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Update: SpaceX has aced the first its tenth launch of 2021 and 23rd operational Starlink launch while simultaneously offering an uninterrupted live view of a Falcon 9 booster landing from the rocket’s onboard camera for the first time in months. SpaceX Falcon 9 B1058-7 lands on OCISLY. Great onboard view for this one! Just an average Wednesday for these clever boosters. pic.twitter.com/NHqjOeLSiG— Chris B – NSF (@NASASpaceflight) April 7, 2021 While SpaceX’s official webcast got off to a rough start with no onboard camera views throughout the entirety of ascent and beginning of boost...

In a new rocket reusability first, a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster has successfully completed its ninth orbital-class launch and landing, leaving the company just one mission away from a target that’s been front and center for years. Known as Starlink V1 L21 or Starlink-21, today’s launch also set no less than three more records on […]

January 20, 2021 SpaceX has successfully completed the first of dozens of Starlink launches planned in 2021, simultaneously crushing multiple rocket reusability records and completing an “envelope expansion” booster landing at sea. Ending several days of delays, Falcon 9 booster B1051, an expendable upper stage, a flight-proven payload fairing, and 60 new Starlink satellites lifted off at 8:02 am EST, kicking off SpaceX’s 16th operational Starlink mission and 17th Starlink launch overall. Roughly an hour later, after spinning up end over end, Falcon 9’s orbital second stage successfu...

SpaceX Falcon 9 booster set to beat rocket turnaround record by a huge margin January 17, 2021 The Falcon 9 booster assigned to SpaceX’s first Starlink launch of the new year is on track to become the world’s most rapidly reusable rocket as early as Monday, January 18th. Targeting Monday, January 18 at 8:45 a.m. EST for Falcon 9 launch of 60 Starlink satellites from LC-39A; Falcon 9’s first stage previously supported seven missions. Team is keeping an eye on launch and recovery weather → https://t.co/bJFjLCzWdK— SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 17, 2021 Prior to 2020, SpaceX’s Block 5 boo...

SpaceX Falcon 9 ends year as the most-launched rocket of 2020 December 20, 2020 With just a few global launches left before 2021 and SpaceX’s last December launch behind it, it’s now safe to say that Falcon 9 has officially ended the year as the world’s most-launched rocket of 2020. On December 19th, Falcon 9 booster B1059 lifted off for the fourth time, carrying a secretive US spy satellite to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and marking SpaceX’s 26th successful launch and 23rd landing of 2020 – an exactly biweekly annual launch cadence. Barring several surprise launches, Falcon 9 will end th...