
| Classified payload contract awarded in June 2018 for US$130 million,[216] increased to $149.2 million in August 2021, due to "a change in the contract requirements" and was expected to be completed by April 14, 2022.[217] Draft solicitation said the launch was 6,350 kg (14,000 lb) to GTO.[218] A month before launch, the Air Force announced that the mission will fly the X-37B spaceplane.[219] Fourth flight of the second X-37B. Center core expended as both side boosters landed on LZ-1 and LZ-2. | |||||||||
| 285 | December 29, 2023 04:01[220] |
F9 B5 B1069.12 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-36 (23 satellites) | ~16,800 kg (37,000 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. SpaceX set a new record for the shortest time between two Falcon launches at 2 hours and 54 minutes. The previous record time was 4 hours and 12 minutes, set between the Starlink Group 2-8 and SES-18 & SES-19 missions on March 17, 2023. | |||||||||
2024
SpaceX conducted 134 Falcon family (132 Falcon 9 and two Falcon Heavy) launches in 2024, including the failed Starlink Group 9-3 mission.[221] It again broke the global single-year launch record of 98 launches in a year (set by SpaceX in the previous year with 96 Falcon and 2 Starship launches).
The company had set initial launch targets for the year of approximately 144 launches, or an average of 12 per month, accounting for potential delays due to weather, technical issues, and scheduled maintenance.[222][223] However, subsequent statements from SpaceX leadership indicated a potential increase to 148 launches, an average of 13 launches per month.[224][225] Later in November 2024, due to launch or recovery failures leading to several mishap investigations and delays, SpaceX leadership lowered the year's launch projections to approximately 136 launches in the year, which was subsequently missed by two launches.[226]
The company's payload delivery capacity also rose, with more than 1,498 tonnes (3,303,000 lb) (only 85.5% of the launches were reported launch masses) sent to orbit.[227]
| Flight No. | Date and time (UTC) |
Version, booster[f] |
Launch site |
Payload[g] | Payload mass | Orbit | Customer | Launch outcome |
Booster landing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 286 | January 3, 2024 03:44[228] |
F9 B5 B1082.1 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 7-9 (22 satellites) | ~16,800 kg (37,000 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including the first six to feature direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 287 | January 3, 2024 23:04[229] |
F9 B5 B1076.10 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Ovzon-3 | 1,800 kg (4,000 lb) | GTO | Ovzon | Success | Success (LZ‑1) |
| Broadband internet provider satellite.[230] First Falcon 9 launch to GTO with a return-to-launch-site (RTLS) landing. First commercial satellite with Roll Out Solar Array that was deployed on January 10, 2024.[231][232] | |||||||||
| 288 | January 7, 2024 22:35[233] |
F9 B5 B1067.16 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-35 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. Falcon record for total time from hangar rollout to launch at 6 hours, 33 minutes.[234] | |||||||||
| 289 | January 14, 2024 08:59[235] |
F9 B5 B1061.18 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 7-10 (22 satellites) | ~16,700 kg (36,800 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. Second booster to fly for the 18th time. | |||||||||
| 290 | January 15, 2024 01:52[236] |
F9 B5 B1073.12 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-37 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. Shortest landing-to-landing turnaround of a droneship, at about 7 days. 300th successful mission for SpaceX.[237] Following this launch, SLC-40 was deactivated for planned maintenance and upgrades and would not see another flight until January 30.[238] | |||||||||
| 291 | January 18, 2024 21:49[239] |
F9 B5 B1080.5 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Ax-3 (Crew Dragon C212.3 Freedom) | ~13,000 kg (29,000 lb) | LEO (ISS) | Axiom Space | Success | Success (LZ‑1) |
| Axiom contracted for three additional private crewed missions in June 2021.[240][114][241] The crew consisted of American Michael López-Alegría, Italian astronaut Walter Villadei, ESA Swedish Project astronaut Marcus Wandt and Turkish astronaut Alper Gezeravcı. | |||||||||
| 292 | January 24, 2024 00:35[242] |
F9 B5 B1063.16 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 7-11 (22 satellites) | ~16,700 kg (36,800 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 293 | January 29, 2024 01:10[243] |
F9 B5 B1062.18 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Starlink: Group 6-38 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 294 | January 29, 2024 05:57[244] |
F9 B5 B1075.9 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 7-12 (22 satellites) | ~16,700 kg (36,800 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. This landing marked the fastest turnaround of a droneship at just over 5 days. The launch also marked the fastest turnaround time of SLC-4E at 5 days, 5 hours, 22 minutes, and 20 seconds, beating previous record of 6.5 days. | |||||||||
| 295 | January 30, 2024 17:07[245] |
F9 B5 B1077.10 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | CRS NG-20 | 3,726 kg (8,214 lb) | LEO (ISS) | Northrop Grumman (CRS) | Success | Success (LZ‑1) |
| First Cygnus flight on Falcon 9. Northrop Grumman acquired three flights from SpaceX while a replacement rocket stage is developed for its Antares rocket.[246] Eighth flight with short nozzle second stage, which has lower production cost and faster build time but is only suitable for missions with lower performance requirements. SpaceX modified the fairing to add a hatch for late cargo loads onto the spacecraft via mobile cleanroom.[247] Unmanned Enhanced Cygnus cargo spacecraft named in honor of Patricia “Patty” Hilliard Robertson. | |||||||||
| 296 | February 8, 2024 06:33[248] |
F9 B5 B1081.4 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | PACE | 1,694 kg (3,735 lb) | SSO | NASA (LSP) | Success | Success (LZ‑1) |
| This was a mission to launch the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) spacecraft, a 1.7 tonnes (3,700 lb), US$800 million craft, that orbits at a 676 km (420 mi) altitude. It has the Ocean Color Imager intended to study phytoplankton in the ocean, as well as two polarimeters for studying properties of clouds, aerosols and the ocean. The launch price was US$80.4 million.[249] | |||||||||
| 297 | February 10, 2024 00:34[250] |
F9 B5 B1071.14 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 7-13 (22 satellites) | ~16,700 kg (36,800 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 298 | February 14, 2024 22:30[251] |
F9 B5 B1078.7 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | USSF-124 (6 satellites) | Unknown | LEO | USSF / SDA | Success | Success (LZ‑2) |
| Launch included two HBTSS and four SDA Tranche 0 Tracking Layer satellites. Launch part of Phase 2 US Space Force contract awarded in 2022.[252] Second time a second stage featured Falcon medium coast mission-extension kit. 1st time flying a fairing half for the 15th time. | |||||||||
| 299 | February 15, 2024 06:05[253] |
F9 B5 B1060.18 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | IM-1 Nova-C Odysseus lander | 1,931 kg (4,257 lb) | TLI | NASA (CLPS) / Intuitive Machines | Success | Success (LZ‑1) |
| Second mission of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, and first private American company to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon. The lander carried five payloads of up to 100 kg (220 lb) total (LRA, NDL, LN-1, SCALPSS, and ROLSES), a deployable camera namely, EagleCam and transmit data from the lunar surface in a mission lasting 2 weeks.[254][255][256] The LC-39A pad's transporter erector was modified to fuel cryogenic liquid oxygen and liquid methane into the payload before liftoff.[257] | |||||||||
| 300 | February 15, 2024 21:34[258] |
F9 B5 B1082.2 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 7-14 (22 satellites) | ~16,700 kg (36,800 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. This mission marked the 300th Falcon 9 launch, the 200th consecutive successful landing of a booster, and the first time SpaceX launched three rockets within 24 hours. SpaceX removed the stiffener ring around the nozzle of Merlin Vacuum Engine on Starlink missions starting with this launch.[259] | |||||||||
| 301 | February 20, 2024 20:11[260] |
F9 B5 B1067.17 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Telkomsat HTS 113BT | 4,000 kg (8,800 lb) | GTO | Telkom Indonesia | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Indonesian satellite to provide more capacity over Indonesia.[261] 300th successful Falcon 9 mission. | |||||||||
| 302 | February 23, 2024 04:11[262] |
F9 B5 B1061.19 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 7-15 (22 satellites) | ~16,700 kg (36,800 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. This mission marked the second time a booster was flown for the 19th time and featured a Merlin engine that was being used on its 22nd mission beating its own record, having already surpassed Space Shuttle Main Engine no. 2019's record of 19 flights.[263] | |||||||||
| 303 | February 25, 2024 22:06[264] |
F9 B5 B1069.13 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-39 (24 satellites) | ~17,500 kg (38,600 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 24 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. New mass record on Falcon 9 taking 17,500 kg (38,600 lb) to low Earth orbit.[265] | |||||||||
| 304 | February 29, 2024 15:30[266] |
F9 B5 B1076.11 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-40 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 305 | March 4, 2024 03:53[267] |
F9 B5 B1083.1 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Crew-8 (Crew Dragon C206.5 Endeavour) | ~13,000 kg (29,000 lb) | LEO (ISS) | NASA (CTS) | Success | Success (LZ‑1) |
| After first six Crew Dragon launches of NASA USCV award, a further three missions for SpaceX were announced on December 3, 2021. These launches carry up to four astronauts and 100 kg (220 lb) of cargo to the ISS as well as feature a lifeboat function to evacuate astronauts from ISS in case of an emergency. SpaceX flew its 50th astronaut on this Crew Dragon launch.[268] | |||||||||
| 306 | March 4, 2024 22:05[269] |
F9 B5 B1081.5 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Transporter-10 (53 payload smallsat rideshare) | Unknown[h] | SSO | Various | Success | Success (LZ‑4) |
| Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit including the 1,000th satellite of SpaceX rideshare program.[270][271] Third time a second stage featured Falcon medium coast mission-extension kit. | |||||||||
| 307 | March 4, 2024 23:56[272] |
F9 B5 B1073.13 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-41 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. SpaceX set a new record for the shortest time between two Falcon launches at 1 hour and 51 minutes. The previous record time was 2 hours and 54 minutes, set between the USSF-52 (Boeing X-37B OTV-7) and Starlink Group 6–36 missions on December 29, 2023. Thus for the first time, SpaceX launch operations for a mission coincided with that of a preceding launch (in this case, payload deployment of Transporter-10:(53 payloads SmallSat Rideshare).[273] It was a new record for the shortest time between three Falcon launches at 20 hours and 3 minutes. The previous record time was 23 hours and 4 minutes, set between flights 298 and 300 on February 14/15, 2024. | |||||||||
| 308 | March 10, 2024 23:05[274] |
F9 B5 B1077.11 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-43 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 309 | March 11, 2024 04:09[275] |
F9 B5 B1063.17 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 7-17 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. First time 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites are launched on a flight from Vandenberg. | |||||||||
| 310 | March 16, 2024 00:21[276] |
F9 B5 B1062.19 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Starlink: Group 6-44 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 311 | March 19, 2024 02:28[277] |
F9 B5 B1075.10 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 7-16 (20 satellites) + 2 Starshield satellites | ~16,300 kg (35,900 lb) (Starlink) |
LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation and two SpaceX Starshield satellites as rideshare.[278][279] | |||||||||
| 312 | March 21, 2024 20:55[280] |
F9 B5 B1080.6 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | SpaceX CRS-30 (Dragon C209.4) | 2,721 kg (5,999 lb) | LEO (ISS) | NASA (CRS) | Success | Success (LZ‑1) |
| Six additional CRS-2 missions for Dragon 2 were announced in March 2022, resupplying the ISS until 2026.[281] First launch of Dragon 2 from SLC-40. | |||||||||
| 313 | March 24, 2024 03:09[282] |
F9 B5 B1060.19 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Starlink: Group 6-42 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 314 | March 25, 2024 23:42[283] |
F9 B5 B1078.8 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-46 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. Least time taken between landing and port's arrival at 50 hours and fastest turnaround of a pad switching from Dragon to Fairing mission, that was completed in 4 days.[284] | |||||||||
| 315 | March 30, 2024 21:52[285] |
F9 B5 B1076.12 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Eutelsat 36D | 5,000 kg (11,000 lb) | GTO | Eutelsat | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Television broadcast satellite. First time SpaceX completed 11 Falcon launches in a calendar month. | |||||||||
| 316 | March 31, 2024 01:30[286] |
F9 B5 B1067.18 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-45 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. This marks the first time SpaceX has completed 12 Falcon launches in a calendar month. | |||||||||
| 317 | April 2, 2024 02:30[287] |
F9 B5 B1071.15 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 7-18 (22 satellites) | ~16,700 kg (36,800 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 318 | April 5, 2024 09:12[288] |
F9 B5 B1069.14 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-47 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 319 | April 7, 2024 02:25[289] |
F9 B5 B1081.6 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 8-1 (21 satellites) | ~16,800 kg (37,000 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including six with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 320 | April 7, 2024 23:16[290] |
F9 B5 B1073.14 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Bandwagon-1 (11 payload smallsat rideshare) | Unknown[h] | LEO | Various | Success | Success (LZ‑1) |
| Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to 45° inclination, 550–600 km (340–370 mi) altitude.[271][291] The mission includes flight 2 of 425 Project, a military SAR satellite of South Korea with a mass of ~800 kg (1,800 lb). | |||||||||
| 321 | April 10, 2024 05:40[292] |
F9 B5 B1083.2 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-48 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 322 | April 11, 2024 14:25[293] |
F9 B5 B1082.3 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | USSF-62 (WSF-M 1) | 1,200 kg (2,600 lb) | SSO | USSF | Success | Success (LZ‑4) |
| Launch part of Phase 2 US Space Force contract awarded in 2022. This was the first launch of the Weather System Follow-on Microwave weather satellite, which replaced the aging Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellites.[294][252] | |||||||||
| 323 | April 13, 2024 01:40[295] |
F9 B5 B1062.20 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-49 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. First booster to fly for the 20th time, new record. | |||||||||
| 324 | April 17, 2024 21:26[296] |
F9 B5 B1077.12 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Starlink: Group 6-51 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 325 | April 18, 2024 22:40[297] |
F9 B5 B1080.7 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-52 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 326 | April 23, 2024 22:17[298] |
F9 B5 B1078.9 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-53 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. 300th Falcon booster landing, including both Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy boosters.[299] | |||||||||
| 327 | April 28, 2024 00:34[300] |
F9 B5 B1060.20 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Galileo-L12 (FOC FM25 & FM27) | 1,600 kg (3,500 lb) | MEO | ESA | Success | No attempt |
| First Galileo satellites booked on a US rocket following delays to the European Ariane 6 program. The booster was expended on this mission due to the performance needed to get the payload to the desired 23,616 km orbit. | |||||||||
| 328 | April 28, 2024 22:08[301] |
F9 B5 B1076.13 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-54 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. 300th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch. | |||||||||
| 329 | May 2, 2024 18:36[302] |
F9 B5 B1061.20 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | WorldView Legion 1 & 2 | 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) | SSO | Maxar Technologies | Success | Success (LZ‑4) |
| Two Maxar Technologies satellites built by subsidiary SSL for subsidiary DigitalGlobe.[303] Ninth flight with short nozzle second stage aimed at lowering costs and improving launch cadence, but is only suitable for missions with lower performance requirements. | |||||||||
| 330 | May 3, 2024 02:37[304] |
F9 B5 B1067.19 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-55 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 331 | May 6, 2024 18:14[305] |
F9 B5 B1069.15 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-57 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 332 | May 8, 2024 18:42[306] |
F9 B5 B1083.3 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Starlink: Group 6-56 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 333 | May 10, 2024 04:30[307] |
F9 B5 B1082.4 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 8-2 (20 satellites) | ~16,300 kg (35,900 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 334 | May 13, 2024 00:53[308] |
F9 B5 B1073.15 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-58 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 335 | May 14, 2024 18:39[309] |
F9 B5 B1063.18 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 8-7 (20 satellites) | ~16,300 kg (35,900 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 336 | May 18, 2024 00:32[310] |
F9 B5 B1062.21 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-59 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. First booster to fly for the 21st time, new record. | |||||||||
| 337 | May 22, 2024 08:00[311] |
F9 B5 B1071.16 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | NROL-146 (21 Starshield satellites) | Unknown | SSO | Northrop Grumman/NRO | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| The first launch of SpaceX/Northrop built Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office.[312][313] | |||||||||
| 338 | May 23, 2024 02:35[314] |
F9 B5 B1080.8 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-62 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 339 | May 24, 2024 02:45[315] |
F9 B5 B1077.13 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Starlink: Group 6-63 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 340 | May 28, 2024 14:24[316] |
F9 B5 B1078.10 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-60 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 341 | May 28, 2024 22:20[317] |
F9 B5 B1081.7 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | EarthCARE | 2,350 kg (5,180 lb) | SSO | ESA | Success | Success (LZ‑4) |
| EarthCARE (Cloud, Aerosol and Radiation Explorer) satellite was the sixth mission in ESA's Earth Explorer program.[318] Tenth flight with short nozzle second stage aimed at lowering costs and improving launch cadence, but is only suitable for missions with lower performance requirements. This marked the first time SpaceX has completed 13 Falcon launches in a calendar month. | |||||||||
| 342 | June 1, 2024 02:37[319] |
F9 B5 B1076.14 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-64 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. Fastest landing-to-landing turnaround of a drone ship, with A Shortfall of Gravitas having serviced the previous Starlink launch only 3 days, 12 hours prior.[320] First time SpaceX has completed 14 Falcon launches in a calendar month (the launch took place on the evening of May 31 local time). | |||||||||
| 343 | June 5, 2024 02:16[321] |
F9 B5 B1067.20 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 8-5 (23 satellites) | ~16,300 kg (35,900 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 344 | June 8, 2024 01:56[322] |
F9 B5 B1069.16 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 10-1 (22 satellites) | ~16,700 kg (36,800 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 279 km (173 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. 300th Falcon 9 booster landing. | |||||||||
| 345 | June 8, 2024 12:58[323] |
F9 B5 B1061.21 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 8-8 (20 satellites) | ~16,300 kg (35,900 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. Second booster to fly for the 21st time. | |||||||||
| 346 | June 19, 2024 03:40[324] |
F9 B5 B1082.5 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 9-1 (20 satellites) | ~16,300 kg (35,900 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 347 | June 20, 2024 21:35[325] |
F9 B5 B1080.9 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Astra 1P | 5,000 kg (11,000 lb) | GTO | SES | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| A SES satellite serving major broadcasters across Europe. | |||||||||
| 348 | June 23, 2024 17:15[326] |
F9 B5 B1078.11 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 10-2 (22 satellites) | ~16,700 kg (36,800 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 279 km (173 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. A launch attempt on June 14 was scrubbed when B1073 commanded an abort seconds after engine ignition. The payload and second stage were moved to B1078 for launch.[327] | |||||||||
| 349 | June 24, 2024 03:47[328] |
F9 B5 B1075.11 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 9-2 (20 satellites) | ~16,300 kg (35,900 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| FH 10 | June 25, 2024 21:26[329] |
Falcon Heavy B5 B1087 (core) |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | GOES-U (GOES-19)[330] | 5,000 kg (11,000 lb) | GTO | NOAA | Success | No attempt |
| B1072.1 (side) | Success (LZ‑1) | ||||||||
| B1086.1 (side) | Success (LZ‑2) | ||||||||
| In September 2021, NASA awarded SpaceX a $152.5 million contract to provide launch services for the GOES-U weather satellite (renamed as GOES-19 after reaching geostationary orbit).[331] Fourth time a second stage featured Falcon medium coast mission-extension kit. Center core expended as side boosters landed on LZ-1 and 2. | |||||||||
| 350 | June 27, 2024 11:14[332] |
F9 B5 B1062.22 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 10-3 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 279 km (173 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. First booster to fly for the 22nd time, new record. | |||||||||
| 351 | June 29, 2024 03:14[333] |
F9 B5 B1081.8 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | NROL-186 (~21 Starshield satellites) | Unknown | SSO | NRO | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| The second launch of SpaceX/Northrop Grumman built Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office. | |||||||||
| 352 | July 3, 2024 08:55[334] |
F9 B5 B1073.16 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 8-9 (20 satellites) | ~16,300 kg (35,900 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. 100th Starlink satellite launched with direct-to-cell connectivity. | |||||||||
| 353 | July 8, 2024 23:30[335] |
F9 B5 B1076.15 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Türksat 6A | 4,250 kg (9,370 lb) | GTO | Türksat | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| First domestically produced Turkish communications satellite.[336] | |||||||||
| 354 | July 12, 2024 02:35[337] |
F9 B5 B1063.19 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 9-3 (20 satellites) | ~16,300 kg (35,900 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Failure | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, that failed to reach the target orbit. The mission experienced a failure of its second stage. While the initial burn proceeded as planned, a subsequent liquid oxygen leak led to engine disintegration during a planned second burn.[338][339] All starlink satellites were deployed, but without the additional burn, all Starlink satellites were lost due to atmospheric drag.[340] The incident marked the first Falcon 9 Block 5 failure since its introduction, ending a streak of 325 consecutive successful Falcon 9 launches following the pre-flight anomaly of AMOS-6.[341][342] The FAA initiated a SpaceX-performed mishap investigation, halting Falcon 9 launches until concluding that no public safety risks were present.[343] The rocket was cleared to resume flight on July 25, 2024, though the overall investigation remained open.[344] | |||||||||
| 355 | July 27, 2024 05:45[345] |
F9 B5 B1069.17 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Starlink: Group 10-9 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 279 km (173 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. Return-to-flight mission. | |||||||||
| 356 | July 28, 2024 05:09[346] |
F9 B5 B1077.14 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 10-4 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 279 km (173 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. 300th Falcon first-stage reflight. | |||||||||
| 357 | July 28, 2024 09:22[346] |
F9 B5 B1071.17 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 9-4 (21 satellites) | ~16,500 kg (36,400 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 358 | August 2, 2024 05:01[347] |
F9 B5 B1078.12 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Starlink: Group 10-6 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 279 km (173 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 359 | August 4, 2024 07:24[348] |
F9 B5 B1082.6 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 11-1 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 360 | August 4, 2024 15:02[349] |
F9 B5 B1080.10 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | CRS NG-21 | 3,857 kg (8,503 lb) | LEO (ISS) | Northrop Grumman (CRS) | Success | Success (LZ‑1) |
| Second of three launches Northrop Grumman acquired from SpaceX while a replacement rocket stage is developed for its Antares rocket. Unmanned Enhanced Cygnus cargo spacecraft named in honor of Francis R. "Dick" Scobee. Eleventh flight with short nozzle second stage aimed at lowering costs and improving launch cadence, but is only suitable for missions with lower performance requirements. | |||||||||
| 361 | August 10, 2024 12:50[350] |
F9 B5 B1067.21 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 8-3 (21 satellites) | ~16,500 kg (36,400 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 362 | August 12, 2024 02:02[351] |
F9 B5 B1061.22 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | ASBM 1 (GX 10A) & ASBM 2 (GX 10B) | ~7,230 kg (15,940 lb)[352] | Molniya | Space Norway | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Space Norway launched two satellites built by Inmarsat for the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) system into highly elliptical Molniya transfer orbits[353] (apogee: 43,509 km (27,035 mi), perigee: 8,089 km (5,026 mi), 63.4° inclination) to provide communication coverage to high latitudes not served by geosynchronous satellites.[354][355][356] Second booster to fly for the 22nd time. | |||||||||
| 363 | August 12, 2024 10:37[357] |
F9 B5 B1073.17 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Starlink: Group 10-7 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 279 km (173 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 364 | August 15, 2024 13:00[358] |
F9 B5 B1076.16 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | WorldView Legion 3 & 4 | 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) | LEO | Maxar Technologies | Success | Success (LZ‑1) |
| Maxar Technologies built satellites.[303][359] | |||||||||
| 365 | August 16, 2024 18:56[360] |
F9 B5 B1075.12 |
Vandenberg, SLC-4E | Transporter-11 (116 payload smallsat rideshare) | Unknown[h] | SSO | Various | Success | Success (LZ‑4) |
| Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit.[271] Fifth time a second stage featured Falcon medium coast mission-extension kit. | |||||||||
| 366 | August 20, 2024 13:20[361] |
F9 B5 B1085.1 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 10-5 (23 satellites) | ~16,700 kg (36,800 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 279 km (173 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 367 | August 28, 2024 07:48[362] |
F9 B5 B1062.23 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 8-6 (21 satellites) | ~16,700 kg (36,800 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Failure (ASOG) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini-satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. The booster was making its 23rd flight, a new record. The booster caught fire during the touchdown, immediately tipped over, and was destroyed. This marked the first landing failure in over three years, ending a streak of 267 successful landings and the first failure on the A Shortfall of Gravitas platform.[363] The FAA required SpaceX to investigate the landing failure.[364][365] On Aug 30, the FAA approved the request for SpaceX to return Falcon 9 to launch.[31] | |||||||||
| 368 | August 31, 2024 07:43[366] |
F9 B5 B1069.18 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 8-10 (21 satellites) | ~16,700 kg (36,800 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 369 | August 31, 2024 08:48[367] |
F9 B5 B1081.9 |
Vandenberg, SLC-4E | Starlink: Group 9-5 (21 satellites) | ~16,700 kg (36,800 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. New record for the time between missions from different pads, launching 1 hour and 5 minutes after the prior flight. | |||||||||
| 370 | September 5, 2024 15:33[368] |
F9 B5 B1077.15 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 8-11 (21 satellites) | ~16,700 kg (36,800 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 371 | September 6, 2024 03:20[369] |
F9 B5 B1063.20 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | NROL-113 (21 Starshield satellites) | Unknown | LEO | NRO | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 21 Starshield satellites to 70° inclination orbit. Third launch of SpaceX/Northrop Grumman-built Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office. Launch marked the 100th successful landing on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship. | |||||||||
| 372 | September 10, 2024 09:23[370] |
F9 B5 B1083.4 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Polaris Dawn (Crew Dragon C207.3 Resilience) | ~13,000 kg (29,000 lb) | LEO | Polaris Program | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| First of two Crew Dragon missions for the Polaris Program. The rocket launched Crew Dragon with Jared Isaacman, Scott Poteet, Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon into an elliptic orbit, reaching an altitude of 1,400 kilometers (870 mi); the farthest anyone has been from Earth since NASA's Apollo program. During the five-day mission, Isaacman and Gillis performed the first commercial spacewalk.[371] The mission was also the first test of Dragon's laser interlink communication via Starlink.[372] Resilience has been modified extensively for this mission.[373] | |||||||||
| 373 | September 12, 2024 08:52[374] |
F9 B5 B1078.13 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | BlueBird Block 1 (5 satellites)[375] | 7,500 kg (16,500 lb) | LEO | AST SpaceMobile | Success | Success (LZ‑1) |
| Cellphone-compatible broadband constellation. Each satellite is a similar size and weight to its 1,500-kilogram (3,300 lb) BlueWalker 3 prototype and have a 64-square-meter (690 sq ft) phased array antenna. | |||||||||
| 374 | September 13, 2024 01:45[376] |
F9 B5 B1071.18 |
Vandenberg, SLC-4E | Starlink: Group 9-6 (21 satellites) | ~16,700 kg (36,800 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 375 | September 17, 2024 22:50[377] |
F9 B5 B1067.22 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Galileo-L13 (FOC FM26 & FM32) | 1,600 kg (3,500 lb) | MEO | ESA | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Second and last launch of Galileo navigation satellites on Falcon 9. Originally planned to launch on Soyuz, but canceled after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Launch was shifted to the new Ariane 6 rocket, but the program was delayed.[378] On the previous Galileo launch, the booster was expended due to a lack of fuel for a landing. However, that launch provided data that allowed SpaceX to make design and operational changes to recover the booster on this launch. The company said this landing attempt would test the bounds of recovery.[377] | |||||||||
| 376 | September 20, 2024 13:50[379] |
F9 B5 B1075.13 |
Vandenberg, SLC-4E | Starlink: Group 9-17 (20 satellites) | ~16,300 kg (35,900 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 377 | September 25, 2024 04:01[380] |
F9 B5 B1081.10 |
Vandenberg, SLC-4E | Starlink: Group 9-8 (20 satellites) | ~16,300 kg (35,900 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 378 | September 28, 2024 17:17[381] |
F9 B5 B1085.2 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Crew-9 (Crew Dragon C212.4 Freedom) | ~13,000 kg (29,000 lb) | LEO (ISS) | NASA (CTS)[71] | Success | Success (LZ‑1) |
| Long-duration mission to the International Space Station (ISS). First crewed mission to launch from SLC-40.[382] The launch carried two members of the Expedition 72 crew, Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov, along with a small amount of cargo to the ISS.[71] Due to technical issues with the Boeing Starliner Calypso the crew complement of the launch was reduced down to two and Barry E. Wilmore and Sunita Williams, the crew of the Boeing Crew Flight Test, joined the Crew-9 and Expedition 72 crew complement.[383] The second stage experienced an off-nominal deorbit burn that ran for an extra 500 milliseconds, and while it landed safely in the ocean, it landed short of the targeted area.[384] SpaceX said they would temporarily halt launches while time was spent understanding the root cause. Several days later the FAA said they would require an investigation into the failure before issuing a return to flight for the Falcon 9. It marked the third time in a span of three months that the Falcon 9 suffered an anomaly temporarily stopping launches.[385][386] On October 11, the FAA approved the Falcon 9 to return to flight for low-Earth orbit missions, after granting approval for the Hera launch due to its heliocentric orbit.[387] | |||||||||
| 379 | October 7, 2024 14:52[388] |
F9 B5 B1061.23 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Hera | 1,108 kg (2,443 lb) | Heliocentric | ESA | Success | No attempt |
| Hera is a European Space Agency mission under its Space Safety program. Its primary goal is to study the aftermath of NASA's DART mission, which intentionally collided with the Didymos binary asteroid system. By analyzing the crater formed and the momentum transferred during the impact, Hera will help validate the kinetic impact method as a potential strategy for deflecting a near-Earth asteroid on a collision course with Earth. The mission will provide data on the efficiency of this technique. It also carries two nano-satellite CubeSats, called Milani and Juventas. This was the second booster to complete its 23rd flight. Although the Falcon 9 remained unable to launch following the Crew-9 mishap, the FAA granted an exemption for the Hera launch, as it did not involve a second-stage reentry.[389] First stage was expended because all of its performance were needed to go to the heliocentric orbit. | |||||||||
| FH 11 | October 14, 2024 16:06[390] |
Falcon Heavy B5 B1089 (core) |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Europa Clipper | 6,065 kg (13,371 lb) | Heliocentric | NASA | Success | No attempt |
| B1064.6 (side) | No attempt | ||||||||
| B1065.6 (side) | No attempt | ||||||||
| Europa Clipper will conduct a detailed survey of Europa and use a sophisticated suite of science instruments to investigate whether the icy moon has conditions suitable for life. Key mission objectives are to produce high-resolution images of Europa's surface, determine its composition, look for signs of recent or ongoing geological activity, measure the thickness of the moon's icy shell, search for subsurface lakes, and determine the depth and salinity of Europa's ocean.[391][392] The spacecraft will fly past Mars and Earth before arriving at Jupiter in April 2030.[393][394] At 45,648 km/h (28,364 mph) the launch had the highest-speed payload injection ever achieved by SpaceX, however to reach that speed, the core and side boosters were expended without grid fins and landing legs.[395][396] | |||||||||
| 380 | October 15, 2024 06:10[397] |
F9 B5 B1080.11 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 10-10 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 279 km (173 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. This was the 100th SpaceX launch this year, a first by any launch agency in a particular calendar year. | |||||||||
| 381 | October 15, 2024 08:21[398] |
F9 B5 B1071.19 |
Vandenberg, SLC-4E | Starlink: Group 9-7 (20 satellites) | ~16,300 kg (35,900 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 382 | October 18, 2024 23:31[399] |
F9 B5 B1076.17 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 8-19 (20 satellites) | ~16,300 kg (35,900 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. With this launch, SpaceX's Falcon family surpassed the yearly world record for most launches attempted, previously set by themselves last year. | |||||||||
| 383 | October 20, 2024 05:13[400] |
F9 B5 B1082.7 |
Vandenberg, SLC-4E | OneWeb #20 (20 satellites) | 2,954 kg (6,512 lb) | Polar LEO | OneWeb | Success | Success (LZ‑4) |
| Launch of 20 OneWeb satellites to expand internet constellation. 12th flight with short nozzle second stage. This was the 100th Falcon launch this year, the first by any rocket family in a particular calendar year. Moreover, with this launch, SpaceX's Falcon family surpassed the yearly world record for most successful launches, previously set by themselves last year. | |||||||||
| 384 | October 23, 2024 21:47[401] |
F9 B5 B1073.18 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-61 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. This was the 100th Falcon launch attempt this year. | |||||||||
| 385 | October 24, 2024 17:13[402] |
F9 B5 B1063.21 |
Vandenberg, SLC-4E | NROL-167 (~17 Starshield satellites) | Unknown | LEO | NRO | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Fourth launch of SpaceX/Northrop Grumman-built Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office. This was the 100th successful Falcon 9 launch this year, a record. | |||||||||
| 386 | October 26, 2024 21:47[403] |
F9 B5 B1069.19 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 10-8 (22 satellites) | ~16,700 kg (36,800 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 279 km (173 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. 100th successful Falcon 9 booster landing in 2024, a record. | |||||||||
| 387 | October 30, 2024 12:07[404] |
F9 B5 B1075.14 |
Vandenberg, SLC-4E | Starlink: Group 9-9 (20 satellites) | ~16,300 kg (35,900 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. 200th launch of dedicated starlink missions. | |||||||||
| 388 | October 30, 2024 21:10[405] |
F9 B5 B1078.14 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 10-13 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 279 km (173 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 389 | November 5, 2024 02:29[406] |
F9 B5 B1083.5 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | SpaceX CRS-31 (Cargo Dragon C208.5) | 2,762 kg (6,089 lb) | LEO (ISS) | NASA (CRS) | Success | Success (LZ‑1) |
| Carried 2,762 kg (6,089 lb) of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station (ISS).[407] CRS-31 is the first Dragon scheduled to perform a test "reboost" of the ISS on November 8, 2024, burning its aft-facing Draco thrusters for 12.5 minutes to counteract atmospheric drag on the station.[408] | |||||||||
| 390 | November 7, 2024 20:19[409] |
F9 B5 B1085.3 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-77 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 391 | November 9, 2024 06:14[410] |
F9 B5 B1081.11 |
Vandenberg, SLC-4E | Starlink: Group 9-10 (20 satellites) | ~16,300 kg (35,900 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 392 | 11 November 2024 17:22[411] |
F9 B5 B1067.23 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Koreasat 6A | 3,900 kg (8,600 lb) | GTO | KT Sat | Success | Success (LZ‑1) |
| South Korean communications satellite built on the Spacebus-4000B2 platform. To be positioned at 116° east.[412][413] First booster to successfully complete 23 launches and landings, surpassing booster B1062, which experienced a landing failure on its 23rd flight. | |||||||||
| 393 | November 11, 2024 21:28[414] |
F9 B5 B1080.12 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-69 (24 satellites) | ~17,500 kg (38,600 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 24 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. Second Starlink v2 mini mission to launch 24 satellites, the first was Group 6-39, launched on flight F9-303 in February 2024. | |||||||||
| 394 | November 14, 2024 05:23[415] |
F9 B5 B1082.8 |
Vandenberg, SLC-4E | Starlink: Group 9-11 (20 satellites) | ~16,300 kg (35,900 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 395 | November 14, 2024 13:21[416] |
F9 B5 B1076.18 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-68 (24 satellites) | ~17,500 kg (38,600 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 24 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. First time SpaceX has completed 17 Falcon launches in 31 days. | |||||||||
| 396 | November 17, 2024 22:28[417] |
F9 B5 B1077.16 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Optus-X/TD7 | ~4,000 kg (8,800 lb)[418] | GTO | Optus | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Northrop Grumman-built geostationary military communications satellite for Australian satellite operator Optus. | |||||||||
| 397 | November 18, 2024 05:53[419] |
F9 B5 B1071.20 |
Vandenberg, SLC-4E | Starlink: Group 9-12 (20 satellites) | ~16,300 kg (35,900 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 398 | November 18, 2024 18:31[420] |
F9 B5 B1073.19 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2) | 4,700 kg (10,400 lb) | GTO | New Space India Limited Dish TV |
Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Indian telecommunications satellite for Dish TV.[421] | |||||||||
| 399 | November 21, 2024 16:07[422] |
F9 B5 B1069.20 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-66 (24 satellites) | ~17,500 kg (38,600 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 24 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. One of the fairing halves flew for a record 21st time. SLC-40 broke its own record for most launches from a single launch pad with 56 launches in this year, up from 55 launches last year. | |||||||||
| 400 | November 24, 2024 05:25[423] |
F9 B5 B1075.15 |
Vandenberg, SLC-4E | Starlink: Group 9-13 (20 satellites) | ~16,300 kg (35,900 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. 400th launch of Falcon 9 launch vehicle and 100th launch from SLC-4E. | |||||||||
| 401 | November 25, 2024 10:02[424] |
F9 B5 B1080.13 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 12-1 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 12 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. New first stage turnaround record of 13 days, 12 hours, and 44 minutes from this booster's previous launch (Flight 393) on November 11, the previous record was 21 days.[425] | |||||||||
| 402 | November 27, 2024 04:41[426] |
F9 B5 B1078.15 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Starlink: Group 6-76 (24 satellites) | ~17,500 kg (38,600 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 24 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. 400th successful mission and Falcon's 375th overall successful landing. | |||||||||
| 403 | November 30, 2024 05:00[427] |
F9 B5 B1083.6 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-65 (24 satellites) | ~17,500 kg (38,600 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 24 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. First time SpaceX has completed 15 Falcon launches in a calendar month. | |||||||||
| 404 | November 30, 2024 08:10[428] |
F9 B5 B1088.1 |
Vandenberg, SLC-4E | NROL-126 (2 Starshield satellites) + Starlink: Group N-01[429] (20 satellites) | ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) (Starlink) |
LEO | NRO/SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Fifth launch of SpaceX/Northrop Grumman-built Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office, with 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites as rideshare. First time SpaceX has completed 16 Falcon and 17 SpaceX (including Starship IFT-6) launches in a calendar month. | |||||||||
| 405 | December 4, 2024 10:13[430] |
F9 B5 B1067.24 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-70 (24 satellites) | ~17,500 kg (38,600 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 24 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. First booster to fly 24th time, new record. | |||||||||
| 406 | December 5, 2024 03:05[431] |
F9 B5 B1081.12 |
Vandenberg, SLC-4E | Starlink: Group 9-14 (20 satellites) | ~16,300 kg (35,900 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 407 | December 5, 2024 16:10[432] |
F9 B5 B1076.19 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | SXM-9 | 7,000 kg (15,000 lb) | GTO | Sirius XM | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| SXM-9 is a high-powered digital audio radio satellite for SiriusXM. Manufactured by Maxar Technologies on their 1300-class platform, the SXM-9 features a reflector that can unfurl to span nearly 10 meters (33 ft) to transmit.[433] SpaceX stated that this was the 100th booster landing on JRTI.[434] B1076 became the first booster to fly ten times in one calendar year on December 5, 2024. | |||||||||
| 408 | December 8, 2024 05:12[435] |
F9 B5 B1086.2 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 12-5 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. Booster 1086, used on this mission, was previously used as a Falcon Heavy side booster on the GOES-U mission. This marks the second time (after B1052) SpaceX has converted a Falcon Heavy side booster into a traditional Falcon 9. | |||||||||
| 409 | December 13, 2024 21:55[436] |
F9 B5 B1082.9 |
Vandenberg, SLC-4E | Starlink: Group 11-2 (22 satellites) | ~16,700 kg (36,800 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. 100th landing on droneship in 2024, a record. | |||||||||
| 410 | December 17, 2024 00:52[437] |
F9 B5 B1085.4 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | GPS III-7 (RRT-1)[438][439] | ~4,350 kg (9,590 lb) | MEO | USSF | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch is part of Phase 2 US Air Force contract awarded in 2022. GPS III-7, originally scheduled to launch on a ULA Vulcan rocket, was reassigned to the Falcon 9, as a part of Rapid Response Trailblazer-1 (RRT-1) mission, following uncertainties in Vulcan's readiness. As a result, GPS III-10, originally planned to launch on the Falcon 9, will now launch on Vulcan. Sixth time a second stage featured Falcon medium coast mission-extension kit. | |||||||||
| 411 | December 17, 2024 13:19[440] |
F9 B5 B1063.22 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | NROL-149 (22 Starshield satellites)[441] | Unknown | LEO | NRO | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Sixth launch of SpaceX/Northrop Grumman-built Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office. | |||||||||
| 412 | December 17, 2024 22:26[442] |
F9 B5 B1090.1 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | O3b mPOWER 7 & 8 | 3,400 kg (7,500 lb) | MEO | SES | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| In August 2020, SES expanded the O3b mPOWER contract with two additional launches, raising the number of satellites from 7 to 11 satellites at nearly 2 tons each.[443] One of the fairings halves, SN185, made its 22nd flight. | |||||||||
| 413 | December 21, 2024 11:34[444] |
F9 B5 B1071.21 |
Vandenberg, SLC-4E | Bandwagon-2 (30 payload smallsat rideshare)[271][291] 425 Project Flight 3 |
800 kg (1,800 lb) (main satellite) + unknown additional |
LEO | Various Republic of Korea Armed Forces |
Success | Success (LZ‑4) |
| Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to 45 degree inclination 550–600 km altitude. 425 Project Flight 3 is a military SAR satellite of South Korea with a mass of ~800 kg.[445] | |||||||||
| 414 | December 23, 2024 05:35[446] |
F9 B5 B1080.14 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Starlink: Group 12-2 (21 satellites) | ~16,500 kg (36,400 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 415 | December 29, 2024 01:58[447] |
F9 B5 B1075.16 |
Vandenberg, SLC-4E | Starlink: Group 11-3 (22 satellites) | ~16,700 kg (36,800 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 416 | December 29, 2024 05:00[448] |
F9 B5 B1083.7 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Astranis: From One to Many (4 satellites) | 1,600 kg (3,500 lb) | GTO | Astranis | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Dedicated Falcon 9 launch to put four Astranis MicroGEO communications satellites into service. The MicroGEOs were launched to a custom geostationary orbit, with the four satellites individually conducting on-orbit maneuvers to inject themselves into their orbital slots. The four spacecraft were mounted to a standard adapter ring, known as an ESPA-Grande, for ease of deployment.[449] B1083 supported the Astranis mission, previously it was B1077, but due to some problem identified, the first stage of this mission was changed. | |||||||||
| 417 | December 31, 2024 05:39[450] |
F9 B5 B1078.16 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Starlink: Group 12-6 (21 satellites) | ~16,500 kg (36,400 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
2025
As of April 25, SpaceX has conducted 47 (47 Falcon 9 and no Falcon Heavy) launches in 2025. In November 2024, the company outlined ambitious launch targets for the year, with initial projections of more than 150 launches, or an average of 12 to 13 per month, accounting for potential delays due to weather, technical issues, and scheduled maintenance.[451] Later, in December, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell stated they are expecting 175 to 180 launches in 2025, or an average of 14 to 15 per month.[452] Later they reduced the target to 170 launches this year or an average of 13 to 14 launches per month.[453]
In Q1, the company delivered payload more than 422 tonnes (930,000 lb) (only 81.1% of the launches were reported launch masses) sent to orbit.[454]
| Flight No. | Date and time (UTC) |
Version, booster[f] |
Launch site |
Payload[g] | Payload mass | Orbit | Customer | Launch outcome |
Booster landing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 418 | January 4, 2025 01:27[455] |
F9 B5 B1073.20 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Thuraya 4-NGS | 5,000 kg (11,000 lb) | GTO | Thuraya | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Planned replacement for Thuraya 2 and 3.[456][457] | |||||||||
| 419 | January 6, 2025 20:43[458] |
F9 B5 B1077.17 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6‑71 (24 satellites) | ~17,500 kg (38,600 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 24 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 420 | January 8, 2025 15:27[459] |
F9 B5 B1086.3 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Starlink: Group 12-11 (21 satellites) | ~16,500 kg (36,400 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 421 | January 10, 2025 03:53[460] |
F9 B5 B1071.22 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | NROL-153 (22 Starshield satellites)[461] | Unknown | LEO | NRO | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Seventh launch of SpaceX/Northrop Grumman-built satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office. | |||||||||
| 422 | January 10, 2025 19:11[462] |
F9 B5 B1067.25 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 12-12 (21 satellites) | ~16,500 kg (36,400 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. First booster to fly 25th time, new record. | |||||||||
| 423 | January 13, 2025 16:47[463] |
F9 B5 B1080.15 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 12-4 (21 satellites) | ~16,500 kg (36,400 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 424 | January 14, 2025 19:09[464] |
F9 B5 B1088.2 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Transporter-12 (131 payload smallsat rideshare) | 2,000 kg (4,400 lb) | SSO | Various | Success | Success (LZ‑4) |
| Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit. | |||||||||
| 425 | January 15, 2025 06:11[465] |
F9 B5 B1085.5 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Blue Ghost Mission 1 | 2,517 kg (5,549 lb) | TLI | Firefly Aerospace & NASA (CLPS) | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Hakuto-R Mission 2 | ispace | ||||||||
| Both Blue Ghost Mission 1[466][467] and Hakuto-R Mission 2 (Resilience lander)[468][469] launched together on a single rocket (first of its kind deep space lander launch). Blue Ghost will carry 10 payloads for NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services task order 19D mission and other separately contracted payloads.[470] Resilience is the second lunar lander built by Japanese company ispace and will deliver TENACIOUS mini rover to the lunar surface. To house both landers in the payload fairing, SpaceX used a new dual-launch carrying structure. | |||||||||
| 426 | January 21, 2025 05:24[471] |
F9 B5 B1083.8 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Starlink: Group 13-1 (21 satellites) + 2 Starshield satellites | ~15,300 kg (33,700 lb) (Starlink) |
LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation and two SpaceX Starshield satellites as rideshare.[472] | |||||||||
| 427 | January 21, 2025 15:45[473] |
F9 B5 B1082.10 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 11-8 (27 satellites) | ~15,500 kg (34,200 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 27 Starlink v2 mini optimized satellites to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. Mission marks 400th Falcon booster landing. | |||||||||
| 428 | January 24, 2025 14:07[474] |
F9 B5 B1063.23 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 11-6 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. With this launch, SpaceX has broken its pad turnaround time record at Space Launch Complex 4 East. Previous record was 3 days, 15 hours, 23 minutes, and 40 seconds, this has now gone down to 2 days, 22 hours, 21 minutes, and 10 seconds. | |||||||||
| 429 | January 27, 2025 22:05[475] |
F9 B5 B1076.20 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 12-7 (21 satellites) | ~16,500 kg (36,400 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 430 | January 30, 2025 01:34[476] |
F9 B5 B1073.21 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Spainsat NG I | 6,100 kg (13,400 lb)[477] | GTO | Hisdesat | Success | No attempt |
| Communications satellite built on the Eurostar-Neo platform for the Spanish government.[478] First of two launches for the Spainsat NG program. The booster was expended due to the performance needed to launch the satellite's mass to a geostationary transfer orbit. | |||||||||
| 431 | February 1, 2025 23:02[479] |
F9 B5 B1075.17 |
Vandenberg, SLC-4E | Starlink: Group 11-4 (22 satellites) | ~16,700 kg (36,800 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. Even though the second stage was expected to deorbit for a controlled splashdown, the second stage's deorbit burn did not occur, causing it to remain in orbit. This is the third time in six months that a second stage has encountered a problem in flight.[480] The stage made its uncontrolled reentry over Poland between 04:46 and 04:48, local time, on February 19.[481] Several tanks that crashed in the western part of the country were collected by the Polish police.[482] | |||||||||
| 432 | February 4, 2025 10:15[483] |
F9 B5 B1069.21 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 12-3 (21 satellites) | ~16,500 kg (36,400 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 433 | February 4, 2025 23:13[484] |
F9 B5 B1086.4 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | WorldView Legion 5 & 6 (2 satellites) | 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) | LEO | Maxar Technologies | Success | Success (LZ‑1) |
| Two earth observation satellites built by Maxar Technologies.[485][486][487] Seventh time a second stage featured Falcon medium coast mission-extension kit. | |||||||||
| 434 | February 8, 2025 19:18[488] |
F9 B5 B1078.17 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 12-9 (21 satellites) | ~16,500 kg (36,400 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 435 | February 11, 2025 02:09[489] |
F9 B5 B1071.23 |
Vandenberg, SLC-4E | Starlink: Group 11-10 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 436 | February 11, 2025 18:53[490] |
F9 B5 B1077.18 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 12-18 (21 satellites) | ~16,500 kg (36,400 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 437 | February 15, 2025 06:14 |
F9 B5 B1067.26 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 12-8 (21 satellites) | ~16,500 kg (36,400 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. First booster to fly and be recovered 26th time, new record. | |||||||||
| 438 | February 18, 2025 23:21[491] |
F9 B5 B1080.16 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 10-12 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. First booster landing in waters belonging to another nation (Exuma Sound) as part of an agreement with The Bahamas. | |||||||||
| 439 | February 21, 2025 15:19 |
F9 B5 B1076.21 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 12-14 (23 satellites) | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 440 | February 23, 2025 01:38 |
F9 B5 B1082.11 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 15-1 (22 satellites) | ~16,800 kg (37,000 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 70° inclination orbit to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 441 | February 27, 2025 00:16[492] |
F9 B5 B1083.9 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A[493] | IM-2 Nova-C "Athena" lunar lander Lunar Trailblazer Brokkr-2 Odin[494] Chimera-1 TBD |
Unknown | TLI | NASA (CLPS) Intuitive Machines AstroForge Epic Aerospace TBD |
Success | Success (ASOG) |
| IM-2 South Pole Mission, flying the second Nova-C lunar lander.[495] The Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment 1 (PRIME-1) payload will be delivered to the lunar south pole near Shackleton Crater for the CLPS program.[496] Odin will travel to near Earth asteroid 2022 OB5. Two Geostationary satellites are undisclosed. 100th booster landing on ASOG. | |||||||||
| 442 | February 27, 2025 03:34 |
F9 B5 B1092.1[497] |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 12-13 (21 satellites) | ~16,500 kg (36,400 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. There is some uncertainty on whether booster B1092 was used or a different booster was used[497] but according to SpaceX it was the booster's first flight.[498] | |||||||||
| 443 | March 3, 2025 02:24[499] |
F9 B5 B1086.5 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 12-20 (21 satellites) | ~16,500 kg (36,400 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Failure (JRTI) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. A fuel leak started in one of the nine Merlin engines in the first stage 85 seconds after liftoff. However, because of the altitude of the rocket, there was no oxygen to ignite the fuel, allowing the first stage to completed its ascent without issue. However, 45 seconds after the booster landed, enough oxygen had entered the engine compartment where the leak occurred, creating a large fire. The fire resulted in the structural failure of one of the landing legs, leading to the booster tipping over and being destroyed.[500] SpaceX voluntarily paused launches for more than a week as it investigated the issue.[501] | |||||||||
| 444 | March 12, 2025 03:10[502] |
F9 B5 B1088.3 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | SPHEREx PUNCH[503] |
758 kg (1,671 lb) | SSO | NASA | Success | Success (LZ‑4) |
| SPHEREx is a NASA space observatory that will measure the near-infrared spectra of galaxies. PUNCH is a constellation of four microsatellites to study the Sun's corona and heliosphere, launched as a rideshare. | |||||||||
| 445 | March 13, 2025 02:35[504] |
F9 B5 B1069.22 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 12-21 | ~16,500 kg (36,400 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 446 | March 14, 2025 23:03[505] |
F9 B5 B1090.2 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Crew-10 (Crew Dragon C210.4 Endurance) | ~13,000 kg (29,000 lb) | LEO (ISS) | NASA (CCP) | Success | Success (LZ‑1) |
| Ferried four Expedition 72 / 73 crew members to the ISS for a long-duration mission. | |||||||||
| 447 | March 15, 2025 06:43[506] |
F9 B5 B1081.13 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Transporter-13 (74 payload smallsat rideshare)[271] | Unknown[h] | SSO | Various | Success | Success (LZ‑4) |
| Dedicated SmallSat rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit. | |||||||||
| 448 | March 15, 2025 11:35[507] |
F9 B5 B1078.18 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 12-16 | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 449 | March 18, 2025 19:57[508] |
F9 B5 B1077.19 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 12-25 | ~17,100 kg (37,700 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 450 | March 21, 2025 06:49[509] |
F9 B5 B1088.4 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | NROL-57 (~11 Starshield satellites) | Unknown | LEO | NRO | Success | Success (LZ‑4) |
| Eighth launch of SpaceX/Northrop Grumman-built satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office. Based on the number of gaps in the catalog it appears that this launch only deployed 11 payloads, likely indicating a larger Starshield version. This mission marks the shortest turnaround time for any Falcon booster at 9 days, 3 hours, 39 minutes and 28 seconds. | |||||||||
| 451 | March 24, 2025 17:48[510] |
F9 B5 B1092.2 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | NROL-69 | Unknown | LEO | USSF | Success | Success (LZ‑1) |
| Presumed to be an Intruder-class signals intelligence satellite.[511] | |||||||||
| 452 | March 26, 2025 22:11[512] |
F9 B5 B1063.24 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 11-7 | ~15,500 kg (34,200 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 27 Starlink v2 mini optimized satellites to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 453 | March 31, 2025 19:52[513] |
F9 B5 B1080.17 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-80 | ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 28 Starlink v2 mini optimized satellites to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 454 | April 1, 2025 01:46[514] |
F9 B5 B1085.6 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Fram2 (Crew Dragon C207.4 Resilience) | ~13,000 kg (29,000 lb) | Polar (Retrograde) | Chun Wang | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| First ever crewed mission launched into polar orbit.[515][516] | |||||||||
| 455 | April 4, 2025 01:02[517] |
F9 B5 B1088.5 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 11-13 | ~15,500 kg (34,200 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 27 Starlink v2 mini optimized satellites to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 456 | April 6, 2025 03:07[518] |
F9 B5 B1078.19 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-72 | ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 28 Starlink v2 mini optimized satellites to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 457 | April 7, 2025 23:06[519] |
F9 B5 B1093.1 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 11-11 | ~15,500 kg (34,200 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Launch of 27 Starlink v2 mini satellites, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 458 | April 12, 2025 12:25[520] |
F9 B5 B1071.24 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | NROL-192 (22 Starshield satellites) | Unknown | LEO | NRO | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Ninth launch of SpaceX/Northrop Grumman-built satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office.[511] | |||||||||
| 459 | April 13, 2025 00:53[521] |
F9 B5 B1083.10 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | Starlink: Group 12-17 | ~16,500 kg (36,400 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
| 460 | April 14, 2025 04:00[522] |
F9 B5 B1067.27 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-73 | ~15,500 kg (34,200 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (JRTI) |
| Launch of 27 Starlink v2 mini optimized satellites to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. First booster to fly and be recovered 27th time, new record. | |||||||||
| 461 | April 20, 2025 12:29[523] |
F9 B5 B1082.12 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | NROL-145 (22 Starshield satellites) | Unknown | LEO | NRO | Success | Success (OCISLY) |
| Tenth launch of SpaceX/Northrop Grumman-built Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office. First NRO Proliferated Architecture Mission launch in partnership with USSF under the NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 contract. | |||||||||
| 462 | April 21, 2025 08:15[524] |
F9 B5 B1092.3 |
Kennedy, LC‑39A | SpaceX CRS-32 (Cargo Dragon C209.5) | 3,021 kg (6,660 lb) | LEO (ISS) | NASA (CRS) | Success | Success (LZ‑1) |
| Carried cargo and supplies to the International Space Station (ISS).[525] | |||||||||
| 463 | April 22, 2025 00:48[526] |
F9 B5 B1090.3 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Bandwagon-3 (425Sat-3,[527] Tomorrow-S7, PHEONIX) | Unknown[h] | LEO | Republic of Korea Armed Forces Tomorrow.io Atmos Space Cargo |
Success | Success (LZ‑2) |
| SmallSat rideshare mission to a 550–600 km (340–370 mi) orbit at an inclination of 45°. Launch featured a rare Falcon 9 landing at LZ-2, as the booster from the CRS-32 launch just hours before was still on LZ-1. 425Sat-3 is the third synthetic-aperture radar satellite for the constellation and the forth flight of Korea 425 Project for the South Korean military. Also on the flight are Tomorrow.io's Tomorrow-S7 satellite and Atmos Space Cargo's PHOENIX re-entry capsule. This mission marks the 300th launch from SLC-40. | |||||||||
| 464 | April 25, 2025 01:52[528] |
F9 B5 B1069.23 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-74 | ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) | LEO | SpaceX | Success | Success (ASOG) |
| Launch of 28 Starlink v2 mini optimized satellites to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||||||
Future launches
Summarize
Perspective
Future launches are listed chronologically when firm plans are in place. The order of the later launches is much less certain. Tentative launch dates and mission details are sourced from multiple locations.[433][529][530][531] Launches are expected to take place "no earlier than" (NET) the listed date.
2025, future
| Date and time (UTC) | Version, booster[f] |
Launch site | Payload[g] | Orbit | Customer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 27, 2025 22:41 |
F9 B5 B1063.25 |
Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 11-9 | LEO | SpaceX |
| Launch of 27 Starlink v2 mini optimized satellites to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. | |||||
| April 28, 2025 02:58 |
F9 B5 B1077.20 |
Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 12-23 | LEO | SpaceX |
| Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||
| April 29, 2025 01:37 |
F9 B5 | Kennedy, LC‑39A | Starlink: Group 12-10 | LEO | SpaceX |
| Launch of ~21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including ~13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||
| May 1, 2025 02:17 |
F9 B5 | Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Starlink: Group 6-75 | LEO | SpaceX |
| Launch of ~28 Starlink v2 mini optimized satellites to a 559 km (347 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. | |||||
| May 1, 2025 18:40 |
F9 B5 | Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Starlink: Group 15-3 | LEO | SpaceX |
| Launch of ~22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 70° to expand internet constellation. | |||||
| May 11, 2025 | F9 B5 | Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | TRACERS[532] (2 satellites) Rideshares include: SPRITE, Athena & PExT |
SSO | NASA |
| Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) is a Small Explorers program mission. Expected to be part of a rideshare mission.[533] | |||||
| May 29, 2025 17:00[534] |
F9 B5 | Kennedy, LC‑39A | Axiom Mission 4 (Crew Dragon C213.1) | LEO (ISS) | Axiom Space |
| Fully private flight to the ISS.[114] | |||||
| May, 2025 | F9 B5 | Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | GPS III-8 | MEO | USSF |
| GPS III-8, originally scheduled to launch on a ULA Vulcan rocket, was reassigned to the Falcon 9. As a result, GPS IIIF-1, originally planned to launch on the Falcon Heavy, will now launch on Vulcan. | |||||
| May 2025 | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | Nusantara Lima | GTO? | PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara |
| A hot backup system for SATRIA-1.[535][536][537] | |||||
| June 2025 | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | Bandwagon-4 (smallsat rideshare)[271][291] | LEO | Various |
| Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to 45 degree inclination 550–600 km altitude. | |||||
| June 2025 | F9 B5 | TBD | Transporter-14 (smallsat rideshare)[271] | SSO | Various |
| Dedicated SmallSat rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit. | |||||
| June 2025 | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | SXM-10 [538] | GTO | Sirius XM |
| SXM-10 is a high-powered, digital, audio radio satellite built by Maxar (SSL) for SiriusXM. | |||||
| Q2 2025[539] | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | O3b mPOWER 9-11[540] | MEO | SES |
| In August 2020, SES expanded the O3b mPOWER contract with a fourth launch.[541][542] In October 2023 the mission was delayed to 2025 due to electrical issues discovered in the first four satellites of the constellation.[539] | |||||
| Q2 2025 | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | Globalstar-3 M104–120 (17 satellites)[543] | LEO | Globalstar |
| Globalstar's third-generation satellite constellation, launching to a 52 degree inclination orbit at an altitude of 1,410 km.[544] | |||||
| H1 2025 | F9 B5 | Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | NAOS LUXEOSys [545] | SSO | Luxembourg's military |
| National Advanced Optical System(NAOS) is Luxembourg's military recon satellite. | |||||
| July 2025[546] | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | Crew-11 | LEO (ISS) | NASA (CCP) |
| Long-duration mission. Will ferry four Expedition 73 / 74 crew members to the ISS. | |||||
| July 2025 | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | MTG-S1 Sentinel-4A[547] | GTO | EUMETSAT |
| Geostationary weather satellite. Launch vehicle changed from Ariane 6 to Falcon 9.[547] First stage booster will likely be expended in this mission due to satellite’s heavy weight. | |||||
| H2 2025 onwards (3 flights)[548][549] | F9 B5 | TBD | KuiperSat × ? (KF-01 to KF-03)[550] | LEO | Amazon (Kuiper Systems) |
| Announced December 1, 2023. Three Falcon 9 launches beginning in the second half of 2025 in support of Amazon's Project Kuiper megaconstellation. | |||||
| September 2025 | F9 B5 | Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer B | Polar LEO | SDA |
| Launch part of Phase 2 US Space Force contract awarded in 2022.[551][552] | |||||
| September 2025[553] | F9 B5 | Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 | Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP)[554] | Sun–Earth L1 | NASA |
| In September 2020, NASA selected SpaceX to launch the IMAP mission, which will help researchers better understand the boundary of the heliosphere, a magnetic barrier surrounding our solar system. The total launch cost is approximately US$109.4 million. The secondary payloads include the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) mission.[554] | |||||
| Q3 2025 | F9 B5 | Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer A | Polar LEO | SDA |
| Launch part of Phase 2 US Space Force contract awarded in 2022.[551][552] | |||||
| Q3 2025 | F9 B5 | Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer C | Polar LEO | SDA |
| Launch part of Phase 2 US Space Force contract awarded in 2022.[551][552] | |||||
| Q3 2025 | F9 B5 | Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer E | Polar LEO | SDA |
| Launch part of Phase 2 US Space Force contract awarded in 2022.[551][552] | |||||
| Q3 2025 | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | SpaceX CRS-33[281] | LEO (ISS) | NASA (CRS) |
| Six additional CRS-2 missions for Dragon 2 were announced in March 2022, resupplying the ISS until 2026. | |||||
| October 2025[555] | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | Spainsat NG II[556] | GTO | Hisdesat |
| Communications satellite built on the Eurostar-Neo platform, to be utilized by the Spanish government and its allies.[478] Second of two launches for the Spainsat-NG program. First stage booster will also likely be expended due to satellite’s weight of 6,100kg to GTO.[555] | |||||
| October 2025 | F9 B5 | TBD | Transporter-15 (smallsat rideshare)[271] | SSO | Various |
| Dedicated SmallSat rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit. | |||||
| October 2025 | F9 B5 | Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | TSIS-2 & others | SSO | NASA |
| NASA's Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor – 2. Rideshares include: SunCET, CubIXSS, SPARCS, and others. | |||||
| November 2025 | F9 B5 | Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | Sentinel-6B[557] | LEO | NASA/NOAA/EUMETSAT/ESA |
| Identical to Sentinel-6A.[558] | |||||
| December 2025[559] | Falcon Heavy B5 | Kennedy, LC‑39A | Griffin Mission 1[560] | TLI | Astrobotic NASA (Artemis) |
| Astrobotic's Griffin lunar lander was originally expected to deliver NASA's VIPER rover to the lunar south pole prior to its cancellation. Booster recovery method is unconfirmed, but could possibly feature the first Falcon Heavy center core recovery attempt since STP-2.[561] Amidst cost growth and delays to readiness of the rover and the Griffin lander, the VIPER program was ended in July 2024, with the rover planned to be disassembled and its instruments and components reused for other lunar missions.[562][563][564] The agency still plans to support the Griffin lander to arrive on the moon in fall of 2025, though with a mass simulator in place of the VIPER rover.[565] NASA expects the primary objectives of VIPER to be fulfilled by an array of other missions planned for the next several years.[564] | |||||
| Q4 2025 | F9 B5 | Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A | Polar LEO | SDA |
| Launch part of Phase 2 US Space Force contract awarded in 2022.[551][552] | |||||
| Q4 2025 | F9 B5 | Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer C | Polar LEO | SDA |
| Launch part of Phase 2 US Space Force contract awarded in 2022.[551][552] | |||||
| Q4 2025 | F9 B5 | Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer D | Polar LEO | SDA |
| Launch part of Phase 2 US Space Force contract awarded in 2022.[551][552] | |||||
| Q4 2025 | F9 B5 | Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer E | Polar LEO | SDA |
| Launch part of Phase 2 US Space Force contract awarded in 2022.[551][552] | |||||
| Q4 2025 | F9 B5 | Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer F | Polar LEO | SDA |
| Launch part of Phase 2 US Space Force contract awarded in 2022.[551][552] | |||||
| Q4 2025 | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | KOMPSAT-7A | SSO | Korea Aerospace Research Institute |
| A lightweight Earth observation satellite. | |||||
| 2025[566] | F9 B5[567] | TBA (FL)[568] | USSF-36 | TBA | USSF |
| Launch part of Phase 2 US Space Force contract awarded in 2021.[569] | |||||
| 2025 | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | USSF-31[552] | TBA | USSF |
| Classified mission, part of Phase 2 US Space Force contract awarded in 2022. | |||||
| 2025 | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | NROL-77[438][439] | Classified | NRO |
| Launch is part of Phase 2 US Air Force contract awarded in 2022. | |||||
| 2025? | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | CRS NG-22 | LEO (ISS) | Northrop Grumman (CRS) |
| ISS cargo resupply mission for Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft. While the originally intended Cygnus spacecraft was damaged in a shipping accident and has been scrapped, it is not clear whether a future Cygnus vehicle will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch at a later date.[570] | |||||
| 2025 | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | Astranis Block 3 Mission (5 satellites) | GTO | Astranis |
| 5 MicroGEO satellites. | |||||
| ~2025[571] | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | BlueBird Block 2 #7-10 (4 satellites) | LEO | AST SpaceMobile |
| Cellphone-compatible broadband constellation. The next-generation Block 2 BlueBird satellites delivers 10x the bandwidth of BlueBird Block 1 satellites, allowing continuous cellular broadband service coverage. They will feature a ~2,400 sq ft (220 m2) communications array, the largest ever developed commercially.[572] | |||||
| ~2025[573] | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | BlueBird Block 2 #11-14 (4 satellites) | LEO | AST SpaceMobile |
| Cellphone-compatible broadband constellation. The next-generation Block 2 BlueBird satellites delivers 10x the bandwidth of BlueBird Block 1 satellites, allowing continuous cellular broadband service coverage. They will feature a ~2,400 sq ft (220 m2) communications array, the largest ever developed commercially.[572] | |||||
2026
| Date and time (UTC) | Version, booster[f] |
Launch site | Payload[g] | Orbit | Customer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | F9 B5 | TBD | Transporter-16 (smallsat rideshare)[271] | SSO | Various |
| Dedicated SmallSat rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit. | |||||
| May 2026 | F9 B5 | TBD | Haven-1[574] | LEO | Vast |
| Launch of a new commercial space station by Vast Space. | |||||
| Late June 2026 | F9 B5 | Kennedy, LC‑39A | Vast-1[574] | LEO | Vast |
| First crewed mission to the Haven-1 space station. | |||||
| Q2 2026 | F9 B5 | TBD | Transporter-17 (smallsat rideshare)[271] | SSO | Various |
| Dedicated SmallSat rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit. | |||||
| Q2 2026 | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | CHORUS[575] | LEO | MDA |
| Announced in October 2023, CHORUS will be a commercial Earth observation constellation owned and operated by MDA Ltd. Will utilize C and X-band SAR. | |||||
| August 2026 | F9 B5 | Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | SDA Tranche 2 Transport layer A[438][439] | Polar LEO | SDA |
| Launch is part of Phase 2 US Air Force contract awarded in 2022. | |||||
| October 2026 | F9 B5 | Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | SDA Tranche 2 Transport layer C[438][439] | Polar LEO | SDA |
| Launch is part of Phase 2 US Air Force contract awarded in 2022. | |||||
| October 2026 | F9 B5 | Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | SDA Tranche 2 Transport layer D[438][439] | Polar LEO | SDA |
| Launch is part of Phase 2 US Air Force contract awarded in 2022. | |||||
| December 2026 | F9 B5 | Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | SDA Tranche 2 Transport layer E[438][439] | Polar LEO | SDA |
| Launch is part of Phase 2 US Air Force contract awarded in 2022. | |||||
| Q4 2026 | F9 B5 | TBD | Transporter-18 (smallsat rideshare)[271] | SSO | Various |
| Dedicated SmallSat rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit. | |||||
| 2026 (2 flights) |
F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | SpaceX CRS-34 to SpaceX CRS-35[281] | LEO (ISS) | NASA (CRS) |
| Six additional CRS-2 missions for Dragon 2 were announced in March 2022, resupplying the ISS until 2026. | |||||
| 2026 | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | Skynet 6A[576] | GTO | Airbus / UK Ministry of Defence |
| British military communications satellite ordered to bridge the gap between Skynet-5 and its successor.[577] | |||||
| 2026[578] | F9 B5 | Kennedy, LC‑39A | IM-3 Nova-C lunar lander | TLI | NASA (CLPS) Intuitive Machines |
| Third mission for Intuitive Machines, with multiple rideshare payloads.[579] This mission was selected by NASA under the CLPS program in November 2021.[580][581] | |||||
| ~2026 | Falcon Heavy B5 | Kennedy, LC‑39A | USSF-75[438][439] | GSO | USSF |
| ~2026 | Falcon Heavy B5 | Kennedy, LC‑39A | USSF-70[438][439] | GSO | USSF |
| 2026[582] | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | Arabsat 7A[120][583] | GTO | Arabsat |
| Announced in September 2022, Arabsat 7A will enter a geostationary orbit after its launch by a Falcon 9 rocket. The first stage will be expended in this mission. | |||||
| 2026[584] | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) × 1[585] Mission Extension Pod (MEP) × 3 |
GTO | Northrop Grumman |
| Developed from Northrop Grumman's 2,000 kg Mission Extension Vehicle architecture. One MEP (400 kg each) will be attached to Optus D3.[586] | |||||
| 2026[539] | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | O3b mPOWER 12 & 13 | MEO | SES |
| Two additional satellites were announced in October 2023 due to electrical issues discovered in the first four satellites of the constellation.[539] | |||||
| 2026[587] | Falcon Heavy B5 | Kennedy, LC‑39A | Astrobotic Technology Lunar Lander[588] | TLI | Astrobotic Technology |
| Astrobotic's third upcoming lander mission to the Moon. Targeting a South Pole landing in 2026. | |||||
| 2026 and later (14 flights) |
F9 B5 | TBD | Telesat Lightspeed × 18 | LEO | Telesat |
| Announced in September 2023, Telesat has booked 14 launches of up to 18 satellites each.[589] | |||||
| 2026–2030 | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | 3 more launches (Crew-12 through Crew-14)[590] | LEO (ISS) | NASA (ISS) |
| In June 2022, NASA announced it purchased an additional 5 crewed flights (Crew-10 through Crew-14) from SpaceX in addition to the previous 9 missions on top of the $3.5 billion contract.[591] | |||||
2027 and beyond
| Date and time (UTC) | Version, booster[f] |
Launch site | Payload[g] | Orbit | Customer
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2027 | F9 B5 | Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | SDA Tranche 2 Transport layer F[438][439] | Polar LEO | SDA |
| Launch is part of Phase 2 US Air Force contract awarded in 2022. | |||||
| February 2027 | F9 B5 | Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | SDA Tranche 2 Transport layer G[438][439] | Polar LEO | SDA |
| Launch is part of Phase 2 US Air Force contract awarded in 2022. | |||||
| March 2027 | F9 B5 | Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | SDA Tranche 2 Transport layer H[438][439] | Polar LEO | SDA |
| Launch is part of Phase 2 US Air Force contract awarded in 2022. | |||||
| Q1 2027 | F9 B5 | TBD | Transporter-19 (smallsat rideshare)[271] | SSO | Various |
| Dedicated SmallSat rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit. | |||||
| April 2027 | F9 B5 | Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | SDA Tranche 2 Transport layer I[438][439] | Polar LEO | SDA |
| Launch is part of Phase 2 US Air Force contract awarded in 2022. | |||||
| May 2027 | F9 B5 | Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | SDA Tranche 2 Transport layer J[438][439] | Polar LEO | SDA |
| Launch is part of Phase 2 US Air Force contract awarded in 2022. | |||||
| May 2027[592] | Falcon Heavy B5 | Kennedy, LC‑39A | Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope[593] | Sun–Earth L2 | NASA |
| Flagship-class infrared space telescope. One of two space telescopes donated by the NRO in 2012. | |||||
| Q2 2027 | F9 B5 | TBD | Transporter-20 (smallsat rideshare)[271] | SSO | Various |
| Dedicated SmallSat rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit. | |||||
| August 2027 | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | COSI[594] | LEO | NASA |
| Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI). | |||||
| September 2027[595] | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | NEO Surveyor | Sun–Earth L1 | NASA |
| Space-based infrared telescope designed to survey for potentially hazardous asteroids.[596] | |||||
| Q4 2027 | F9 B5 | TBD | Transporter-21 (smallsat rideshare)[271] | SSO | Various |
| Dedicated SmallSat rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit. | |||||
| H2 2027 | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | GEO-KOMPSAT-3[597] | GTO | KASA |
| Also known as Cheollian-3. A South Korean communication satellite with a mass of 3.7 tonnes, replacing GEO-Kompsat-1. | |||||
| 2027 | F9 B5 | Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | NROL-96[598] | Classified | NRO |
| Launch is part of Phase 3 Lane 2 US Space Force contract awarded in 2025. | |||||
| 2027 | Falcon Heavy B5 | Kennedy, LC‑39A | NROL-97[598] | Classified | NRO |
| Launch is part of Phase 3 Lane 2 US Space Force contract awarded in 2025. First NRO launch from a Falcon Heavy. | |||||
| 2027 | F9 B5 | Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | NROL-157[598] | Classified | NRO |
| Launch is part of Phase 3 Lane 2 US Space Force contract awarded in 2025. | |||||
| 2027 | Falcon Heavy B5 | Kennedy, LC‑39A | USSF-186 | TBA | USSF |
| Classified mission, part of Phase 3 Lane 2 US Space Force contract awarded in 2025. | |||||
| 2027 | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | USSF-234 | TBA | USSF |
| Classified mission, part of Phase 3 Lane 2 US Space Force contract awarded in 2025. | |||||
| 2027 | Falcon Heavy B5 | Kennedy, LC‑39A | USSF-174 | TBA | USSF |
| Classified mission, part of Phase 3 Lane 2 US Space Force contract awarded in 2025. | |||||
| 2027 | Falcon Heavy B5 | Kennedy, LC‑39A | USSF-15 (GPS IIIF-3) | MEO | USSF |
| Part of Phase 3 Lane 2 US Space Force contract awarded in 2025. | |||||
| 2027 | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | Al Yah 4[599] | GTO | Yahsat |
| Replacement for Al Yah 1. | |||||
| 2027 | F9 B5 | Vandenberg, SLC‑4E | JPSS-4[600] | SSO | NOAA |
| Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS). | |||||
| 2027[601] | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | Thaicom-10[602] | GTO | Thaicom |
| 2027[603] | Falcon Heavy B5 | Kennedy, LC‑39A | Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO)[604] |
TLI | NASA (Artemis) |
| First two Gateway space station modules as part of the Artemis program, awarded in February 2021. The launch will cost NASA $331.8 million and will utilize Falcon Heavy's extended fairing. | |||||
| 2027[605] | F9 B5 | TBA | IM-4 | TLI | NASA (CLPS) Intuitive Machines |
| Two lunar relay satellites and IM-4 lunar lander. | |||||
| July 5, 2028[606] | Falcon Heavy B5 | Kennedy, LC‑39A | Dragonfly | NASA (New Frontiers Program) | |
| Awarded in November 2024. The launch will cost NASA $256.6 million. First Falcon mission to carry an RTG.[607] | |||||
| 2028 | F9 B5 | TBA (FL) | Al Yah 5[599] | GTO | Yahsat |
| Replacement for Al Yah 2. | |||||
| 2028[587][608] | Falcon Heavy B5 | Kennedy, LC‑39A | GLS-1 (Dragon XL) | TLI | NASA (Gateway Logistics Services) |
| In March 2020, NASA announced its first contract for the Gateway Logistics Services that guarantees at least two launches on a new variant of the Dragon spacecraft that will carry over 5 tonnes of cargo to the Lunar Gateway on 6–12 months long missions.[609][610] | |||||
| 2028 | F9 B5 | TBD | GRACE-C1, C2[611] | Polar LEO | NASA / DLR |
| Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment-Continuity (GRACE-C). | |||||
| 2029[587] | Falcon Heavy B5 | Kennedy, LC‑39A | GLS-2 (Dragon XL)[612] | TLI | NASA (Gateway Logistics Services) |
| Second Dragon XL logistics module.[612] | |||||
| TBD | F9 B5 | TBD | CAS500-4[613] Likely Rideshare | SSO | Korea Aerospace Industries |
| A satellite to monitor Korean agriculture. | |||||
Notable launches
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Perspective
First flights and contracts
On June 4, 2010, the first Falcon 9 launch successfully placed a test payload into the intended orbit.[614] The second launch of Falcon 9 was COTS Demo Flight 1, which placed an operational Dragon capsule in orbit on December 8, 2010.[615] The capsule re-entered the atmosphere after two orbits, allowing for testing the reentry procedures. The capsule was recovered off the coast of Mexico[616] and then placed on display at SpaceX headquarters.[617] The remaining objectives of the NASA COTS qualification program were combined into a single Dragon C2+ mission, on the condition that all milestones would be validated in space before berthing Dragon to the ISS.[618] The Dragon capsule was propelled to orbit in May 2012, and following successful tests in the next days it was grabbed with the station's robotic arm (Canadarm2) and docked to the ISS docking port for the first time on May 25. After successfully completing all the return procedures, the recovered Dragon C2+ capsule was put on display at Kennedy Space Center.[619] Thus, Falcon 9 and Dragon became the first fully commercially developed launcher to deliver a payload to the International Space Station, paving the way for SpaceX and NASA to sign the first Commercial Resupply Services agreement for cargo deliveries.[620]
The first operational cargo resupply mission to ISS, the fourth flight of Falcon 9, was launched in October 2012. An engine suffered a loss of pressure at 76 seconds after liftoff, which caused an automatic shutdown of that engine, but the remaining eight first-stage engines continued to burn and the Dragon capsule reached orbit successfully and thus demonstrated the rocket's "engine out" capability in flight.[621] Due to ISS visiting vehicle safety rules, at NASA's request, the secondary payload Orbcomm-2 was released into a lower-than-intended orbit.[622] Despite this incident, Orbcomm said they gathered useful test data from the mission and later in 2014, launched more satellites via SpaceX.[623] The mission continued to rendezvous and berth the Dragon capsule with the ISS where the ISS crew unloaded its payload and reloaded the spacecraft with cargo for return to Earth.[624]
Following unsuccessful attempts at recovering the first stage with parachutes, SpaceX upgraded to a much larger first stage booster and with greater thrust, termed Falcon 9 v1.1, and performed a demonstration flight of this version in September 2013.[625] After the second stage separation and delivering CASSIOPE, a very small payload relative to the rocket's capability, SpaceX conducted a novel high-altitude, high-velocity flight test wherein the booster attempted to reenter the lower atmosphere in a controlled manner and decelerate to a simulated over-water landing.[626]
Loss of CRS-7 mission
In June 2015, Falcon 9 Flight 19 carried a Dragon capsule on the seventh Commercial Resupply Services mission to the ISS. The second stage disintegrated due to an internal helium tank failure while the first stage was still burning normally. This was the first (and only as of May 2024) primary mission loss for any Falcon 9 rocket.[627] In addition to ISS consumables and experiments, this mission carried the first International Docking Adapter (IDA-1), whose loss delayed preparedness of the station's US Orbital Segment (USOS) for future crewed missions.[628]
Performance was nominal until T+140 seconds into launch when a cloud of white vapor appeared, followed by rapid loss of second-stage LOX tank pressure. The booster continued on its trajectory until complete vehicle breakup at T+150 seconds. The Dragon capsule was ejected from the disintegrating rocket and continued transmitting data until impact with the ocean. SpaceX officials stated that the capsule could have been recovered if the parachutes had deployed; however, the Dragon software did not include any provisions for parachute deployment in this situation.[629] Subsequent investigations traced the cause of the accident to the failure of a strut that secured a helium bottle inside the second-stage LOX tank. With the helium pressurization system integrity breached, excess helium quickly flooded the tank, eventually causing it to burst from overpressure.[630][631] NASA's independent accident investigation into the loss of SpaceX CRS-7 found that the failure of the strut which led to the breakup of the Falcon-9 represented a design error. Specifically, that industrial grade stainless steel had been used in a critical load path under cryogenic conditions and flight conditions, without additional part screening, and without regard to manufacturer recommendations.[632]
Full-thrust version and first booster landings
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After pausing launches for months, SpaceX launched on December 22, 2015, the highly anticipated return-to-flight mission after the loss of CRS-7. This launch inaugurated a new Falcon 9 Full Thrust version of its flagship rocket featuring increased performance, notably thanks to subcooling of the propellants. After launching a constellation of 11 Orbcomm-OG2 second-generation satellites,[633] the first stage performed a controlled-descent and landing test for the eighth time, SpaceX attempted to land the booster on land for the first time. It managed to return the first stage successfully to the Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral, marking the first successful recovery of a rocket first stage that launched a payload to orbit.[634] After recovery, the first stage booster performed further ground tests and then was put on permanent display outside SpaceX's headquarters in Hawthorne, California.[635]
On April 8, 2016, SpaceX delivered its commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station marking the return-to-flight of the Dragon capsule, after the loss of CRS-7. After separation, the first-stage booster slowed itself with a boostback maneuver, re-entered the atmosphere, executed an automated controlled descent and landed vertically onto the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You, marking the first successful landing of a rocket on a ship at sea.[636] This was the fourth attempt to land on a drone ship, as part of the company's experimental controlled-descent and landing tests.[637]
Loss of AMOS-6 on the launch pad
On September 1, 2016, the 29th Falcon 9 rocket exploded on the launchpad while propellant was being loaded for a routine pre-launch static fire test. The payload, Israeli satellite AMOS-6, partly commissioned by Facebook, was destroyed with the launcher.[638] On January 2, 2017, SpaceX released an official statement indicating that the cause of the failure was a buckled liner in several of the COPV tanks, causing perforations that allowed liquid and/or solid oxygen to accumulate underneath the COPVs carbon strands, which were subsequently ignited possibly due to friction of breaking strands.[639]
Zuma launch
Zuma was a classified United States government satellite and was developed and built by Northrop Grumman at an estimated cost of US$3.5 billion.[640] Its launch, originally planned for mid-November 2017, was postponed to January 8, 2018, as fairing tests for another SpaceX customer were assessed. Following a successful Falcon 9 launch, the first-stage booster landed at LZ-1.[641] Unconfirmed reports suggested that the Zuma spacecraft was lost,[642] with claims that either the payload failed following orbital release, or that the customer-provided adapter failed to release the satellite from the upper stage, while other claims argued that Zuma was in orbit and operating covertly.[642] SpaceX's COO Gwynne Shotwell stated that their Falcon 9 "did everything correctly" and that "Information published that is contrary to this statement is categorically false".[642] A preliminary report indicated that the payload adapter, modified by Northrop Grumman after purchasing it from a subcontractor, failed to separate the satellite from the second stage under the zero gravity conditions.[643][640] Due to the classified nature of the mission, no further official information is expected.[642]
Falcon Heavy test flight
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Liftoff of Falcon Heavy on its maiden flight (left) and its two side-boosters landing at LZ-1 and LZ-2 a few minutes later (right)
The maiden launch of the Falcon Heavy occurred on February 6, 2018, making it the most powerful rocket since the Saturn V, with a theoretical payload capacity to low Earth orbit more than double the Delta IV Heavy.[644][645] Both side boosters landed nearly simultaneously after a ten-minute flight. The central core failed to land on a floating platform at sea.[646] The rocket carried a car and a mannequin to an eccentric heliocentric orbit that reaches further than aphelion of Mars.[647]
First crewed flights
On March 2, 2019, SpaceX launched its first orbital flight of Dragon 2 (Crew Dragon). It was an uncrewed mission to the International Space Station. The Dragon contained a mannequin named Ripley, which was equipped with multiple sensors to gather data about how a human would feel during the flight. Along with the mannequin was 300 pounds of cargo of food and other supplies.[648] Also on board was Earth plush toy referred to as a "Super high tech zero-g indicator".[649] The toy became a hit with astronaut Anne McClain, who showed the plushy on the ISS each day[650] and also deciding to keep it on board to experience the crewed SpX-DM2.
The Dragon spent six days in space, including five days docked to the International Space Station. During the time, various systems were tested to make sure the vehicle was ready for US astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to fly in it in 2020. The Dragon undocked and performed a re-entry burn before splashing down on March 8, 2019, at 08:45 EST, 320 km (200 mi) off the coast of Florida.[651]
SpaceX held a successful launch of the first commercial orbital human space flight on May 30, 2020, crewed with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken. Both astronauts focused on conducting tests on the Crew Dragon capsule. Crew Dragon successfully returned to Earth, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico on August 2, 2020.[652]
Starlink 9-3 upper stage anomaly
On July 12, 2024, SpaceX launched a group of Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. While the booster performed nominally, including a successful droneship landing, the upper stage failed to relight for a second burn, with ice appearing to accumulate around the engine during the first burn due to a liquid oxygen leak that developed from vibrational fatigue which led to a crack in a pressure sensor line.[653] The satellites were deployed from the upper stage into the lower initial parking orbit with a perigee of 135 km, less than half the targeted perigee.[654] After separation, the satellites were commanded to burn their ion thrusters. SpaceX modified the satellite software so the thrusters would produce as much thrust as possible.[655] Despite this, all of the satellites re-entered the atmosphere following the launch.[340] This launch was the first Falcon 9 Block 5 or Falcon 9 Full Thrust failure thereby ending the Guinness World Record of 325 successful Falcon 9 launches since the pre-flight anomaly of AMOS-6.[341][342]
Reuse of the first stage
SpaceX has developed a program to reuse the first-stage booster, setting multiple booster reflight records.
See also
Notes
- The AMOS-6 spacecraft was destroyed in a static fire test prior to its planned launch; the mission is counted as a failure but not as a launch.
- Falcon 9 first-stage boosters have a four-digit serial number. A decimal point followed by a number indicates the flight count. For example, B1021.1 and B1021.2 represent the first and second flights of booster B1021. Boosters without a decimal point were expended on their first flight. Additionally, missions where boosters are making their first flight are shown with a mint-colored background.
- Dragon spacecraft have a three-digit serial number. A decimal point followed by a number indicates the flight count. For example, C106.1 and C106.2 represent the first and second flights of Dragon C106.
References
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