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List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches (2020–2022)

January 01, 1970

Main article: List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches
See also: List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches (2010–2019)

From January 2020, to the end of 2022, Falcon 9 was launched 117 times, all successful, and landed boosters successfully on 111 of those flights. Falcon Heavy was launched once and was successful, including landing of the mission's two side boosters.

Left to right: Falcon 9 v1.0, v1.1, v1.2 "Full Thrust", Falcon 9 Block 5, Falcon Heavy, and Falcon Heavy Block 5.

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Rocket configurations edit

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Launches edit

2020 edit

In late 2019, Gwynne Shotwell stated that SpaceX hoped for as many as 24 launches for Starlink satellites in 2020,[1] in addition to 14 or 15 non-Starlink launches. At 26 launches, 14 of which were for Starlink satellites, Falcon 9 had its most prolific year, and Falcon rockets were second most prolific rocket family of 2020, only behind China's Long March rocket family.[2]

Flight No. Date and
time (UTC) 		Version,
booster[a] 		Launch
site 		Payload[b] Payload mass Orbit Customer Launch
outcome 		Booster
landing
78 7 January 2020
02:19:21[3] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1049.4 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 2 v1.0 (60 satellites) 15,600 kg (34,400 lb)[4] LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
Third large batch and second operational flight of Starlink constellation. One of the 60 satellites included a test coating to make the satellite less reflective, and thus less likely to interfere with ground-based astronomical observations.[5]
79 19 January 2020
15:30[6] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1046.4 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Crew Dragon in-flight abort test[7]
(Dragon C205.1) 		12,050 kg (26,570 lb) Sub-orbital[8] NASA (CTS)[9] N/A(Successful simulated failure) No attempt
An atmospheric test of the Dragon 2 abort system after Max Q. The capsule fired its SuperDraco engines, reached an apogee of 40 km (25 mi), deployed parachutes, and splashed down in the ocean 31 km (19 mi) downrange from the launch site. The test was previously slated to be accomplished with the Crew Dragon Demo-1 capsule;[10] but that test article exploded during a ground test of SuperDraco engines on 20 April 2019.[11] The abort test used the capsule originally intended for the first crewed flight.[12] As expected, the booster was destroyed by aerodynamic forces after the capsule aborted.[13] First flight of a Falcon 9 with only one functional stage — the second stage had a mass simulator in place of its engine.
80 29 January 2020
14:07[14] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1051.3 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 3 v1.0 (60 satellites) 15,600 kg (34,400 lb)[4] LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
Third operational and fourth large batch of Starlink satellites, deployed in a circular 290 km (180 mi) orbit. One of the fairing halves was caught, while the other was fished out of the ocean.[15]
81 17 February 2020
15:05[16] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1056.4 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 4 v1.0 (60 satellites) 15,600 kg (34,400 lb)[4] LEO SpaceX Success Failure
(drone ship)
Fourth operational and fifth large batch of Starlink satellites. Used a new flight profile which deployed into a 212 km × 386 km (132 mi × 240 mi) elliptical orbit instead of launching into a circular orbit and firing the second stage engine twice. The first stage booster failed to land on the drone ship[17] due to incorrect wind data.[18] This was the first time a flight proven booster failed to land.
82 7 March 2020
04:50[19] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1059.2 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		SpaceX CRS-20
(Dragon C112.3 ♺ ) 		1,977 kg (4,359 lb)[20] (excl. Dragon mass) LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) Success Success
(ground pad)
Last launch of phase 1 of the CRS contract. Carries Bartolomeo, an ESA platform for hosting external payloads onto ISS.[21] Originally scheduled to launch on 2 March 2020, the launch date was pushed back due to a second stage engine failure. SpaceX decided to swap out the second stage instead of replacing the faulty part.[22] It was SpaceX's third flight of the Dragon C112 and the last launch of the Cargo Dragon spacecraft.
83 18 March 2020
12:16[23] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1048.5 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink 5 v1.0 (60 satellites) 15,600 kg (34,400 lb)[4] LEO SpaceX Success Failure
(drone ship)
Fifth operational launch of Starlink satellites. It was the first time a first stage booster flew for a fifth time and the second time the fairings were reused (Starlink flight in May 2019).[24] Towards the end of the first stage burn, the booster suffered premature shut down of an engine, the first of a Merlin 1D variant and first since the CRS-1 mission in October 2012. However, the payload still reached the targeted orbit.[25] This was the second Starlink launch booster landing failure in a row, later revealed to be caused by residual cleaning fluid trapped inside a sensor.[26]
84 22 April 2020
19:30[27] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1051.4 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink 6 v1.0 (60 satellites) 15,600 kg (34,400 lb)[4] LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
Sixth operational launch of Starlink satellites. The 84th flight of the Falcon 9 rocket, it surpassed Atlas V to become the most-flown operational US rocket.[28] Used fairings launched on AMOS-17 (August 2019).[29]
85 30 May 2020
19:22[30] 		F9 B5 B1058.1[31] KSC,
LC-39A 		Crew Dragon Demo-2[32]
(Crew Dragon C206.1 Endeavour) 		12,530 kg (27,620 lb)[33] LEO (ISS) NASA (CCDev) Success Success
(drone ship)
First crewed orbital spaceflight from American soil since Space Shuttle STS-135 in July 2011, carrying NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station.[32] The SpaceX live stream was peaked at 4.1 million viewers, while NASA estimated roughly 10 million people watched on various online platforms, and approximately 150,000 people gathered on Florida's space coast despite the risks of the COVID-19 pandemic.[34]
86 4 June 2020
01:25[35] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1049.5 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 7 v1.0 (60 satellites) 15,600 kg (34,400 lb)[4] LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
Seventh operational launch of Starlink satellites, occurred on the 10th anniversary of the first Falcon 9 flight. Included "VisorSat" satellite test that uses a sunshade to limit reflectivity.[36] First booster to successfully land five times, and first to land on Just Read The Instructions since it was moved to the East Coast.
87 13 June 2020
09:21[37] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1059.3 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 8 v1.0 (58 satellites),[38][39]
SkySats-16, -17, -18 		15,410 kg (33,970 lb)[37] LEO SpaceX
Planet Labs 		Success Success
(drone ship)
Eighth operational launch of Starlink satellites, included the first rideshare in SpaceX's SmallSat Program, of three SkySat satellites.[40][39] One payload fairing half launched on JCSat-18 / Kacific 1 mission in December 2019. The other payload fairing half flew on Starlink 2 v1.0 in January 2020.[41] For the first time, SpaceX did not perform a static fire before launch.
88 30 June 2020
20:10:46[42] 		F9 B5
B1060.1 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		GPS III-03 (Matthew Henson) 4,311 kg (9,504 lb)[43] MEO U.S. Space Force[43] Success Success
(drone ship)
Payload manufacturing contract awarded January 2012,[44] fully assembled in August 2017,[45][46] and completed thermal vacuum testing in June 2018.[47] Launch contract was awarded initially for US$96.5 million,[48] but later, this was discounted in exchange for allowing to launch configuration enabling booster recovery.[49] The vehicle nicknamed Columbus was transported to Florida in February 2020,[50] but launch was delayed by the customer from April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[51] The launch was dedicated to the memory of the recently deceased, late commander of the 21st Space Wing, Colonel Thomas G. Falzarano,[52][53] and after launch, in October 2020, the nickname was changed to that of the Arctic explorer Matthew Henson.[54][55] For second time, the second stage featured a gray banded Falcon long coast mission-extension kit, to allow more heat to be absorbed during the longer coasting period,[56] while both fairings were recovered out of the water without attempting a catch in the net.
89 20 July 2020
21:30[57] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1058.2[58] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		ANASIS-II 5,000–6,000 kg (11,000–13,000 lb) GTO Republic of Korea Army Success Success
(drone ship)
At 5–6 tonnes, the satellite formerly known as K-Milsat-1 is South Korea's first dedicated military satellite. Contracted by South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration in 2014.[59] 57th successful recovery of a Falcon 9 first stage. For the first time both fairing halves were also successfully caught by fairing catching ships.[60] This launch featured a booster reflight within 51 days, a new record turnaround time for a Falcon booster.[61] It was the same booster that launched the Crew Dragon Demo-2 spacecraft on 30 May 2020.[57] The satellite was delivered to a super-synchronous transfer orbit of 211 km × 45,454 km (131 mi × 28,244 mi), while both fairing halves were caught in the catch nets of the supports ships.[62]
90 7 August 2020
05:12[63] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1051.5 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink 9 v1.0 (57 Satellites),[38]
SXRS-1 (BlackSky Global 7 and 8) 		14,932 kg (32,919 lb) LEO SpaceX
Spaceflight Industries (BlackSky) 		Success Success
(drone ship)
Ninth operational launch of Starlink satellites. This mission carried 57 Starlink satellites and two BlackSky satellites as rideshare.[64] This first rideshare contracted with Spaceflight Industries was dubbed internally as "SXRS-1".[65] After previously testing on a single Starlink, the launch will have all 57 satellites include a "VisorSat" to reduce their brightness.[66]
91 18 August 2020
14:31[67] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1049.6[58] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 10 v1.0 (58 satellites)
SkySat-19, -20, -21 		~15,440 kg (34,040 lb) LEO SpaceX
Planet Labs 		Success Success
(drone ship)
Tenth operational launch of Starlink satellites. Starlink flight including three SkySat rideshare satellites.[40] First time a booster made a 6th flight.[68] The fairings previously flew on Starlink 3 v1.0. One fairing half was caught by Go Ms. Tree, the other was scooped out of the ocean.[40]
92 30 August 2020
23:18[69] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1059.4 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		SAOCOM 1B[70]
GNOMES 1[70]
Tyvak-0172[71] 		3,130 kg (6,900 lb)[72] SSO CONAE
PlanetIQ
Tyvak 		Success Success
(ground pad)
The 100th launch in SpaceX's history, first time a commercial launch on a fourth launch of a booster, it deployed Earth-observing satellites built by Argentina's space agency CONAE and two rideshares. SpaceX was contracted in 2009 for an initial launch as early as 2013.[73] Originally planned for launch from Vandenberg but launched from Cape Canaveral, which made it the first flight from there using the southern corridor to a polar orbit since 1969.[74][75]
93 3 September 2020
12:46:14[76] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1060.2[77] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink 11 v1.0 (60 satellites) 15,600 kg (34,400 lb)[4] LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
Eleventh operational launch of Starlink satellites, bringing the total to 713 launched Starlink satellites.[76]
94 6 October 2020
11:29:34[78] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1058.3[79] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink 12 v1.0 (60 satellites) 15,600 kg (34,400 lb)[4] LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
Twelfth operational launch of Starlink satellites, which for the first time used a fairing half on its third launch.[80] Also, the B1058 holds the title for the shortest time a booster reached 3 flights which is 129 days beating B1046 by 77 days.
95 18 October 2020
12:25:57[81] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1051.6[82] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink 13 v1.0 (60 satellites) 15,600 kg (34,400 lb)[4] LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
Thirteenth operational launch of Starlink satellites. Second time a booster was flown six times and first time both fairing halves were flown a third time. Both fairing halves landed on their respective ships but one fairing broke the net on Ms Tree.[83]
96 24 October 2020
15:31:34[84] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1060.3 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 14 v1.0 (60 satellites) 15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
Fourteenth operational launch of Starlink satellites and the 100th successful launch of a Falcon vehicle.[85]
97 5 November 2020
23:24:23[86] 		F9 B5
B1062.1 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		GPS III-04 (Sacagawea)[54][87] 4,311 kg (9,504 lb) MEO USSF Success Success
(drone ship)
Manufacturing contract awarded in January 2012,[44] underwent thermal vacuum testing in December 2018,[88] while the launch contract was awarded in March 2018.[89] A launch attempt on 3 October 2020, was aborted two seconds before liftoff due to early start in two engines.[90][91] Following the abort, two engines from B1062 were sent for further testing.[92] The abort also caused delays to the Crew-1 launch to allow time for data review.[93][94]
98 16 November 2020
00:27[95] 		F9 B5
B1061.1[96] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Crew-1
(Crew Dragon C207.1 Resilience) 		~12,500 kg (27,600 lb) LEO (ISS) NASA (CCP)[9] Success Success
(drone ship)
First crew rotation of the commercial crew program, following the return in August of the crewed test flight mission Crew Demo 2. Originally designated "USCV-1" by NASA. Carried astronauts Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, Shannon Walker and Soichi Noguchi, for a 6-month stay aboard the ISS, during which the Boeing Starliner OFT flight launched but was unable to dock as expected.[97] The first flight of the crew program was initially expected to launch in 2017,[98][99] and finished final certifications in November 2020.[100]
99 21 November 2020
17:17:08[101] 		F9 B5 B1063.1 VSFB,
SLC-4E 		Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich (Jason-CS A) 1,192 kg (2,628 lb) LEO NASA / NOAA / ESA / EUMETSAT Success Success
(ground pad)
Named after the former director of NASA's Earth science program, it is a radar altimeter satellite part of the Ocean Surface Topography constellation located at 1,336 km (830 mi) and 66° inclination, and a follow-up to Jason 3 as a partnership between the United States (NOAA and NASA), Europe (EUMETSAT, ESA, CNES).[102]
100 25 November 2020
02:13[103] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1049.7[104] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 15 v1.0 (60 satellites) 15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
First time a booster was launched for a seventh time and first time SpaceX completed four launches in a single month.
101 6 December 2020
16:17:08[105] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1058.4[106] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		SpaceX CRS-21
(Dragon C208.1) 		2,972 kg (6,552 lb) (excl. Dragon mass) LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) Success Success
(drone ship)
First launch of phase 2 of the CRS contract of six launches awarded in January 2016.[107] It was the first launch of the upgraded version Cargo Dragon 2 spacecraft, with increased payload capacity and autonomous docking to the ISS. Payloads included Nanoracks Bishop Airlock[108] and CFIG-1 (Cool Flames Investigation with Gases).[109] It's also the 100th successful Falcon 9 launch.
102 13 December 2020
17:30:00[110] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1051.7 		CCSFS,
SLC-40[111] 		SXM-7 7,000 kg (15,000 lb) GTO Sirius XM Success Success
(drone ship)
Launched the largest, high-power broadcasting satellite for SiriusXM's digital audio radio service (DARS). SXM-7 was built by Maxar Technologies; intended to operate in the S-band spectrum, it will replace the SXM-3 satellite. The satellite will deliver the highest power density of any commercial satellite on-orbit,[112] generate more than 20 kW of power, and have a large unfoldable antenna reflector, which enables broadcast to radios without the need for large dish-type antennas on the ground. Due to the heavy weight, the payload was injected into a sub-synchronous orbit of 224 km × 19,411 km (139 mi × 12,061 mi) and the satellite itself will transfer to full GTO.[113] It was the first time a commercial primary payload flew on a booster which had been flown more than 4 times before.[114] First dedicated customer launch where the fairings were previously used.[115]
103 19 December 2020
14:00:00[116] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1059.5 		KSC,
LC-39A 		NROL-108 Classified LEO NRO Success Success
(ground pad)
The planned launch was not known by the public until FCC filings appeared in late September followed by confirmation from the NRO on 5 October 2020, likely a relatively light payload that allows the return of the booster to the launch site.[117]

2021 edit

In October 2020, Elon Musk indicated he wanted to be able to increase launches to 48 in 2021.[118] Regulatory documents filed in February 2020, specified a maximum of 60 launches per year from Florida for Falcon 9 and another ten for Falcon Heavy, according to its 2020, environmental assessment.[119] 31 launches actually occurred in 2021; all were successful.[120]

Flight No. Date and
time (UTC) 		Version,
booster[a] 		Launch
site 		Payload[b] Payload mass Orbit Customer Launch
outcome 		Booster
landing
104 8 January 2021
02:15[121] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1060.4 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Türksat 5A[122] 3,500 kg (7,700 lb) GTO Türksat Success Success
(drone ship)
A 3,500 kg (7,700 lb) satellite intended to be stationed at 31.0° east.[122] This is the most powerful satellite in Türksat's fleet[123] and will provide Ku-band television broadcast services over Turkey, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. The satellite was injected in to a Super-synchronous transfer orbit of 280 km × 55,000 km (170 mi × 34,180 mi) with 17.6° inclination.[124]
105 20 January 2021
13:02:22[125] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1051.8[126] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink 16 v1.0 (60 satellites) 15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
The first booster to successfully launch and land eight times. Achieved a record turnaround time between two launches of the same booster of only 38 days and brought the total of launched Starlink satellites to over 1000.[127] SpaceX stated that the landing would occur during higher winds than usual; this test to expand the landing envelope was successfully passed by the booster.[128]
106 24 January 2021
15:00[129] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1058.5[130] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Transporter-1: (143 smallsat rideshare) ~5,000 kg (11,000 lb) SSO Various Success Success
(drone ship)
First dedicated smallsat rideshare launch arranged by SpaceX, targeting a 525 km (326 mi) altitude orbit.[131] The launch deployed a record 143 satellites, consisting of 120 CubeSats, 11 microsatellites, 10 Starlinks, and 2 transfer stages. In addition, 2 hosted payloads and 1 non-separating dummy satellite[132] were launched.[133] These include SpaceBEE (x 36), Lemur-2 (x 8), ICEYE (x 3), UVSQ-SAT,[134] ELaNa 35 (PTD-1),[135] and Kepler nanosats (x 8).[136][137] D-Orbit ION Satellite Carrier and 10 Starlink satellites made for testing optical laser inter-satellite links placed in a polar orbit[138] and 2 of 15 payloads remained attached to SHERPA-FX1. Exolaunch deployed several small satellites and cubesats via their own deployment mechanisms. First flight of a Falcon 9 with a SHERPA-FX transfer stage called SHERPA-FX1.[139][140]
107 4 February 2021
06:19[141] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1060.5[142] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 18 v1.0 (60 satellites) 15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
This set a new booster turnaround record, at 27 days, and it was the first time a Falcon 9 flew twice within a month.[143]
108 16 February 2021
03:59:37[144] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1059.6 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 19 v1.0 (60 satellites)[145] 15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Failure
(drone ship)
A hole in a heat-shielding engine cover, which likely developed through fatigue, allowed recirculating hot exhaust gases to damage one of the Merlin 1D first-stage engines, causing it to shut down early during ascent. Engine-out capability of the Falcon 9 allowed the mission to continue and successfully deploy the 60 Starlink satellites to orbit.[146] The issue caused the booster to fail its landing attempt and miss the droneship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) after its entry burn, breaking the longest streak of 24 landing successes (since surpassed).[147] During this mission, GO Ms. Tree and GO Ms. Chief were used for the last time to recover the fairings;[148][149] SpaceX retired the fairing catching program in favor of fairing fishing.[150] Both fairing catching ships were retired from SpaceX use.
109 4 March 2021
08:24:54[151] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1049.8[152] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink 17 v1.0 (60 satellites) 15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
Launch had previously been postponed multiple times, causing the payload Starlink L17 to launch after the L18 and L19 missions. Featured for the first time, a fairing which was flying on its fourth flight.[153] The second-stage deorbit burn failed, causing an uncontrolled reentry on 26 March 2021, over the west coast of the United States.[154]
110 11 March 2021
08:13:29[155] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1058.6[156] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 20 v1.0 (60 satellites) 15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
Twentieth operational launch of Starlink satellites, bringing the total to 1,265 (including prototypes) launched Starlink satellites.[157]
111 14 March 2021
10:01:26[158] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1051.9 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink 21 v1.0 (60 satellites) 15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
First time a first-stage booster flew and landed for the ninth time. This flight also marked the fastest turnaround time for a fairing half, at 49 days. Both fairing halves previously flew on the Transporter-1 mission.[159]
112 24 March 2021
08:28:24[160] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1060.6[161] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 22 v1.0 (60 satellites) 15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
Fairing "wet recovery" achieved by contracted recovery vessel Shelia Bordelon for the first time. Both fairing halves were retrieved from the water.[162]
113 7 April 2021
16:34:18 		F9 B5 ♺
B1058.7 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 23 v1.0 (60 satellites) 15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
23rd operational launch of Starlink satellites, bringing the total to 1,385 launched Starlink satellites (including prototype). This launch featured the second fastest booster turnaround time at 27 days and 8 hours (after Starlink 18 with B1060.5, which was 4 hours faster).[163]
114 23 April 2021
09:49:02[164] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1061.2[165] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Crew-2
(Crew Dragon C206.2 Endeavour ♺ ) 		~13,000 kg (29,000 lb)[166] LEO (ISS) NASA (CTS)[9] Success Success
(drone ship)
Second operational flight of Crew Dragon for Commercial Crew Program. Transported NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, JAXA Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet to the ISS.[167] The four astronauts will spend 6 months aboard the ISS. Beginning with the Crew-2 mission, NASA has modified the contract to allow NASA astronauts to use flight-proven Dragon capsules and booster.[168] Thus SpaceX reflew the Dragon used on Demo-2 and used Booster B1061-2 which had been used to launch Crew-1 in November 2020.
115 29 April 2021
03:44:30[169] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1060.7[170] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 24 v1.0 (60 satellites) 15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
24th operational launch of Starlink satellites, bringing the total to 1,434 Starlink satellites still in orbit. This launch also paid tribute to Apollo 11 crew Michael Collins, who died hours before the launch.[171]
116 4 May 2021
19:01:07[172] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1049.9[173] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink 25 v1.0 (60 satellites) 15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
25th operational launch of Starlink satellites, bringing the total to 1,494 Starlink satellites still in orbit, second time a booster flew for the ninth time.
117 9 May 2021
06:42:45[174] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1051.10[175] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 27 v1.0 (60 satellites) 15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
This was the first time a booster flew 10 times. Brought the total number of operational Starlink satellites in the first shell to approximately 1516 out of a planned 1584.[176]
118 15 May 2021
22:56[177] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1058.8 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink 26 v1.0 (52 Satellites)
Capella-6 &Tyvak-0130[178] 		~14,000 kg (31,000 lb) LEO SpaceX
Capella Space and Tyvak 		Success Success
(drone ship)
Rideshare launch with a targeted orbit at 569x582, significantly higher than typical Starlink launches, to allow for needs of the rideshare payloads.[179] Fairing "wet recovery" done by contracted recovery vessel Shelia Bordelon for the last time.
119 26 May 2021
18:59:35[180] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1063.2 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 28 v1.0 (60 Satellites) 15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
Will likely complete the first shell of the Starlink network located at 550 km altitude and containing 1584 satellites.[179] It was 40th launch a fairing was reused, with one half being used for the 5th time (first fairing to do so) and the other for a 3rd time.[181] This launch marks SpaceX's 100th successful launch in a row without in-flight failure since December 2015.
120 3 June 2021
17:29:17[182] 		F9 B5
B1067.1[183] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		SpaceX CRS-22
(Dragon C209.1) 		3,328 kg (7,337 lb) (excl. Dragon mass) LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) Success Success
(drone ship)
Second of a minimum of six new cargo missions under the CRS-2 contract, which NASA awarded SpaceX in 2015. Mission was flown with an uncrewed Dragon 2 capsule,[184] which carried solar panels, catalytic reactor for the station's life support system, an emergency air supply system, Kurs remote control unit, and a Potable Water Dispense (PWD) filter. Also carried were the RamSat cubesat as payload for ELaNa 36,[185] the SOAR cubesat for the University of Manchester[186] and the first Mauritian satellite MIR-SAT1[187] to be launched from the station later. This was the last mission the Of Course I Still Love You droneship supported on the east coast,[188] since SpaceX began launching Starlink satellites from the West Coast starting in July, which requires a droneship landing. OCISLY was replaced by A Shortfall Of Gravitas droneship later that summer.[189]
121 6 June 2021
04:26[190] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1061.3 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		SXM-8[191] 7,000 kg (15,000 lb) GTO Sirius XM Success Success
(drone ship)
A large, high-power broadcasting satellite for SiriusXM's digital audio radio service (DARS) contracted together with SXM-7 to replace the aging XM-4 satellite and allow broadcast to radios without the need for large dish-type antennas on the ground.[114][192]
122 17 June 2021
16:09:35[193] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1062.2[194] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		USA-319 / GPS III-05 (Neil Armstrong)[54][195] 4,331 kg (9,548 lb)[196] MEO USSF[43] Success Success
(drone ship)
Manufacturing contract awarded February 2013.[197] In March 2018, the Air Force announced it had awarded the launch contract for three GPS satellites to SpaceX.[198] This is the first reused booster launch for a 'national security' mission.[199] Fairing "wet recovery" was attempted by contracted recovery vessel Hos Briarwood for the first time. Both fairing halves were retrieved from water.[200][201]
123 30 June 2021
19:31[202] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1060.8 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Transporter-2: (88 payloads Smallsat Rideshare) Unknown[c] SSO Various Success Success
(ground pad)
A total of 88 payloads including prototype Starlink v1.5 satellites made for testing optical laser inter-satellite links[203] (3x), Polar Vigilance (4x), Exolaunch YAM-2 & 3, Satellogic,[204] Capella-5[205] HawkEye Cluster 3 (multiple sats), Spaceflight Industries (multiple sats including on two space tugs Sherpa-FX2 Sherpa-LTE1).[202] LINCS 1 and 2 were reported to be tumbling uncontrolled due to "an issue with the launch vehicle".[206]
124 29 August 2021
07:14:49[207] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1061.4 		KSC,
LC-39A 		SpaceX CRS-23
(Dragon C208.2 ♺ ) 		~2,200 kg (4,900 lb) (excl. Dragon mass) LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) Success Success
(drone ship)
Third of six new cargo missions NASA awarded in 2015 to SpaceX under the CRS-2 contract to be flown after the initial 20 missions of phase 1 were completed in 2020.[184] Includes FBCE, SoFIE. First time a booster landed on SpaceX's fourth droneship, A Shortfall Of Gravitas (ASOG),[208][209] marking the first use when SpaceX has three droneships in operation.
125 14 September 2021
03:55:50[210] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1049.10[211] 		VSFB,
SLC-4E 		Starlink Group 2-1 (v1.5 L1, 51 satellites)[212][213] ~13,260 kg (29,230 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
First launch of Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base, and first West coast launch in 10 months. The 70-degree inclination launch is the first Starlink launch into a high-inclination, non-SSO orbit.[179] The satellites were the upgraded and operational 1.5 version that featured "laser inter-satellite links, which are needed for high latitudes & mid ocean coverage".[212] It was the second booster to make a tenth flight and landing.
126 16 September 2021
00:02:56[214] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1062.3[215] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Inspiration4
(Crew Dragon C207.2 Resilience ♺ ) 		~12,519 kg (27,600 lb) LEO Jared Isaacman
[note 1][216][217] 		Success Success
(drone ship)
SpaceX signed in February 2021, its first all-civilian flight for a crewed spacecraft with Jared Isaacman (Leadership), founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments, who commands and pilots the mission, and who donated the three other seats in the Crew Dragon vehicle's launch to LEO. The first of these three seats (Generosity) was won by Christopher Sembroski in a lottery, who donated to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the second seat (Hope) was awarded to Hayley Arceneaux, an ambassador associated with that hospital, and the third seat (Prosperity) was awarded to Sian Proctor, the winner of a contest between entrepreneurs who use Shift4Shop. The seats were awarded on 30 March 2021.[218][219] The mission reached a circular orbit of about 585 km and lasted about three days. The docking adapter of Crew Dragon Resilience was replaced by a dome window.[220][221][222]
127 11 November 2021
02:03:31[223] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1067.2[224] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Crew-3
(Crew Dragon C210.1 Endurance) 		~13,000 kg (29,000 lb)[225] LEO (ISS) NASA (CTS)[9] Success Success
(drone ship)
SpaceX's third operational Crew Dragon flight carried NASA astronauts Thomas Marshburn, Kayla Barron and Raja Chari as well as German ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer.[226] It also carried up to 100 kg (220 lb) of cargo to the ISS.[9]
128 13 November 2021
12:19[227] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1058.9[228] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink Group 4-1 (53 satellites)[229] ~15,635 kg (34,469 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
First East Coast Starlink launch after the v1.0 L28 launch which completed the first shell of the Starlink network located at 540 km altitude. Fairing "wet recovery" was attempted by SpaceX multipurpose ship, Bob for the first time, and both fairing halves were retrieved from water.[230][200]
129 24 November 2021
06:21[231] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1063.3[232] 		VSFB,
SLC-4E 		Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)[233] 624 kg (1,376 lb) Heliocentric NASA (LSP) Success Success
(drone ship)
Dart mission will measure the kinetic effects of crashing an impactor into the surface of the moon of 65803 Didymos asteroid. It is the first mission aiming to demonstrate asteroid redirect capability[234] and the first NASA scientific mission using a previously flown booster.[235] The launch contract was awarded to SpaceX for $69 million.[236]
130 2 December 2021
23:12[237] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1060.9[238] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink Group 4-3 (48 satellites)
SXRS-2: BlackSky Global (2 sats)[239] 		~14,500 kg (32,000 lb) LEO SpaceX
Spaceflight, Inc. (BlackSky Global) 		Success Success
(drone ship)
This mission carried 48 Starlink satellites[240] and two BlackSky Gen-2 satellites (numbered 12 and 13)[241] as rideshare payloads. The BlackSky satellites were released prior to the Starlink deployment, to a 435x425 km orbit at 53.2° inclination.[242]
131 9 December 2021
06:00[243] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1061.5 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)[244] 325 kg (717 lb) LEO NASA (LSP) Success Success
(drone ship)
SMEX 14 mission with three identical NASA telescopes on a single spacecraft, designed to measure X-rays. The launch contract was awarded to SpaceX for US$50.3 million,[244] and is the smallest dedicated payload ever launched by Falcon 9 launch vehicle.[245] However, the required exact equatorial orbit required an orbital plane change that meant an approximately 30% of Falcon 9's maximum theoretical performance for such an orbital profile (1.5-2 tons).[246]
132 18 December 2021
12:41[247] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1051.11 		VSFB,
SLC-4E 		Starlink Group 4-4
(52 satellites)[248] 		15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
First West coast and third overall 53.2-degree inclination Starlink launch. First time a Falcon 9 first stage booster flew for an eleventh time.
133 19 December 2021
03:58[249] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1067.3 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Türksat 5B[250] 4,500 kg (9,900 lb) GTO Türksat Success Success
(drone ship)
The first GTO satellite partially built in Turkey, the 4,500 kg (9,900 lb) satellite is intended to be placed at 42.0° east.[251] By launching at the opening of the Turksat-5B window, SpaceX set a new record for the shortest time between two Falcon 9 launches at 15 hours and 17 minutes. The previous record time was 44 hours and 17 minutes, set between the Starlink Group 2-1 and Inspiration4 missions.[252]
134 21 December 2021
10:06[253] 		F9 B5
B1069.1 		KSC,
LC-39A 		SpaceX CRS-24
(Dragon C209.2 ♺ ) 		2,989 kg (6,590 lb) (excl. Dragon mass) LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) Success Success[d]
(drone ship)
Fourth of six new cargo missions NASA awarded in 2015 to SpaceX under the CRS-2 contract to be flown after the initial 20 missions of phase 1 were completed in 2020.[184] First time SpaceX launched 5 rockets within the same calendar month. The ELaNa 38 mission, consisting of 4 cubesats, launched on this flight.[255] SpaceX achieved the feat of 100 successful orbital rocket booster landings in this mission, coinciding with the 6th anniversary of its first booster landing. The rough seas led to the Octograbber robot not being able to secure the booster to the deck, leading to both the booster, droneship and the Octagrabber robot being heavily damaged in transit.[254]

2022 edit

There were 61 Falcon launches in 2022: one Falcon Heavy and 60 Falcon 9. Older environmental regulatory documents had showed that, in addition to launches from Vandenberg, SpaceX mentioned planning for up to 70 launches each year from its two Florida launch sites when it filed an environmental assessment in February 2020.[119] In January 2022, information became public that SpaceX had intended to increase the pace of launches to 52 during 2022, after launching a record 31 times in 2021.[120] In March 2022, Elon Musk stated that SpaceX was aiming for 60 Falcon launches in 2022.[256] In the event, SpaceX did increase their launch cadence, exceeding the previous yearly record of 31 launches in just the first 29 weeks of 2022.[257] 13 of the Falcon 9 launches were from Vandenberg. SpaceX launched over 633 tonnes this year or 1.15 times the mass of a Falcon 9 rocket just before takeoff (exclusive of undisclosed payload masses).[258]

Flight No. Date and
time (UTC) 		Version,
booster[a] 		Launch
site 		Payload[b] Payload mass Orbit Customer Launch
outcome 		Booster
landing
135 6 January 2022
21:49[259][260] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1062.4 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink Group 4-5
(49 satellites)[261] 		~14,500 kg (32,000 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
After the weather-related damage to the landed booster in the previous launch, SpaceX changed the Starlink launch trajectory from Northeast to Southeast intending to increase odds of good booster and fairing recovery conditions in the winter months, on a course just North of the Bahamas via a plane change maneuver to line up with the proper orbital plane for the Starlink satellites.[259] This was the first rocket launch of 2022.
136 13 January 2022
15:25:38[262] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1058.10 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Transporter-3: (105 payloads Smallsat Rideshare)[263] Unknown[c] SSO Various Success Success
(ground pad)
Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to Sun-synchronous orbit. A total of 105 payloads including: Planet Labs SuperDoves (×44),[264] and some of the customer payloads on SpaceFlight's SXRS-6 mission.[265] In addition, four secret satellites, likely test or operational satellites built by SpaceX based on the Starshield bus (based on Starlink Block v1.5 or v2.0 technology),[266] were also deployed for the US army. Their purpose has not been revealed, but is likely either technical demonstration, communications, earth observation or signals intelligence.[267] In 2020, SpaceX had won a US$149 million contract for developing and launching missile tracking satellites based on the Starlink architecture.[268]
137 19 January 2022
02:02:40[269] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1060.10 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink Group 4-6
(49 satellites) 		~14,500 kg (32,000 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53.2°. Second Starlink launch where SpaceX has significantly customized a Starlink launch trajectory to optimize for booster recovery after Starlink Group 4–5.[270]
138 31 January 2022
23:11[271] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1052.3 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		CSG-2 2,205 kg (4,861 lb) SSO ASI Success Success
(ground pad)
Second COSMO-SkyMed 2nd-generation satellite. Originally scheduled to launch in 2021, on an Arianespace Vega-C launch vehicle, resulting delays caused by the pandemic and two Vega launch failures led to ASI purchasing a Falcon 9 launch contract in September 2021, for the 2.2-ton satellite. First launch of a converted Falcon 9 that was previously used as a FH side booster.[272][273]
139 2 February 2022
20:27[274] 		F9 B5
B1071.1 		VSFB,
SLC-4E 		NROL-87 Classified SSO NRO Success[275] Success
(ground pad)
Classified payload. The contract requirements for this launch called for a 512 km Sun-synchronous orbit at 97.4° inclination.[276]
140 3 February 2022
18:13[277] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1061.6 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink Group 4-7
(49 satellites) 		~14,500 kg (32,000 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
A fairing half on this mission was flown and recovered for a record 6th time. A G2-rated geomagnetic storm on 4 February significantly increased the atmospheric density at the initial deployment orbit, resulting in 38 satellites reentering over the following eight days.[278][279]
141 21 February 2022
14:44[280] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1058.11 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink Group 4-8 (46 satellites) ~13,600 kg (30,000 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
Mission was the first Group 4 mission to feature 2 upper stage burns like v1.0 Starlink launches, with deployment of the 46 satellites approximately 1 hour after lift-off into a higher circular orbit. This is aimed at reducing the risk of high drag that caused 38 of the Group 4-7 satellites to fail reaching their intended orbits, and instead, reenter shortly after launch.[281]
142 25 February 2022
17:12[282] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1063.4 		VSFB,
SLC-4E 		Starlink Group 4-11 (50 satellites)[283] ~14,750 kg (32,520 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
A West Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53.2°.
143 3 March 2022
14:25[284] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1060.11 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink Group 4-9 (47 satellites) ~13,900 kg (30,600 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53.2°. First time one of SpaceX multipurpose ships, Bob, retrieved both fairing halves and towed the droneship and the Falcon booster on its return journey to Port Canaveral.
144 9 March 2022
13:45[285] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1052.4[286] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink Group 4-10
(48 satellites) 		~14,160 kg (31,220 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
This was the 40th Starlink launch. Starlink 3680 (or Starlink 2022-025P) launched in this stack has maneuvered and moved to Shell 1 of starlink satellites. Possibly some other satellites in this stack will also joining the Shell 1 starlinks in near future.[287]
145 19 March 2022
04:42[288] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1051.12 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink Group 4-12 (53 satellites)[289] ~16,250 kg (35,830 lb)[290] LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
First time a Falcon 9 first-stage booster flew and landed for the twelfth time. This was, at the time, the heaviest Falcon 9 payload to LEO enabled by optimizations to the launch setup and flight profile,[291] this record was clearly beaten in August 2022.[292]
146 1 April 2022
16:24[293] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1061.7 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Transporter-4: (40 payloads Smallsat Rideshare) Unknown[c] SSO Various Success Success
(drone ship)
Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to Sun-synchronous orbit. The heaviest payload aboard was Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP) German satellite. Other payloads included D-Orbit ION, Hawk-6A/6B/6C, CNCE (2), Heron Mk II, GNOMES-3, Kilimanjaro-1.[294][295]
147 8 April 2022
15:17:11[296][297] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1062.5 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Axiom-1
(Crew Dragon C206.3 Endeavour ♺ )[296] 		~13,000 kg (29,000 lb) LEO (ISS) Axiom Space Success Success
(drone ship)
Announced in March 2020, the flight is the first fully private flight to the ISS. Crew Dragon is commanded by Axiom professional astronaut Michael López-Alegría.[298] Larry Connor is the pilot, and Mark Pathy and Eytan Stibbe are mission specialists.
148 17 April 2022
13:13:12[299] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1071.2 		VSFB,
SLC-4E 		NROL-85 (Intruder 13A (NOSS-3 9A) and Intruder 13B (NOSS-3 9B))[300] Classified LEO NRO Success[301] Success
(ground pad)
Classified mission awarded to SpaceX in February 2019.[302] The contract requirements for this launch called for a 1220 km × 1024 km orbit at 63.5° inclination, which corresponds to a Naval Reconnaissance (Intruder) mission.[303] With only a year before the launch, the launch site was switched from Florida to California at no extra cost in exchange for reusing a previously flown booster.[304]
149 21 April 2022
17:51[305] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1060.12 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink Group 4-14 (53 satellites) ~16,250 kg (35,830 lb)[290] LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53.2°.
150 27 April 2022
07:52[306] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1067.4[307] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Crew-4[99]
(Crew Dragon C212.1 Freedom)[308] 		~13,000 kg (29,000 lb) LEO (ISS) NASA (CTS)[9] Success Success
(drone ship)
Fourth Crew Dragon CCP mission. Carried four astronauts and 100 kg (220 lb) of cargo to the ISS and function as a lifeboat to evacuate astronauts from ISS in case of an emergency.[9] NASA's Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, and Jessica Watkins as well as ESA's Samantha Cristoforetti assigned to fly this mission.[309]
151 29 April 2022
21:27[310] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1062.6 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink Group 4-16 (53 satellites) ~16,250 kg (35,830 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53.2°. This mission set four SpaceX turnaround records: Booster turnaround at 21 days (previously 27 days), pad turnaround at 8 days, Just Read the Instructions departed just 19 hours after arriving, and it was the first time there were 6 launches in a single calendar month.
152 6 May 2022
09:46[311] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1058.12 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink Group 4-17 (53 satellites) ~16,250 kg (35,830 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53.2°.
153 13 May 2022
22:07[312] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1063.5 		VSFB,
SLC-4E 		Starlink Group 4-13 (53 satellites)[313] ~16,250 kg (35,830 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
A West Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53.2°.
154 14 May 2022
20:40[314] 		F9 B5 B1073.1 CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink Group 4-15 (53 satellites) ~16,250 kg (35,830 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53.2°. First Starlink launch on a new first-stage booster.
155 18 May 2022
10:59[315] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1052.5 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink Group 4-18 (53 satellites) ~16,250 kg (35,830 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53.2°.
156 25 May 2022
18:35[316] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1061.8[317] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Transporter-5: (59 payloads Smallsat Rideshare) Unknown[c] SSO Various Success Success
(ground pad)
Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission launching 59 satellites to Sun-synchronous orbit. Mission included 3 different payload dispensers by Momentus (Vigoride space tug), Spaceflight, and D-Orbit, and payloads from 11 countries by Exolaunch.[318]
157 8 June 2022
21:03[319] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1062.7[319] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Nilesat-301[320] ~4,100 kg (9,000 lb)[321] GTO Nilesat Success Success
(drone ship)
Built by Thales Alenia Space, the Egyptian satellite will be stationed at 7.0° west.[320] SpaceX successfully executed the furthest downrange landing of a Falcon 9 booster on this mission by landing 687 km (427 mi) away from the launch site.[321]
158 17 June 2022
16:09[322] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1060.13[322] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink Group 4-19 (53 satellites) ~16,250 kg (35,830 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53.2°. This mission marked SpaceX's 100th reuse of a booster, 50th consecutive landing, 1st booster to fly for a 13th time, and 50th SpaceX launch from LC-39A.[323]
159 18 June 2022
14:19[324][325] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1071.3 		VSFB,
SLC-4E 		SARah 1[326] ~4,000 kg (8,800 lb)[327] SSO German Intelligence Service Success[328] Success
(ground pad)
Airbus-built phased-array-antenna satellite intended to upgrade the German SAR-Lupe surveillance satellites.[329]
160 19 June 2022
04:27[330] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1061.9[330] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Globalstar-2 M087 (FM15)[331]
USA 328-331[332][333] 		~700 kg (1,500 lb)
(excluding secret payloads) 		LEO Globalstar
Unknown US Government Agency 		Success Success
(drone ship)
Mission launched the first Globalstar satellite since 2013, a spare satellite that was still waiting on ground for its launch.[330] The mission was not known by the public until early June, when a FCC filing appeared.[334] The low mass of the satellite, together with the lack of return to the launch site and the use of an unconventional payload dispenser, led to speculations about there being a second, undisclosed governmental payload.[335] After launch, four USA designated satellites were cataloged, confirming the presence of four secret US Government payloads that were released between second-stage cutoff 1 and second-stage startup 2.[332][267][333] Likely the satellites were test or operational satellites built by SpaceX based on the Starshield bus (based on Starlink Block v1.5 or v2.0 technology), based on the deployment structure seen in the launch video.[266] Their purpose has not been revealed, but is likely either technical demonstration, communications, earth observation or signals intelligence. SpaceX set a new record for the shortest time between two Falcon 9 launches at 14 hours and 8 minutes. The previous record time was 15 hours and 17 minutes, set between the Starlink Group 4-4 and Türksat 5B missions.
161 29 June 2022
21:04[336] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1073.2[336] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		SES-22 ~3,500 kg (7,700 lb) GTO SES Success Success
(drone ship)
Following the award for the launch of SES-18 and SES-19, SpaceX was awarded another launch contract for SES-22. Built by Thales Alenia Space, the C-band-only satellite will be stationed at 135° west and is expected to start operations by early August 2022.[337]
162 7 July 2022
13:11[338] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1058.13[339] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink Group 4-21 (53 satellites) ~16,250 kg (35,830 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 53.2° inclination orbit at 540 km altitude.
163 11 July 2022
01:39[340] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1063.6 		VSFB,
SLC-4E 		Starlink Group 3-1 (46 satellites)[341] ~14,100 kg (31,100 lb)[342] SSO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
A West Coast Starlink network launch to a 97.6° inclination orbit at 560 km altitude, first launch of group 3.
164 15 July 2022
00:44:22[343] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1067.5 		KSC,
LC-39A 		SpaceX CRS-25
(Dragon C208.3 ♺ )[344] 		2,668 kg (5,881 lb)[343]
(excl. Dragon mass) 		LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) Success Success
(drone ship)
Fifth of the six ISS cargo missions awarded in 2015 under the CRS-2 contract, and carried Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) external payload.[184]
165 17 July 2022
14:20[345][346] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1051.13[346] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink Group 4-22 (53 satellites) ~16,250 kg (35,830 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53.2°. It was the first time SpaceX launched an 8th rocket within 30 days.[347]
166 22 July 2022
17:39[257] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1071.4 		VSFB,
SLC-4E 		Starlink Group 3-2 (46 satellites)[348] ~14,100 kg (31,100 lb) SSO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
A West Coast Starlink network launch to a 560 km Sun-synchronous orbit at an inclination of 97.6°.
167 24 July 2022
13:38[349] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1062.8 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink Group 4-25 (53 satellites) ~16,250 kg (35,830 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53.2°.
168 4 August 2022
23:08[350] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1052.6 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Danuri (Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter)[351] ~679 kg (1,497 lb)[352] Ballistic lunar transfer (BLT) KARI Success Success
(drone ship)
"Launch Your Photo into Deep Space Orbit" mosaic[353] (hosted) Heliocentric Tesla Success
South Korea's first lunar mission.

Second stage included a hosted promotional payload by automotive manufacturer Tesla, which in 2018 offered a referral bonus to customers where they could send an image of their choice to be laser-etched into a mosaic plaque and launched to deep space.[353][354]

169 10 August 2022
02:14[355] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1073.3[356] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink Group 4-26[357] (52 satellites) ~16,000 kg (35,000 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53.2°.
170 12 August 2022
21:40:20[358][359] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1061.10 		VSFB,
SLC-4E 		Starlink Group 3-3[360] (46 satellites) ~14,100 kg (31,100 lb) SSO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
A West Coast Starlink network launch to a 560 km Sun-synchronous orbit at an inclination of 97.6°.
171 19 August 2022
19:21:20[361] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1062.9 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink Group 4-27[362] (53 satellites) ~16,250 kg (35,830 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53.2°.
172 28 August 2022
03:41[292] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1069.2[363] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink Group 4-23[364] (54 satellites)[365] ~16,700 kg (36,800 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
This was the heaviest payload Falcon 9 had launched until this was beaten in January 2023.[366] The launch carried an East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53.2°. This flight, Group 4-23, was moved from 39A to 40 to deconflict with Artemis I operations at 39B. Booster B1069.2 was repaired after suffering damage to all 9 engines upon its initial landing.[367]
173 31 August 2022
05:40[368] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1063.7 		VSFB,
SLC-4E 		Starlink Group 3-4[369] (46 satellites) ~14,200 kg (31,300 lb) SSO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
A West Coast Starlink network launch to a 560 km Sun-synchronous orbit at an inclination of 97.6°.
174 5 September 2022
02:09[370] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1052.7 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink Group 4-20 (51 satellites)
Sherpa-LTC2 		~16,000 kg (35,000 lb)[371][372] LEO SpaceX
Spaceflight Industries 		Success Success
(drone ship)
An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53.2°. Sherpa-LTC2 space tug's sole hosted payload was Boeing's Varuna Technology Demonstration Mission, a pathfinder for a planned constellation of broadband satellites. Initial orbit of Sherpa LTC-2 is same as that of Starlink but later it will fire its thrusters to reach a 54° inclination low Earth orbit located at 1060 km altitude.
175 11 September 2022
01:20[373] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1058.14 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink Group 4-2[374] (34 satellites)
BlueWalker-3 		~11,938 kg (26,319 lb) LEO SpaceX
AST SpaceMobile 		Success Success
(drone ship)
Bluewalker-3 is a rideshare[375] mission launched to 513 km altitude 53° inclination.[376] B1058 became the first booster to be launched and recovered fourteen times. In addition to this, the 2nd stage first executed two burns to deploy the Bluewalker 3, followed by executing two more burns to deploy the Starlinks to a 330 km altitude 53.2° inclination orbit, concluding with deorbit burn, which made it one of the most complex F9 missions up to date.[377]
176 19 September 2022
00:18[378] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1067.6[379] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink Group 4-34 (54 satellites)[380] ~16,700 kg (36,800 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53.2°.
177 24 September 2022
23:32[381] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1073.4[382] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink Group 4-35 (52 satellites)[383] ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53.2°.
178 5 October 2022
16:00[384] 		F9 B5
B1077.1 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Crew-5[99]
(Crew Dragon C210.2 Endurance ♺ ) 		~13,000 kg (29,000 lb) LEO (ISS) NASA (CTS)[9] Success Success
(drone ship)
Fifth USCV launches out of NASA award of six Crew Dragon mission, to carry 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.[9] NASA Astronauts Nicole Mann, Josh Cassada, JAXA Astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Anna Kikina will fly on this mission.[385] This will be the first Russian Cosmonaut to fly on a US Commercial Crew Vehicle as part of a NASA-Roscosmos seat barter agreement.[386]
179 5 October 2022
23:10[387] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1071.5 		VSFB,
SLC-4E 		Starlink Group 4-29 (52 satellites) ~16,100 kg (35,500 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
A West Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53.2°. SpaceX set a new record for the shortest time between two Falcon 9 launches at 7 hours and 10 minutes. The previous record time was 14 hours and 8 minutes, set between the SARah 1 and Globalstar-2 M087 (FM15) with USA 328-331 missions.
180 8 October 2022
23:05[388] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1060.14[389] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 (2 satellites)[390] 7,350 kg (16,200 lb) GTO[391] Intelsat Success Success
(drone ship)
Northrop Grumman-built satellites for C-band clearing.[392][393] At 7,350 kg total mass, this launch was one of the heaviest GTO SpaceX launches to date. This necessitated that the satellite be launched into a lower-energy orbit than a usual GTO, with its initial apogee at roughly 19,800 km (12,300 mi).[394]
181 15 October 2022
05:22[395] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1069.3 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Hotbird 13F ~4,500 kg (9,900 lb) GTO Eutelsat Success Success
(drone ship)
Box containing 2 Adidas Al Rihla balls (hosted) ~1 kg (2.2 lb) Suborbital
(max 123 km (76 mi)) 		FIFA, Qatar Airways and SpaceX Success
Built by Airbus, the 4500 kg satellite will maneuver to a 13° east orbit.[396] The satellite reached a supersynchronous geostationary transfer orbit of 376 km × 55,950 km inclined at 27.1°.

First stage B1069.3 included a hosted promotional payload by FIFA, that was a box powered by starlink containing 2 Adidas Al Rihla (the Journey) balls, that were to be used in 2022, FIFA World Cup in Qatar for opening its Starlink office in Doha, Qatar.[397] These match balls were launched and brought back by landing on the droneship surviving the stresses of the booster. Later, they were taken out and shipped back to Qatar for the world cup. This was the first payload on a Falcon 9 booster and thus showed the ease of reusability.[398]

182 20 October 2022
14:50[399] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1062.10[400] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink Group 4-36 (54 satellites) ~16,700 kg (36,800 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53.2°. The 48th Falcon 9 launch of the year beat the record launches in a year for a vehicle type held by Soyuz-U in 1979.[401][402]
183 28 October 2022
01:14:10[403] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1063.8 		VSFB,
SLC-4E 		Starlink Group 4-31[404] (53 satellites) ~16,400 kg (36,200 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
A West Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53.2°.
FH 4 1 November 2022
13:41[405] 		Falcon Heavy B5
B1066 (core) 		KSC,
LC-39A 		USSF-44 (Shepherd Demonstration & LDPE-2)[406] ~3,750 kg (8,270 lb) GEO USSF, Millennium Space Systems and Lockheed Martin Space Success No attempt
B1064.1 (side) Success
(ground pad)
B1065.1 (side) Success
(ground pad)
Classified payload totaling 3,750 kg (8,270 lb) using new side boosters and center core. The core lacked any fins and landing gear, as it was deliberately expended, underwent the most energetic reentry, and impacted at 1,300 km (810 mi) downrange, 8.3% further than STP-2 mission,[407] while the two side boosters were recovered, marking the 150th and 151st successful landing respectively, and 21st landing at LZ-1 and 4th at LZ-2. It was the 50th launch of a Falcon-family rocket this year. The launch carried Shepherd Demonstration for the Space Force, intended to "test new technologies to enhance safe and responsible rendezvous and proximity operations",[408] as well as the LDPE-2 space tug (with hosted payloads), Tetra-1,[409] Alpine, LINUSS A1 and A2. Third flight featuring a Falcon long coast mission-extension kit, which equipped the second stage with a dark-painted band (for thermal control), extra COPVs for pressurization control, and additional TEA-TEB ignition fluid. The upgrades afforded the second stage with the endurance needed to inject the payloads directly into geosynchronous orbit six hours after launch.[410]
184 3 November 2022
05:22[411] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1067.7 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Hotbird 13G ~4,500 kg (9,900 lb) GTO Eutelsat Success Success
(drone ship)
Built by Airbus, the 4500 kg satellite will maneuver to a 13° east orbit.[396] 50th Falcon 9 launch in 2022. The satellite reached a supersynchronous geostationary transfer orbit of 410 km × 57,503 km inclined at 27.7°.
185 12 November 2022
16:06[412] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1051.14 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Galaxy 31 and Galaxy 32 (2 satellites) ~6,600 kg (14,600 lb) GTO Intelsat Success No attempt
Maxar Technologies built satellites for C-band clearing.[393][392] Intelsat says that it paid SpaceX an additional fee to devote all of the Falcon 9 rocket's propellant to deliver the satellites into a higher orbit than the normal sub-synchronous orbit, given the payload's high total mass of 6,600 kg (14,600 lb). The Falcon 9 first-stage booster B1051, flying on its 14th flight, was expended, the first deliberately expended Falcon 9 booster since B1046 in January 2020.[413] The satellites reached the supersynchronous geostationary transfer orbit of 283 km × 58,433 km inclined at 24.2°.
186 23 November 2022
02:57[414] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1049.11[415] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Eutelsat 10B 5,500 kg (12,100 lb)[416] GTO Eutelsat Success No attempt
Built by Thales Alenia Space, the satellite was launched into a geostationary transfer orbit targeting the 10° east GSO slot. The Falcon 9 first-stage booster B1049 flew its 11th mission and was expended into the Atlantic Ocean following the launch for the same reason as the previous Galaxy 31 and 32 mission's booster B1051. The satellite reached the supersynchronous geostationary transfer orbit of 261 km × 59,831 km inclined at 22.8°. B1049 flew with a Test/Spare Block 4 interstage on this flight since it donated its interstage to B1052 after its penultimate flight.[417][418]
187 26 November 2022
19:20[419] 		F9 B5
B1076.1 		KSC,
LC-39A 		SpaceX CRS-26
(Dragon C211.1)[420] 		3,528 kg (7,778 lb)[421] LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) Success Success
(drone ship)
Last of the six additional cargo missions NASA awarded in 2015 to SpaceX under the CRS-2 contract flown after the initial 20 missions of phase 1 were completed in 2020.[184]
188 8 December 2022
22:27[422] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1069.4 		KSC,
LC-39A 		OneWeb Flight #15 / SpaceX Flight 1 (40 satellites) 6,000 kg (13,000 lb) Polar LEO OneWeb Success Success
(ground pad)
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, OneWeb suspended launches on Soyuz rockets.[423] In March 2022, OneWeb announced that they had signed an agreement with SpaceX to resume satellite launches.[424] This was the first commercial (non-Starlink, non-NASA, non-government, non-crewed) satellite launch from LC-39A since Arabsat-6A in 2019, and the first on Falcon 9 since Es'hail 2 in 2018.
189 11 December 2022
07:38[425] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1073.5 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Hakuto-R Mission 1[426]
Emirates Lunar Mission
Lunar Flashlight[427] 		~1,000 kg (2,200 lb)[428][429] Ballistic lunar transfer (BLT) ispace
MBRSC
JAXA
NASA 		Success Success
(ground pad)
ispace's Hakuto-R (for Reboot) lunar lander is derived from the Hakuto project that was one of the defunct Google Lunar X Prize contestants. Hakuto-R carries the Rashid rover, built by MBRSC and JAXA built Transformable Lunar Robot. A separate 2023, Hakuto-R mission will include a Japanese rover.[430][431] The Canadian Space Agency has sponsored three private payloads with ispace: Mission Control Space Services will have a computer fly on the Rashid rover to test artificial intelligence algorithms, Canadensys Aerospace Corporation is arranging a 360-degree camera to fly, and NGC Aerospace Ltd will take pictures from orbit to compare them to maps in order to test a navigation system.[432] Lunar Flashlight is a JPL-developed CubeSat that will scan for water ice deposits on the Moon; it was remanifested as a secondary payload after missing its integration window on the Artemis 1 launch. First Falcon 9 booster landing on LZ-2.
190 16 December 2022
11:46[433] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1071.6 		VSFB,
SLC-4E 		Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT)[434] ~2,200 kg (4,900 lb)[435] LEO NASA/CNES Success Success
(ground pad)
American–European satellite intended to measure the surface altitude of water bodies with centimeter-level precision.[436]
191 16 December 2022
22:48[437] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1067.8 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		O3b mPOWER 1 & 2 ~4,100 kg (9,000 lb) MEO SES Success Success
(drone ship)
In September 2019, SES signed a contract to launch the first part of their seven MEO satellites for its O3b low-latency, high-performance connectivity services.[438][439]
192 17 December 2022
21:32[437] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1058.15 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink Group 4-37[440] (54 satellites) ~16,700 kg (36,800 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53.2°. B1058 became the first booster to be launched and recovered fifteen times, exceeding its prior record.
193 28 December 2022
09:34[441] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1062.11 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink Group 5-1 (54 satellites) ~16,700 kg (36,800 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
(drone ship)
An East Coast Starlink network launch targeting a 43° inclination orbit.[442] This launch was the first launch of Starlink's second-generation constellation. SpaceX has said that under the new FCC license they are now able to deploy satellites to new orbits that will add more capacity to their network.[443]
194 30 December 2022
07:38[444] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1061.11 		VSFB,
SLC-4E 		EROS-C3[445] ~400 kg (880 lb) Retrograde LEO ImageSat International Success Success
(ground pad)
Israeli electro-optical Earth observation satellite based on the OPTSAT-3000 satellite. This was the first SpaceX launch to a low-inclination retrograde orbit, previous retrograde orbits having been polar or Sun-synchronous. It targeting an ~140° inclination orbit. This launch marked the first time SpaceX completed 7 launches in a calendar month and the final rocket launch of 2022. SpaceX's Falcon family thus equaled the yearly world record for most successful launches by any rocket family, first set by the R-7 family in 1980 after this launch. B1061 became the only booster to land on all of SpaceX's different landing zones and drone ships except the rarely used LZ-2.

Notable launches edit

First crewed flights edit

Main article: Crew Dragon Demo-2

SpaceX held a successful launch of the first commercial orbital human space flight on 30 May 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 2 August 2020.[446]

Reuse of the first stage edit

Main articles: SpaceX reusable launch system development program and List of Falcon 9 first-stage boosters

SpaceX has developed a program to reuse the first-stage booster, setting multiple booster reflight records:

  • B1048 was the first booster to be recovered four times on 11 November 2019, and the first to perform a fifth flight on 18 March 2020, but the booster was lost during re-entry.
  • B1049 was the first booster to be recovered five times on 4 June 2020, six times on 18 August 2020, and seven times on 25 November 2020.
  • B1051 became the first booster to be recovered eight times on 20 January 2021, nine times on 14 March 2021, and ten times on 9 May 2021, achieving one of SpaceX's milestone goals for reuse. It then became the first booster to be recovered eleven times on 18 December 2021, and twelve times on 19 March 2022.[447][448][449][450]
  • B1060 became the first booster to be recovered 13 times on 17 June 2022.
  • B1058 became the first booster to be recovered 14 times on 11 September 2022, 15 times on 17 December 2022.
  • B1069 launched and returned a hosted box containing two FIFA 2022 World Cup Adidas Al Rihla on 15 October 2022 for a sub-orbital flight, the first payload on a Falcon 9 booster.[451]
  • B1061 became the only booster on 30 December 2022 to launch from all SpaceX's different launch sites and on all of SpaceX's different landing zones and drone ships (except rarely used LZ-2 that is located nearby LZ-1).
  • B1062 booster holds the record for fastest turnaround at 21 days. It launched on 8 April and again on 29 April 2022.[310]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c Falcon 9 first-stage boosters are designated with a construction serial number and an optional flight number when reused, e.g. B1021.1 and B1021.2 represent the two flights of booster B1021. Launches using reused boosters are denoted with a recycled symbol ♺.
  2. ^ a b c Dragon 1 or 2 are designated with a construction serial number or name and an optional flight number when reused, e.g. Dragon C106.1 and Dragon C106.2 represent the two flights of Dragon C106. Dragon spacecraft that are reused are denoted with a recycled symbol ♺.
  3. ^ a b c d Many Transporter payloads are not public, or don't have a publicly revealed mass. SpaceX has not published a payload mass estimate for this mission.
  4. ^ After landing, de-tanking and heading back home, the stage and Octagrabber were damaged in heavy seas. This is still considered a successful landing as the stage damage occurred while in transport.[254]
  1. ^ Promotion aimed at assisting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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Main article List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches See also List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches 2010 2019 From January 2020 to the end of 2022 Falcon 9 was launched 117 times all successful and landed boosters successfully on 111 of those flights Falcon Heavy was launched once and was successful including landing of the mission s two side boosters Left to right Falcon 9 v1 0 v1 1 v1 2 Full Thrust Falcon 9 Block 5 Falcon Heavy and Falcon Heavy Block 5 Contents 1 Statistics 1 1 Rocket configurations 1 2 Launch sites 1 3 Launch outcomes 1 4 Booster landings 2 Launches 2 1 2020 2 2 2021 2 3 2022 3 Notable launches 3 1 First crewed flights 3 2 Reuse of the first stage 4 See also 5 Notes 6 ReferencesStatistics editRocket configurations edit 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 20 21 22 Falcon 9 Block 5 Falcon 9 Block 5 reused Falcon HeavyLaunch sites edit 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 20 21 22 CCSFS SLC 40 KSC LC 39A VSFB SLC 4E Launch outcomes edit 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 20 21 22 Loss before launch Loss during flight Partial failure Success commercial and government Success Starlink Booster landings edit 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 20 21 22 Ground pad failure Drone ship failure Ground pad success Drone ship success No attemptLaunches edit2020 edit In late 2019 Gwynne Shotwell stated that SpaceX hoped for as many as 24 launches for Starlink satellites in 2020 1 in addition to 14 or 15 non Starlink launches At 26 launches 14 of which were for Starlink satellites Falcon 9 had its most prolific year and Falcon rockets were second most prolific rocket family of 2020 only behind China s Long March rocket family 2 Flight No Date andtime UTC Version booster a Launchsite Payload b Payload mass Orbit Customer Launchoutcome Boosterlanding 78 7 January 202002 19 21 3 F9 B5 B1049 4 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink 2 v1 0 60 satellites 15 600 kg 34 400 lb 4 LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship Third large batch and second operational flight of Starlink constellation One of the 60 satellites included a test coating to make the satellite less reflective and thus less likely to interfere with ground based astronomical observations 5 79 19 January 202015 30 6 F9 B5 B1046 4 KSC LC 39A Crew Dragon in flight abort test 7 Dragon C205 1 12 050 kg 26 570 lb Sub orbital 8 NASA CTS 9 N A Successful simulated failure No attempt An atmospheric test of the Dragon 2 abort system after Max Q The capsule fired its SuperDraco engines reached an apogee of 40 km 25 mi deployed parachutes and splashed down in the ocean 31 km 19 mi downrange from the launch site The test was previously slated to be accomplished with the Crew Dragon Demo 1 capsule 10 but that test article exploded during a ground test of SuperDraco engines on 20 April 2019 11 The abort test used the capsule originally intended for the first crewed flight 12 As expected the booster was destroyed by aerodynamic forces after the capsule aborted 13 First flight of a Falcon 9 with only one functional stage the second stage had a mass simulator in place of its engine 80 29 January 202014 07 14 F9 B5 B1051 3 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink 3 v1 0 60 satellites 15 600 kg 34 400 lb 4 LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship Third operational and fourth large batch of Starlink satellites deployed in a circular 290 km 180 mi orbit One of the fairing halves was caught while the other was fished out of the ocean 15 81 17 February 202015 05 16 F9 B5 B1056 4 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink 4 v1 0 60 satellites 15 600 kg 34 400 lb 4 LEO SpaceX Success Failure drone ship Fourth operational and fifth large batch of Starlink satellites Used a new flight profile which deployed into a 212 km 386 km 132 mi 240 mi elliptical orbit instead of launching into a circular orbit and firing the second stage engine twice The first stage booster failed to land on the drone ship 17 due to incorrect wind data 18 This was the first time a flight proven booster failed to land 82 7 March 202004 50 19 F9 B5 B1059 2 CCSFS SLC 40 SpaceX CRS 20 Dragon C112 3 1 977 kg 4 359 lb 20 excl Dragon mass LEO ISS NASA CRS Success Success ground pad Last launch of phase 1 of the CRS contract Carries Bartolomeo an ESA platform for hosting external payloads onto ISS 21 Originally scheduled to launch on 2 March 2020 the launch date was pushed back due to a second stage engine failure SpaceX decided to swap out the second stage instead of replacing the faulty part 22 It was SpaceX s third flight of the Dragon C112 and the last launch of the Cargo Dragon spacecraft 83 18 March 202012 16 23 F9 B5 B1048 5 KSC LC 39A Starlink 5 v1 0 60 satellites 15 600 kg 34 400 lb 4 LEO SpaceX Success Failure drone ship Fifth operational launch of Starlink satellites It was the first time a first stage booster flew for a fifth time and the second time the fairings were reused Starlink flight in May 2019 24 Towards the end of the first stage burn the booster suffered premature shut down of an engine the first of a Merlin 1D variant and first since the CRS 1 mission in October 2012 However the payload still reached the targeted orbit 25 This was the second Starlink launch booster landing failure in a row later revealed to be caused by residual cleaning fluid trapped inside a sensor 26 84 22 April 202019 30 27 F9 B5 B1051 4 KSC LC 39A Starlink 6 v1 0 60 satellites 15 600 kg 34 400 lb 4 LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship Sixth operational launch of Starlink satellites The 84th flight of the Falcon 9 rocket it surpassed Atlas V to become the most flown operational US rocket 28 Used fairings launched on AMOS 17 August 2019 29 85 30 May 202019 22 30 F9 B5 B1058 1 31 KSC LC 39A Crew Dragon Demo 2 32 Crew Dragon C206 1 Endeavour 12 530 kg 27 620 lb 33 LEO ISS NASA CCDev Success Success drone ship First crewed orbital spaceflight from American soil since Space Shuttle STS 135 in July 2011 carrying NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station 32 The SpaceX live stream was peaked at 4 1 million viewers while NASA estimated roughly 10 million people watched on various online platforms and approximately 150 000 people gathered on Florida s space coast despite the risks of the COVID 19 pandemic 34 86 4 June 202001 25 35 F9 B5 B1049 5 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink 7 v1 0 60 satellites 15 600 kg 34 400 lb 4 LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship Seventh operational launch of Starlink satellites occurred on the 10th anniversary of the first Falcon 9 flight Included VisorSat satellite test that uses a sunshade to limit reflectivity 36 First booster to successfully land five times and first to land on Just Read The Instructions since it was moved to the East Coast 87 13 June 202009 21 37 F9 B5 B1059 3 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink 8 v1 0 58 satellites 38 39 SkySats 16 17 18 15 410 kg 33 970 lb 37 LEO SpaceXPlanet Labs Success Success drone ship Eighth operational launch of Starlink satellites included the first rideshare in SpaceX s SmallSat Program of three SkySat satellites 40 39 One payload fairing half launched on JCSat 18 Kacific 1 mission in December 2019 The other payload fairing half flew on Starlink 2 v1 0 in January 2020 41 For the first time SpaceX did not perform a static fire before launch 88 30 June 202020 10 46 42 F9 B5 B1060 1 CCSFS SLC 40 GPS III 03 Matthew Henson 4 311 kg 9 504 lb 43 MEO U S Space Force 43 Success Success drone ship Payload manufacturing contract awarded January 2012 44 fully assembled in August 2017 45 46 and completed thermal vacuum testing in June 2018 47 Launch contract was awarded initially for US 96 5 million 48 but later this was discounted in exchange for allowing to launch configuration enabling booster recovery 49 The vehicle nicknamed Columbus was transported to Florida in February 2020 50 but launch was delayed by the customer from April 2020 due to the COVID 19 pandemic 51 The launch was dedicated to the memory of the recently deceased late commander of the 21st Space Wing Colonel Thomas G Falzarano 52 53 and after launch in October 2020 the nickname was changed to that of the Arctic explorer Matthew Henson 54 55 For second time the second stage featured a gray banded Falcon long coast mission extension kit to allow more heat to be absorbed during the longer coasting period 56 while both fairings were recovered out of the water without attempting a catch in the net 89 20 July 202021 30 57 F9 B5 B1058 2 58 CCSFS SLC 40 ANASIS II 5 000 6 000 kg 11 000 13 000 lb GTO Republic of Korea Army Success Success drone ship At 5 6 tonnes the satellite formerly known as K Milsat 1 is South Korea s first dedicated military satellite Contracted by South Korea s Defense Acquisition Program Administration in 2014 59 57th successful recovery of a Falcon 9 first stage For the first time both fairing halves were also successfully caught by fairing catching ships 60 This launch featured a booster reflight within 51 days a new record turnaround time for a Falcon booster 61 It was the same booster that launched the Crew Dragon Demo 2 spacecraft on 30 May 2020 57 The satellite was delivered to a super synchronous transfer orbit of 211 km 45 454 km 131 mi 28 244 mi while both fairing halves were caught in the catch nets of the supports ships 62 90 7 August 202005 12 63 F9 B5 B1051 5 KSC LC 39A Starlink 9 v1 0 57 Satellites 38 SXRS 1 BlackSky Global 7 and 8 14 932 kg 32 919 lb LEO SpaceXSpaceflight Industries BlackSky Success Success drone ship Ninth operational launch of Starlink satellites This mission carried 57 Starlink satellites and two BlackSky satellites as rideshare 64 This first rideshare contracted with Spaceflight Industries was dubbed internally as SXRS 1 65 After previously testing on a single Starlink the launch will have all 57 satellites include a VisorSat to reduce their brightness 66 91 18 August 202014 31 67 F9 B5 B1049 6 58 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink 10 v1 0 58 satellites SkySat 19 20 21 15 440 kg 34 040 lb LEO SpaceXPlanet Labs Success Success drone ship Tenth operational launch of Starlink satellites Starlink flight including three SkySat rideshare satellites 40 First time a booster made a 6th flight 68 The fairings previously flew on Starlink 3 v1 0 One fairing half was caught by Go Ms Tree the other was scooped out of the ocean 40 92 30 August 202023 18 69 F9 B5 B1059 4 CCSFS SLC 40 SAOCOM 1B 70 GNOMES 1 70 Tyvak 0172 71 3 130 kg 6 900 lb 72 SSO CONAEPlanetIQTyvak Success Success ground pad The 100th launch in SpaceX s history first time a commercial launch on a fourth launch of a booster it deployed Earth observing satellites built by Argentina s space agency CONAE and two rideshares SpaceX was contracted in 2009 for an initial launch as early as 2013 73 Originally planned for launch from Vandenberg but launched from Cape Canaveral which made it the first flight from there using the southern corridor to a polar orbit since 1969 74 75 93 3 September 202012 46 14 76 F9 B5 B1060 2 77 KSC LC 39A Starlink 11 v1 0 60 satellites 15 600 kg 34 400 lb 4 LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship Eleventh operational launch of Starlink satellites bringing the total to 713 launched Starlink satellites 76 94 6 October 202011 29 34 78 F9 B5 B1058 3 79 KSC LC 39A Starlink 12 v1 0 60 satellites 15 600 kg 34 400 lb 4 LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship Twelfth operational launch of Starlink satellites which for the first time used a fairing half on its third launch 80 Also the B1058 holds the title for the shortest time a booster reached 3 flights which is 129 days beating B1046 by 77 days 95 18 October 202012 25 57 81 F9 B5 B1051 6 82 KSC LC 39A Starlink 13 v1 0 60 satellites 15 600 kg 34 400 lb 4 LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship Thirteenth operational launch of Starlink satellites Second time a booster was flown six times and first time both fairing halves were flown a third time Both fairing halves landed on their respective ships but one fairing broke the net on Ms Tree 83 96 24 October 202015 31 34 84 F9 B5 B1060 3 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink 14 v1 0 60 satellites 15 600 kg 34 400 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship Fourteenth operational launch of Starlink satellites and the 100th successful launch of a Falcon vehicle 85 97 5 November 202023 24 23 86 F9 B5 B1062 1 CCSFS SLC 40 GPS III 04 Sacagawea 54 87 4 311 kg 9 504 lb MEO USSF Success Success drone ship Manufacturing contract awarded in January 2012 44 underwent thermal vacuum testing in December 2018 88 while the launch contract was awarded in March 2018 89 A launch attempt on 3 October 2020 was aborted two seconds before liftoff due to early start in two engines 90 91 Following the abort two engines from B1062 were sent for further testing 92 The abort also caused delays to the Crew 1 launch to allow time for data review 93 94 98 16 November 202000 27 95 F9 B5 B1061 1 96 KSC LC 39A Crew 1 Crew Dragon C207 1 Resilience 12 500 kg 27 600 lb LEO ISS NASA CCP 9 Success Success drone ship First crew rotation of the commercial crew program following the return in August of the crewed test flight mission Crew Demo 2 Originally designated USCV 1 by NASA Carried astronauts Victor Glover Mike Hopkins Shannon Walker and Soichi Noguchi for a 6 month stay aboard the ISS during which the Boeing Starliner OFT flight launched but was unable to dock as expected 97 The first flight of the crew program was initially expected to launch in 2017 98 99 and finished final certifications in November 2020 100 99 21 November 202017 17 08 101 F9 B5 B1063 1 VSFB SLC 4E Sentinel 6 Michael Freilich Jason CS A 1 192 kg 2 628 lb LEO NASA NOAA ESA EUMETSAT Success Success ground pad Named after the former director of NASA s Earth science program it is a radar altimeter satellite part of the Ocean Surface Topography constellation located at 1 336 km 830 mi and 66 inclination and a follow up to Jason 3 as a partnership between the United States NOAA and NASA Europe EUMETSAT ESA CNES 102 100 25 November 202002 13 103 F9 B5 B1049 7 104 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink 15 v1 0 60 satellites 15 600 kg 34 400 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship First time a booster was launched for a seventh time and first time SpaceX completed four launches in a single month 101 6 December 202016 17 08 105 F9 B5 B1058 4 106 KSC LC 39A SpaceX CRS 21 Dragon C208 1 2 972 kg 6 552 lb excl Dragon mass LEO ISS NASA CRS Success Success drone ship First launch of phase 2 of the CRS contract of six launches awarded in January 2016 107 It was the first launch of the upgraded version Cargo Dragon 2 spacecraft with increased payload capacity and autonomous docking to the ISS Payloads included Nanoracks Bishop Airlock 108 and CFIG 1 Cool Flames Investigation with Gases 109 It s also the 100th successful Falcon 9 launch 102 13 December 202017 30 00 110 F9 B5 B1051 7 CCSFS SLC 40 111 SXM 7 7 000 kg 15 000 lb GTO Sirius XM Success Success drone ship Launched the largest high power broadcasting satellite for SiriusXM s digital audio radio service DARS SXM 7 was built by Maxar Technologies intended to operate in the S band spectrum it will replace the SXM 3 satellite The satellite will deliver the highest power density of any commercial satellite on orbit 112 generate more than 20 kW of power and have a large unfoldable antenna reflector which enables broadcast to radios without the need for large dish type antennas on the ground Due to the heavy weight the payload was injected into a sub synchronous orbit of 224 km 19 411 km 139 mi 12 061 mi and the satellite itself will transfer to full GTO 113 It was the first time a commercial primary payload flew on a booster which had been flown more than 4 times before 114 First dedicated customer launch where the fairings were previously used 115 103 19 December 202014 00 00 116 F9 B5 B1059 5 KSC LC 39A NROL 108 Classified LEO NRO Success Success ground pad The planned launch was not known by the public until FCC filings appeared in late September followed by confirmation from the NRO on 5 October 2020 likely a relatively light payload that allows the return of the booster to the launch site 117 2021 edit In October 2020 Elon Musk indicated he wanted to be able to increase launches to 48 in 2021 118 Regulatory documents filed in February 2020 specified a maximum of 60 launches per year from Florida for Falcon 9 and another ten for Falcon Heavy according to its 2020 environmental assessment 119 31 launches actually occurred in 2021 all were successful 120 Flight No Date andtime UTC Version booster a Launchsite Payload b Payload mass Orbit Customer Launchoutcome Boosterlanding 104 8 January 202102 15 121 F9 B5 B1060 4 CCSFS SLC 40 Turksat 5A 122 3 500 kg 7 700 lb GTO Turksat Success Success drone ship A 3 500 kg 7 700 lb satellite intended to be stationed at 31 0 east 122 This is the most powerful satellite in Turksat s fleet 123 and will provide Ku band television broadcast services over Turkey the Middle East Europe and Africa The satellite was injected in to a Super synchronous transfer orbit of 280 km 55 000 km 170 mi 34 180 mi with 17 6 inclination 124 105 20 January 202113 02 22 125 F9 B5 B1051 8 126 KSC LC 39A Starlink 16 v1 0 60 satellites 15 600 kg 34 400 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship The first booster to successfully launch and land eight times Achieved a record turnaround time between two launches of the same booster of only 38 days and brought the total of launched Starlink satellites to over 1000 127 SpaceX stated that the landing would occur during higher winds than usual this test to expand the landing envelope was successfully passed by the booster 128 106 24 January 202115 00 129 F9 B5 B1058 5 130 CCSFS SLC 40 Transporter 1 143 smallsat rideshare 5 000 kg 11 000 lb SSO Various Success Success drone ship First dedicated smallsat rideshare launch arranged by SpaceX targeting a 525 km 326 mi altitude orbit 131 The launch deployed a record 143 satellites consisting of 120 CubeSats 11 microsatellites 10 Starlinks and 2 transfer stages In addition 2 hosted payloads and 1 non separating dummy satellite 132 were launched 133 These include SpaceBEE x 36 Lemur 2 x 8 ICEYE x 3 UVSQ SAT 134 ELaNa 35 PTD 1 135 and Kepler nanosats x 8 136 137 D Orbit ION Satellite Carrier and 10 Starlink satellites made for testing optical laser inter satellite links placed in a polar orbit 138 and 2 of 15 payloads remained attached to SHERPA FX1 Exolaunch deployed several small satellites and cubesats via their own deployment mechanisms First flight of a Falcon 9 with a SHERPA FX transfer stage called SHERPA FX1 139 140 107 4 February 202106 19 141 F9 B5 B1060 5 142 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink 18 v1 0 60 satellites 15 600 kg 34 400 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship This set a new booster turnaround record at 27 days and it was the first time a Falcon 9 flew twice within a month 143 108 16 February 202103 59 37 144 F9 B5 B1059 6 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink 19 v1 0 60 satellites 145 15 600 kg 34 400 lb LEO SpaceX Success Failure drone ship A hole in a heat shielding engine cover which likely developed through fatigue allowed recirculating hot exhaust gases to damage one of the Merlin 1D first stage engines causing it to shut down early during ascent Engine out capability of the Falcon 9 allowed the mission to continue and successfully deploy the 60 Starlink satellites to orbit 146 The issue caused the booster to fail its landing attempt and miss the droneship Of Course I Still Love You OCISLY after its entry burn breaking the longest streak of 24 landing successes since surpassed 147 During this mission GO Ms Tree and GO Ms Chief were used for the last time to recover the fairings 148 149 SpaceX retired the fairing catching program in favor of fairing fishing 150 Both fairing catching ships were retired from SpaceX use 109 4 March 202108 24 54 151 F9 B5 B1049 8 152 KSC LC 39A Starlink 17 v1 0 60 satellites 15 600 kg 34 400 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship Launch had previously been postponed multiple times causing the payload Starlink L17 to launch after the L18 and L19 missions Featured for the first time a fairing which was flying on its fourth flight 153 The second stage deorbit burn failed causing an uncontrolled reentry on 26 March 2021 over the west coast of the United States 154 110 11 March 202108 13 29 155 F9 B5 B1058 6 156 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink 20 v1 0 60 satellites 15 600 kg 34 400 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship Twentieth operational launch of Starlink satellites bringing the total to 1 265 including prototypes launched Starlink satellites 157 111 14 March 202110 01 26 158 F9 B5 B1051 9 KSC LC 39A Starlink 21 v1 0 60 satellites 15 600 kg 34 400 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship First time a first stage booster flew and landed for the ninth time This flight also marked the fastest turnaround time for a fairing half at 49 days Both fairing halves previously flew on the Transporter 1 mission 159 112 24 March 202108 28 24 160 F9 B5 B1060 6 161 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink 22 v1 0 60 satellites 15 600 kg 34 400 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship Fairing wet recovery achieved by contracted recovery vessel Shelia Bordelon for the first time Both fairing halves were retrieved from the water 162 113 7 April 202116 34 18 F9 B5 B1058 7 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink 23 v1 0 60 satellites 15 600 kg 34 400 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship 23rd operational launch of Starlink satellites bringing the total to 1 385 launched Starlink satellites including prototype This launch featured the second fastest booster turnaround time at 27 days and 8 hours after Starlink 18 with B1060 5 which was 4 hours faster 163 114 23 April 202109 49 02 164 F9 B5 B1061 2 165 KSC LC 39A Crew 2 Crew Dragon C206 2 Endeavour 13 000 kg 29 000 lb 166 LEO ISS NASA CTS 9 Success Success drone ship Second operational flight of Crew Dragon for Commercial Crew Program Transported NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur JAXA Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet to the ISS 167 The four astronauts will spend 6 months aboard the ISS Beginning with the Crew 2 mission NASA has modified the contract to allow NASA astronauts to use flight proven Dragon capsules and booster 168 Thus SpaceX reflew the Dragon used on Demo 2 and used Booster B1061 2 which had been used to launch Crew 1 in November 2020 115 29 April 202103 44 30 169 F9 B5 B1060 7 170 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink 24 v1 0 60 satellites 15 600 kg 34 400 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship 24th operational launch of Starlink satellites bringing the total to 1 434 Starlink satellites still in orbit This launch also paid tribute to Apollo 11 crew Michael Collins who died hours before the launch 171 116 4 May 202119 01 07 172 F9 B5 B1049 9 173 KSC LC 39A Starlink 25 v1 0 60 satellites 15 600 kg 34 400 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship 25th operational launch of Starlink satellites bringing the total to 1 494 Starlink satellites still in orbit second time a booster flew for the ninth time 117 9 May 202106 42 45 174 F9 B5 B1051 10 175 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink 27 v1 0 60 satellites 15 600 kg 34 400 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship This was the first time a booster flew 10 times Brought the total number of operational Starlink satellites in the first shell to approximately 1516 out of a planned 1584 176 118 15 May 202122 56 177 F9 B5 B1058 8 KSC LC 39A Starlink 26 v1 0 52 Satellites Capella 6 amp Tyvak 0130 178 14 000 kg 31 000 lb LEO SpaceX Capella Space and Tyvak Success Success drone ship Rideshare launch with a targeted orbit at 569x582 significantly higher than typical Starlink launches to allow for needs of the rideshare payloads 179 Fairing wet recovery done by contracted recovery vessel Shelia Bordelon for the last time 119 26 May 202118 59 35 180 F9 B5 B1063 2 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink 28 v1 0 60 Satellites 15 600 kg 34 400 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship Will likely complete the first shell of the Starlink network located at 550 km altitude and containing 1584 satellites 179 It was 40th launch a fairing was reused with one half being used for the 5th time first fairing to do so and the other for a 3rd time 181 This launch marks SpaceX s 100th successful launch in a row without in flight failure since December 2015 120 3 June 202117 29 17 182 F9 B5 B1067 1 183 KSC LC 39A SpaceX CRS 22 Dragon C209 1 3 328 kg 7 337 lb excl Dragon mass LEO ISS NASA CRS Success Success drone ship Second of a minimum of six new cargo missions under the CRS 2 contract which NASA awarded SpaceX in 2015 Mission was flown with an uncrewed Dragon 2 capsule 184 which carried solar panels catalytic reactor for the station s life support system an emergency air supply system Kurs remote control unit and a Potable Water Dispense PWD filter Also carried were the RamSat cubesat as payload for ELaNa 36 185 the SOAR cubesat for the University of Manchester 186 and the first Mauritian satellite MIR SAT1 187 to be launched from the station later This was the last mission the Of Course I Still Love You droneship supported on the east coast 188 since SpaceX began launching Starlink satellites from the West Coast starting in July which requires a droneship landing OCISLY was replaced by A Shortfall Of Gravitas droneship later that summer 189 121 6 June 202104 26 190 F9 B5 B1061 3 CCSFS SLC 40 SXM 8 191 7 000 kg 15 000 lb GTO Sirius XM Success Success drone ship A large high power broadcasting satellite for SiriusXM s digital audio radio service DARS contracted together with SXM 7 to replace the aging XM 4 satellite and allow broadcast to radios without the need for large dish type antennas on the ground 114 192 122 17 June 202116 09 35 193 F9 B5 B1062 2 194 CCSFS SLC 40 USA 319 GPS III 05 Neil Armstrong 54 195 4 331 kg 9 548 lb 196 MEO USSF 43 Success Success drone ship Manufacturing contract awarded February 2013 197 In March 2018 the Air Force announced it had awarded the launch contract for three GPS satellites to SpaceX 198 This is the first reused booster launch for a national security mission 199 Fairing wet recovery was attempted by contracted recovery vessel Hos Briarwood for the first time Both fairing halves were retrieved from water 200 201 123 30 June 202119 31 202 F9 B5 B1060 8 CCSFS SLC 40 Transporter 2 88 payloads Smallsat Rideshare Unknown c SSO Various Success Success ground pad A total of 88 payloads including prototype Starlink v1 5 satellites made for testing optical laser inter satellite links 203 3x Polar Vigilance 4x Exolaunch YAM 2 amp 3 Satellogic 204 Capella 5 205 HawkEye Cluster 3 multiple sats Spaceflight Industries multiple sats including on two space tugs Sherpa FX2 Sherpa LTE1 202 LINCS 1 and 2 were reported to be tumbling uncontrolled due to an issue with the launch vehicle 206 124 29 August 202107 14 49 207 F9 B5 B1061 4 KSC LC 39A SpaceX CRS 23 Dragon C208 2 2 200 kg 4 900 lb excl Dragon mass LEO ISS NASA CRS Success Success drone ship Third of six new cargo missions NASA awarded in 2015 to SpaceX under the CRS 2 contract to be flown after the initial 20 missions of phase 1 were completed in 2020 184 Includes FBCE SoFIE First time a booster landed on SpaceX s fourth droneship A Shortfall Of Gravitas ASOG 208 209 marking the first use when SpaceX has three droneships in operation 125 14 September 202103 55 50 210 F9 B5 B1049 10 211 VSFB SLC 4E Starlink Group 2 1 v1 5 L1 51 satellites 212 213 13 260 kg 29 230 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship First launch of Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base and first West coast launch in 10 months The 70 degree inclination launch is the first Starlink launch into a high inclination non SSO orbit 179 The satellites were the upgraded and operational 1 5 version that featured laser inter satellite links which are needed for high latitudes amp mid ocean coverage 212 It was the second booster to make a tenth flight and landing 126 16 September 202100 02 56 214 F9 B5 B1062 3 215 KSC LC 39A Inspiration4 Crew Dragon C207 2 Resilience 12 519 kg 27 600 lb LEO Jared Isaacman note 1 216 217 Success Success drone ship SpaceX signed in February 2021 its first all civilian flight for a crewed spacecraft with Jared Isaacman Leadership founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments who commands and pilots the mission and who donated the three other seats in the Crew Dragon vehicle s launch to LEO The first of these three seats Generosity was won by Christopher Sembroski in a lottery who donated to St Jude Children s Research Hospital the second seat Hope was awarded to Hayley Arceneaux an ambassador associated with that hospital and the third seat Prosperity was awarded to Sian Proctor the winner of a contest between entrepreneurs who use Shift4Shop The seats were awarded on 30 March 2021 218 219 The mission reached a circular orbit of about 585 km and lasted about three days The docking adapter of Crew Dragon Resilience was replaced by a dome window 220 221 222 127 11 November 202102 03 31 223 F9 B5 B1067 2 224 KSC LC 39A Crew 3 Crew Dragon C210 1 Endurance 13 000 kg 29 000 lb 225 LEO ISS NASA CTS 9 Success Success drone ship SpaceX s third operational Crew Dragon flight carried NASA astronauts Thomas Marshburn Kayla Barron and Raja Chari as well as German ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer 226 It also carried up to 100 kg 220 lb of cargo to the ISS 9 128 13 November 202112 19 227 F9 B5 B1058 9 228 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink Group 4 1 53 satellites 229 15 635 kg 34 469 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship First East Coast Starlink launch after the v1 0 L28 launch which completed the first shell of the Starlink network located at 540 km altitude Fairing wet recovery was attempted by SpaceX multipurpose ship Bob for the first time and both fairing halves were retrieved from water 230 200 129 24 November 202106 21 231 F9 B5 B1063 3 232 VSFB SLC 4E Double Asteroid Redirection Test DART 233 624 kg 1 376 lb Heliocentric NASA LSP Success Success drone ship Dart mission will measure the kinetic effects of crashing an impactor into the surface of the moon of 65803 Didymos asteroid It is the first mission aiming to demonstrate asteroid redirect capability 234 and the first NASA scientific mission using a previously flown booster 235 The launch contract was awarded to SpaceX for 69 million 236 130 2 December 202123 12 237 F9 B5 B1060 9 238 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink Group 4 3 48 satellites SXRS 2 BlackSky Global 2 sats 239 14 500 kg 32 000 lb LEO SpaceXSpaceflight Inc BlackSky Global Success Success drone ship This mission carried 48 Starlink satellites 240 and two BlackSky Gen 2 satellites numbered 12 and 13 241 as rideshare payloads The BlackSky satellites were released prior to the Starlink deployment to a 435x425 km orbit at 53 2 inclination 242 131 9 December 202106 00 243 F9 B5 B1061 5 KSC LC 39A Imaging X ray Polarimetry Explorer IXPE 244 325 kg 717 lb LEO NASA LSP Success Success drone ship SMEX 14 mission with three identical NASA telescopes on a single spacecraft designed to measure X rays The launch contract was awarded to SpaceX for US 50 3 million 244 and is the smallest dedicated payload ever launched by Falcon 9 launch vehicle 245 However the required exact equatorial orbit required an orbital plane change that meant an approximately 30 of Falcon 9 s maximum theoretical performance for such an orbital profile 1 5 2 tons 246 132 18 December 202112 41 247 F9 B5 B1051 11 VSFB SLC 4E Starlink Group 4 4 52 satellites 248 15 600 kg 34 400 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship First West coast and third overall 53 2 degree inclination Starlink launch First time a Falcon 9 first stage booster flew for an eleventh time 133 19 December 202103 58 249 F9 B5 B1067 3 CCSFS SLC 40 Turksat 5B 250 4 500 kg 9 900 lb GTO Turksat Success Success drone ship The first GTO satellite partially built in Turkey the 4 500 kg 9 900 lb satellite is intended to be placed at 42 0 east 251 By launching at the opening of the Turksat 5B window SpaceX set a new record for the shortest time between two Falcon 9 launches at 15 hours and 17 minutes The previous record time was 44 hours and 17 minutes set between the Starlink Group 2 1 and Inspiration4 missions 252 134 21 December 202110 06 253 F9 B5 B1069 1 KSC LC 39A SpaceX CRS 24 Dragon C209 2 2 989 kg 6 590 lb excl Dragon mass LEO ISS NASA CRS Success Success d drone ship Fourth of six new cargo missions NASA awarded in 2015 to SpaceX under the CRS 2 contract to be flown after the initial 20 missions of phase 1 were completed in 2020 184 First time SpaceX launched 5 rockets within the same calendar month The ELaNa 38 mission consisting of 4 cubesats launched on this flight 255 SpaceX achieved the feat of 100 successful orbital rocket booster landings in this mission coinciding with the 6th anniversary of its first booster landing The rough seas led to the Octograbber robot not being able to secure the booster to the deck leading to both the booster droneship and the Octagrabber robot being heavily damaged in transit 254 2022 edit There were 61 Falcon launches in 2022 one Falcon Heavy and 60 Falcon 9 Older environmental regulatory documents had showed that in addition to launches from Vandenberg SpaceX mentioned planning for up to 70 launches each year from its two Florida launch sites when it filed an environmental assessment in February 2020 119 In January 2022 information became public that SpaceX had intended to increase the pace of launches to 52 during 2022 after launching a record 31 times in 2021 120 In March 2022 Elon Musk stated that SpaceX was aiming for 60 Falcon launches in 2022 256 In the event SpaceX did increase their launch cadence exceeding the previous yearly record of 31 launches in just the first 29 weeks of 2022 257 13 of the Falcon 9 launches were from Vandenberg SpaceX launched over 633 tonnes this year or 1 15 times the mass of a Falcon 9 rocket just before takeoff exclusive of undisclosed payload masses 258 Flight No Date andtime UTC Version booster a Launchsite Payload b Payload mass Orbit Customer Launchoutcome Boosterlanding 135 6 January 202221 49 259 260 F9 B5 B1062 4 KSC LC 39A Starlink Group 4 5 49 satellites 261 14 500 kg 32 000 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship After the weather related damage to the landed booster in the previous launch SpaceX changed the Starlink launch trajectory from Northeast to Southeast intending to increase odds of good booster and fairing recovery conditions in the winter months on a course just North of the Bahamas via a plane change maneuver to line up with the proper orbital plane for the Starlink satellites 259 This was the first rocket launch of 2022 136 13 January 202215 25 38 262 F9 B5 B1058 10 CCSFS SLC 40 Transporter 3 105 payloads Smallsat Rideshare 263 Unknown c SSO Various Success Success ground pad Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to Sun synchronous orbit A total of 105 payloads including Planet Labs SuperDoves 44 264 and some of the customer payloads on SpaceFlight s SXRS 6 mission 265 In addition four secret satellites likely test or operational satellites built by SpaceX based on the Starshield bus based on Starlink Block v1 5 or v2 0 technology 266 were also deployed for the US army Their purpose has not been revealed but is likely either technical demonstration communications earth observation or signals intelligence 267 In 2020 SpaceX had won a US 149 million contract for developing and launching missile tracking satellites based on the Starlink architecture 268 137 19 January 202202 02 40 269 F9 B5 B1060 10 KSC LC 39A Starlink Group 4 6 49 satellites 14 500 kg 32 000 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53 2 Second Starlink launch where SpaceX has significantly customized a Starlink launch trajectory to optimize for booster recovery after Starlink Group 4 5 270 138 31 January 202223 11 271 F9 B5 B1052 3 CCSFS SLC 40 CSG 2 2 205 kg 4 861 lb SSO ASI Success Success ground pad Second COSMO SkyMed 2nd generation satellite Originally scheduled to launch in 2021 on an Arianespace Vega C launch vehicle resulting delays caused by the pandemic and two Vega launch failures led to ASI purchasing a Falcon 9 launch contract in September 2021 for the 2 2 ton satellite First launch of a converted Falcon 9 that was previously used as a FH side booster 272 273 139 2 February 202220 27 274 F9 B5 B1071 1 VSFB SLC 4E NROL 87 Classified SSO NRO Success 275 Success ground pad Classified payload The contract requirements for this launch called for a 512 km Sun synchronous orbit at 97 4 inclination 276 140 3 February 202218 13 277 F9 B5 B1061 6 KSC LC 39A Starlink Group 4 7 49 satellites 14 500 kg 32 000 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship A fairing half on this mission was flown and recovered for a record 6th time A G2 rated geomagnetic storm on 4 February significantly increased the atmospheric density at the initial deployment orbit resulting in 38 satellites reentering over the following eight days 278 279 141 21 February 202214 44 280 F9 B5 B1058 11 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink Group 4 8 46 satellites 13 600 kg 30 000 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship Mission was the first Group 4 mission to feature 2 upper stage burns like v1 0 Starlink launches with deployment of the 46 satellites approximately 1 hour after lift off into a higher circular orbit This is aimed at reducing the risk of high drag that caused 38 of the Group 4 7 satellites to fail reaching their intended orbits and instead reenter shortly after launch 281 142 25 February 202217 12 282 F9 B5 B1063 4 VSFB SLC 4E Starlink Group 4 11 50 satellites 283 14 750 kg 32 520 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship A West Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53 2 143 3 March 202214 25 284 F9 B5 B1060 11 KSC LC 39A Starlink Group 4 9 47 satellites 13 900 kg 30 600 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53 2 First time one of SpaceX multipurpose ships Bob retrieved both fairing halves and towed the droneship and the Falcon booster on its return journey to Port Canaveral 144 9 March 202213 45 285 F9 B5 B1052 4 286 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink Group 4 10 48 satellites 14 160 kg 31 220 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship This was the 40th Starlink launch Starlink 3680 or Starlink 2022 025P launched in this stack has maneuvered and moved to Shell 1 of starlink satellites Possibly some other satellites in this stack will also joining the Shell 1 starlinks in near future 287 145 19 March 202204 42 288 F9 B5 B1051 12 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink Group 4 12 53 satellites 289 16 250 kg 35 830 lb 290 LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship First time a Falcon 9 first stage booster flew and landed for the twelfth time This was at the time the heaviest Falcon 9 payload to LEO enabled by optimizations to the launch setup and flight profile 291 this record was clearly beaten in August 2022 292 146 1 April 202216 24 293 F9 B5 B1061 7 CCSFS SLC 40 Transporter 4 40 payloads Smallsat Rideshare Unknown c SSO Various Success Success drone ship Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to Sun synchronous orbit The heaviest payload aboard was Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program EnMAP German satellite Other payloads included D Orbit ION Hawk 6A 6B 6C CNCE 2 Heron Mk II GNOMES 3 Kilimanjaro 1 294 295 147 8 April 202215 17 11 296 297 F9 B5 B1062 5 KSC LC 39A Axiom 1 Crew Dragon C206 3 Endeavour 296 13 000 kg 29 000 lb LEO ISS Axiom Space Success Success drone ship Announced in March 2020 the flight is the first fully private flight to the ISS Crew Dragon is commanded by Axiom professional astronaut Michael Lopez Alegria 298 Larry Connor is the pilot and Mark Pathy and Eytan Stibbe are mission specialists 148 17 April 202213 13 12 299 F9 B5 B1071 2 VSFB SLC 4E NROL 85 Intruder 13A NOSS 3 9A and Intruder 13B NOSS 3 9B 300 Classified LEO NRO Success 301 Success ground pad Classified mission awarded to SpaceX in February 2019 302 The contract requirements for this launch called for a 1220 km 1024 km orbit at 63 5 inclination which corresponds to a Naval Reconnaissance Intruder mission 303 With only a year before the launch the launch site was switched from Florida to California at no extra cost in exchange for reusing a previously flown booster 304 149 21 April 202217 51 305 F9 B5 B1060 12 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink Group 4 14 53 satellites 16 250 kg 35 830 lb 290 LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53 2 150 27 April 202207 52 306 F9 B5 B1067 4 307 KSC LC 39A Crew 4 99 Crew Dragon C212 1 Freedom 308 13 000 kg 29 000 lb LEO ISS NASA CTS 9 Success Success drone ship Fourth Crew Dragon CCP mission Carried four astronauts and 100 kg 220 lb of cargo to the ISS and function as a lifeboat to evacuate astronauts from ISS in case of an emergency 9 NASA s Kjell Lindgren Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins as well as ESA s Samantha Cristoforetti assigned to fly this mission 309 151 29 April 202221 27 310 F9 B5 B1062 6 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink Group 4 16 53 satellites 16 250 kg 35 830 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53 2 This mission set four SpaceX turnaround records Booster turnaround at 21 days previously 27 days pad turnaround at 8 days Just Read the Instructions departed just 19 hours after arriving and it was the first time there were 6 launches in a single calendar month 152 6 May 202209 46 311 F9 B5 B1058 12 KSC LC 39A Starlink Group 4 17 53 satellites 16 250 kg 35 830 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53 2 153 13 May 202222 07 312 F9 B5 B1063 5 VSFB SLC 4E Starlink Group 4 13 53 satellites 313 16 250 kg 35 830 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship A West Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53 2 154 14 May 202220 40 314 F9 B5 B1073 1 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink Group 4 15 53 satellites 16 250 kg 35 830 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53 2 First Starlink launch on a new first stage booster 155 18 May 202210 59 315 F9 B5 B1052 5 KSC LC 39A Starlink Group 4 18 53 satellites 16 250 kg 35 830 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53 2 156 25 May 202218 35 316 F9 B5 B1061 8 317 CCSFS SLC 40 Transporter 5 59 payloads Smallsat Rideshare Unknown c SSO Various Success Success ground pad Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission launching 59 satellites to Sun synchronous orbit Mission included 3 different payload dispensers by Momentus Vigoride space tug Spaceflight and D Orbit and payloads from 11 countries by Exolaunch 318 157 8 June 202221 03 319 F9 B5 B1062 7 319 CCSFS SLC 40 Nilesat 301 320 4 100 kg 9 000 lb 321 GTO Nilesat Success Success drone ship Built by Thales Alenia Space the Egyptian satellite will be stationed at 7 0 west 320 SpaceX successfully executed the furthest downrange landing of a Falcon 9 booster on this mission by landing 687 km 427 mi away from the launch site 321 158 17 June 202216 09 322 F9 B5 B1060 13 322 KSC LC 39A Starlink Group 4 19 53 satellites 16 250 kg 35 830 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53 2 This mission marked SpaceX s 100th reuse of a booster 50th consecutive landing 1st booster to fly for a 13th time and 50th SpaceX launch from LC 39A 323 159 18 June 202214 19 324 325 F9 B5 B1071 3 VSFB SLC 4E SARah 1 326 4 000 kg 8 800 lb 327 SSO German Intelligence Service Success 328 Success ground pad Airbus built phased array antenna satellite intended to upgrade the German SAR Lupe surveillance satellites 329 160 19 June 202204 27 330 F9 B5 B1061 9 330 CCSFS SLC 40 Globalstar 2 M087 FM15 331 USA 328 331 332 333 700 kg 1 500 lb excluding secret payloads LEO GlobalstarUnknown US Government Agency Success Success drone ship Mission launched the first Globalstar satellite since 2013 a spare satellite that was still waiting on ground for its launch 330 The mission was not known by the public until early June when a FCC filing appeared 334 The low mass of the satellite together with the lack of return to the launch site and the use of an unconventional payload dispenser led to speculations about there being a second undisclosed governmental payload 335 After launch four USA designated satellites were cataloged confirming the presence of four secret US Government payloads that were released between second stage cutoff 1 and second stage startup 2 332 267 333 Likely the satellites were test or operational satellites built by SpaceX based on the Starshield bus based on Starlink Block v1 5 or v2 0 technology based on the deployment structure seen in the launch video 266 Their purpose has not been revealed but is likely either technical demonstration communications earth observation or signals intelligence SpaceX set a new record for the shortest time between two Falcon 9 launches at 14 hours and 8 minutes The previous record time was 15 hours and 17 minutes set between the Starlink Group 4 4 and Turksat 5B missions 161 29 June 202221 04 336 F9 B5 B1073 2 336 CCSFS SLC 40 SES 22 3 500 kg 7 700 lb GTO SES Success Success drone ship Following the award for the launch of SES 18 and SES 19 SpaceX was awarded another launch contract for SES 22 Built by Thales Alenia Space the C band only satellite will be stationed at 135 west and is expected to start operations by early August 2022 337 162 7 July 202213 11 338 F9 B5 B1058 13 339 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink Group 4 21 53 satellites 16 250 kg 35 830 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 53 2 inclination orbit at 540 km altitude 163 11 July 202201 39 340 F9 B5 B1063 6 VSFB SLC 4E Starlink Group 3 1 46 satellites 341 14 100 kg 31 100 lb 342 SSO SpaceX Success Success drone ship A West Coast Starlink network launch to a 97 6 inclination orbit at 560 km altitude first launch of group 3 164 15 July 202200 44 22 343 F9 B5 B1067 5 KSC LC 39A SpaceX CRS 25 Dragon C208 3 344 2 668 kg 5 881 lb 343 excl Dragon mass LEO ISS NASA CRS Success Success drone ship Fifth of the six ISS cargo missions awarded in 2015 under the CRS 2 contract and carried Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation EMIT external payload 184 165 17 July 202214 20 345 346 F9 B5 B1051 13 346 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink Group 4 22 53 satellites 16 250 kg 35 830 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53 2 It was the first time SpaceX launched an 8th rocket within 30 days 347 166 22 July 202217 39 257 F9 B5 B1071 4 VSFB SLC 4E Starlink Group 3 2 46 satellites 348 14 100 kg 31 100 lb SSO SpaceX Success Success drone ship A West Coast Starlink network launch to a 560 km Sun synchronous orbit at an inclination of 97 6 167 24 July 202213 38 349 F9 B5 B1062 8 KSC LC 39A Starlink Group 4 25 53 satellites 16 250 kg 35 830 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53 2 168 4 August 202223 08 350 F9 B5 B1052 6 CCSFS SLC 40 Danuri Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter 351 679 kg 1 497 lb 352 Ballistic lunar transfer BLT KARI Success Success drone ship Launch Your Photo into Deep Space Orbit mosaic 353 hosted Heliocentric Tesla Success South Korea s first lunar mission Second stage included a hosted promotional payload by automotive manufacturer Tesla which in 2018 offered a referral bonus to customers where they could send an image of their choice to be laser etched into a mosaic plaque and launched to deep space 353 354 169 10 August 202202 14 355 F9 B5 B1073 3 356 KSC LC 39A Starlink Group 4 26 357 52 satellites 16 000 kg 35 000 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53 2 170 12 August 202221 40 20 358 359 F9 B5 B1061 10 VSFB SLC 4E Starlink Group 3 3 360 46 satellites 14 100 kg 31 100 lb SSO SpaceX Success Success drone ship A West Coast Starlink network launch to a 560 km Sun synchronous orbit at an inclination of 97 6 171 19 August 202219 21 20 361 F9 B5 B1062 9 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink Group 4 27 362 53 satellites 16 250 kg 35 830 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53 2 172 28 August 202203 41 292 F9 B5 B1069 2 363 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink Group 4 23 364 54 satellites 365 16 700 kg 36 800 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship This was the heaviest payload Falcon 9 had launched until this was beaten in January 2023 366 The launch carried an East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53 2 This flight Group 4 23 was moved from 39A to 40 to deconflict with Artemis I operations at 39B Booster B1069 2 was repaired after suffering damage to all 9 engines upon its initial landing 367 173 31 August 202205 40 368 F9 B5 B1063 7 VSFB SLC 4E Starlink Group 3 4 369 46 satellites 14 200 kg 31 300 lb SSO SpaceX Success Success drone ship A West Coast Starlink network launch to a 560 km Sun synchronous orbit at an inclination of 97 6 174 5 September 202202 09 370 F9 B5 B1052 7 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink Group 4 20 51 satellites Sherpa LTC2 16 000 kg 35 000 lb 371 372 LEO SpaceXSpaceflight Industries Success Success drone ship An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53 2 Sherpa LTC2 space tug s sole hosted payload was Boeing s Varuna Technology Demonstration Mission a pathfinder for a planned constellation of broadband satellites Initial orbit of Sherpa LTC 2 is same as that of Starlink but later it will fire its thrusters to reach a 54 inclination low Earth orbit located at 1060 km altitude 175 11 September 202201 20 373 F9 B5 B1058 14 KSC LC 39A Starlink Group 4 2 374 34 satellites BlueWalker 3 11 938 kg 26 319 lb LEO SpaceXAST SpaceMobile Success Success drone ship Bluewalker 3 is a rideshare 375 mission launched to 513 km altitude 53 inclination 376 B1058 became the first booster to be launched and recovered fourteen times In addition to this the 2nd stage first executed two burns to deploy the Bluewalker 3 followed by executing two more burns to deploy the Starlinks to a 330 km altitude 53 2 inclination orbit concluding with deorbit burn which made it one of the most complex F9 missions up to date 377 176 19 September 202200 18 378 F9 B5 B1067 6 379 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink Group 4 34 54 satellites 380 16 700 kg 36 800 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53 2 177 24 September 202223 32 381 F9 B5 B1073 4 382 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink Group 4 35 52 satellites 383 16 100 kg 35 500 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53 2 178 5 October 202216 00 384 F9 B5 B1077 1 KSC LC 39A Crew 5 99 Crew Dragon C210 2 Endurance 13 000 kg 29 000 lb LEO ISS NASA CTS 9 Success Success drone ship Fifth USCV launches out of NASA award of six Crew Dragon mission to carry 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 9 NASA Astronauts Nicole Mann Josh Cassada JAXA Astronaut Koichi Wakata and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Anna Kikina will fly on this mission 385 This will be the first Russian Cosmonaut to fly on a US Commercial Crew Vehicle as part of a NASA Roscosmos seat barter agreement 386 179 5 October 202223 10 387 F9 B5 B1071 5 VSFB SLC 4E Starlink Group 4 29 52 satellites 16 100 kg 35 500 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship A West Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53 2 SpaceX set a new record for the shortest time between two Falcon 9 launches at 7 hours and 10 minutes The previous record time was 14 hours and 8 minutes set between the SARah 1 and Globalstar 2 M087 FM15 with USA 328 331 missions 180 8 October 202223 05 388 F9 B5 B1060 14 389 CCSFS SLC 40 Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 2 satellites 390 7 350 kg 16 200 lb GTO 391 Intelsat Success Success drone ship Northrop Grumman built satellites for C band clearing 392 393 At 7 350 kg total mass this launch was one of the heaviest GTO SpaceX launches to date This necessitated that the satellite be launched into a lower energy orbit than a usual GTO with its initial apogee at roughly 19 800 km 12 300 mi 394 181 15 October 202205 22 395 F9 B5 B1069 3 CCSFS SLC 40 Hotbird 13F 4 500 kg 9 900 lb GTO Eutelsat Success Success drone ship Box containing 2 Adidas Al Rihla balls hosted 1 kg 2 2 lb Suborbital max 123 km 76 mi FIFA Qatar Airways and SpaceX Success Built by Airbus the 4500 kg satellite will maneuver to a 13 east orbit 396 The satellite reached a supersynchronous geostationary transfer orbit of 376 km 55 950 km inclined at 27 1 First stage B1069 3 included a hosted promotional payload by FIFA that was a box powered by starlink containing 2 Adidas Al Rihla the Journey balls that were to be used in 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar for opening its Starlink office in Doha Qatar 397 These match balls were launched and brought back by landing on the droneship surviving the stresses of the booster Later they were taken out and shipped back to Qatar for the world cup This was the first payload on a Falcon 9 booster and thus showed the ease of reusability 398 182 20 October 202214 50 399 F9 B5 B1062 10 400 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink Group 4 36 54 satellites 16 700 kg 36 800 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53 2 The 48th Falcon 9 launch of the year beat the record launches in a year for a vehicle type held by Soyuz U in 1979 401 402 183 28 October 202201 14 10 403 F9 B5 B1063 8 VSFB SLC 4E Starlink Group 4 31 404 53 satellites 16 400 kg 36 200 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship A West Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53 2 FH 4 1 November 202213 41 405 Falcon Heavy B5 B1066 core KSC LC 39A USSF 44 Shepherd Demonstration amp LDPE 2 406 3 750 kg 8 270 lb GEO USSF Millennium Space Systems and Lockheed Martin Space Success No attempt B1064 1 side Success ground pad B1065 1 side Success ground pad Classified payload totaling 3 750 kg 8 270 lb using new side boosters and center core The core lacked any fins and landing gear as it was deliberately expended underwent the most energetic reentry and impacted at 1 300 km 810 mi downrange 8 3 further than STP 2 mission 407 while the two side boosters were recovered marking the 150th and 151st successful landing respectively and 21st landing at LZ 1 and 4th at LZ 2 It was the 50th launch of a Falcon family rocket this year The launch carried Shepherd Demonstration for the Space Force intended to test new technologies to enhance safe and responsible rendezvous and proximity operations 408 as well as the LDPE 2 space tug with hosted payloads Tetra 1 409 Alpine LINUSS A1 and A2 Third flight featuring a Falcon long coast mission extension kit which equipped the second stage with a dark painted band for thermal control extra COPVs for pressurization control and additional TEA TEB ignition fluid The upgrades afforded the second stage with the endurance needed to inject the payloads directly into geosynchronous orbit six hours after launch 410 184 3 November 202205 22 411 F9 B5 B1067 7 CCSFS SLC 40 Hotbird 13G 4 500 kg 9 900 lb GTO Eutelsat Success Success drone ship Built by Airbus the 4500 kg satellite will maneuver to a 13 east orbit 396 50th Falcon 9 launch in 2022 The satellite reached a supersynchronous geostationary transfer orbit of 410 km 57 503 km inclined at 27 7 185 12 November 202216 06 412 F9 B5 B1051 14 CCSFS SLC 40 Galaxy 31 and Galaxy 32 2 satellites 6 600 kg 14 600 lb GTO Intelsat Success No attempt Maxar Technologies built satellites for C band clearing 393 392 Intelsat says that it paid SpaceX an additional fee to devote all of the Falcon 9 rocket s propellant to deliver the satellites into a higher orbit than the normal sub synchronous orbit given the payload s high total mass of 6 600 kg 14 600 lb The Falcon 9 first stage booster B1051 flying on its 14th flight was expended the first deliberately expended Falcon 9 booster since B1046 in January 2020 413 The satellites reached the supersynchronous geostationary transfer orbit of 283 km 58 433 km inclined at 24 2 186 23 November 202202 57 414 F9 B5 B1049 11 415 CCSFS SLC 40 Eutelsat 10B 5 500 kg 12 100 lb 416 GTO Eutelsat Success No attempt Built by Thales Alenia Space the satellite was launched into a geostationary transfer orbit targeting the 10 east GSO slot The Falcon 9 first stage booster B1049 flew its 11th mission and was expended into the Atlantic Ocean following the launch for the same reason as the previous Galaxy 31 and 32 mission s booster B1051 The satellite reached the supersynchronous geostationary transfer orbit of 261 km 59 831 km inclined at 22 8 B1049 flew with a Test Spare Block 4 interstage on this flight since it donated its interstage to B1052 after its penultimate flight 417 418 187 26 November 202219 20 419 F9 B5 B1076 1 KSC LC 39A SpaceX CRS 26 Dragon C211 1 420 3 528 kg 7 778 lb 421 LEO ISS NASA CRS Success Success drone ship Last of the six additional cargo missions NASA awarded in 2015 to SpaceX under the CRS 2 contract flown after the initial 20 missions of phase 1 were completed in 2020 184 188 8 December 202222 27 422 F9 B5 B1069 4 KSC LC 39A OneWeb Flight 15 SpaceX Flight 1 40 satellites 6 000 kg 13 000 lb Polar LEO OneWeb Success Success ground pad Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine OneWeb suspended launches on Soyuz rockets 423 In March 2022 OneWeb announced that they had signed an agreement with SpaceX to resume satellite launches 424 This was the first commercial non Starlink non NASA non government non crewed satellite launch from LC 39A since Arabsat 6A in 2019 and the first on Falcon 9 since Es hail 2 in 2018 189 11 December 202207 38 425 F9 B5 B1073 5 CCSFS SLC 40 Hakuto R Mission 1 426 Emirates Lunar MissionLunar Flashlight 427 1 000 kg 2 200 lb 428 429 Ballistic lunar transfer BLT ispace MBRSC JAXA NASA Success Success ground pad ispace s Hakuto R for Reboot lunar lander is derived from the Hakuto project that was one of the defunct Google Lunar X Prize contestants Hakuto R carries the Rashid rover built by MBRSC and JAXA built Transformable Lunar Robot A separate 2023 Hakuto R mission will include a Japanese rover 430 431 The Canadian Space Agency has sponsored three private payloads with ispace Mission Control Space Services will have a computer fly on the Rashid rover to test artificial intelligence algorithms Canadensys Aerospace Corporation is arranging a 360 degree camera to fly and NGC Aerospace Ltd will take pictures from orbit to compare them to maps in order to test a navigation system 432 Lunar Flashlight is a JPL developed CubeSat that will scan for water ice deposits on the Moon it was remanifested as a secondary payload after missing its integration window on the Artemis 1 launch First Falcon 9 booster landing on LZ 2 190 16 December 202211 46 433 F9 B5 B1071 6 VSFB SLC 4E Surface Water and Ocean Topography SWOT 434 2 200 kg 4 900 lb 435 LEO NASA CNES Success Success ground pad American European satellite intended to measure the surface altitude of water bodies with centimeter level precision 436 191 16 December 202222 48 437 F9 B5 B1067 8 CCSFS SLC 40 O3b mPOWER 1 amp 2 4 100 kg 9 000 lb MEO SES Success Success drone ship In September 2019 SES signed a contract to launch the first part of their seven MEO satellites for its O3b low latency high performance connectivity services 438 439 192 17 December 202221 32 437 F9 B5 B1058 15 KSC LC 39A Starlink Group 4 37 440 54 satellites 16 700 kg 36 800 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship An East Coast Starlink network launch to a 540 km circular orbit at an inclination of 53 2 B1058 became the first booster to be launched and recovered fifteen times exceeding its prior record 193 28 December 202209 34 441 F9 B5 B1062 11 CCSFS SLC 40 Starlink Group 5 1 54 satellites 16 700 kg 36 800 lb LEO SpaceX Success Success drone ship An East Coast Starlink network launch targeting a 43 inclination orbit 442 This launch was the first launch of Starlink s second generation constellation SpaceX has said that under the new FCC license they are now able to deploy satellites to new orbits that will add more capacity to their network 443 194 30 December 202207 38 444 F9 B5 B1061 11 VSFB SLC 4E EROS C3 445 400 kg 880 lb Retrograde LEO ImageSat International Success Success ground pad Israeli electro optical Earth observation satellite based on the OPTSAT 3000 satellite This was the first SpaceX launch to a low inclination retrograde orbit previous retrograde orbits having been polar or Sun synchronous It targeting an 140 inclination orbit This launch marked the first time SpaceX completed 7 launches in a calendar month and the final rocket launch of 2022 SpaceX s Falcon family thus equaled the yearly world record for most successful launches by any rocket family first set by the R 7 family in 1980 after this launch B1061 became the only booster to land on all of SpaceX s different landing zones and drone ships except the rarely used LZ 2 Notable launches editFirst crewed flights edit Main article Crew Dragon Demo 2 SpaceX held a successful launch of the first commercial orbital human space flight on 30 May 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 2 August 2020 446 Reuse of the first stage edit Main articles SpaceX reusable launch system development program and List of Falcon 9 first stage boosters SpaceX has developed a program to reuse the first stage booster setting multiple booster reflight records B1048 was the first booster to be recovered four times on 11 November 2019 and the first to perform a fifth flight on 18 March 2020 but the booster was lost during re entry B1049 was the first booster to be recovered five times on 4 June 2020 six times on 18 August 2020 and seven times on 25 November 2020 B1051 became the first booster to be recovered eight times on 20 January 2021 nine times on 14 March 2021 and ten times on 9 May 2021 achieving one of SpaceX s milestone goals for reuse It then became the first booster to be recovered eleven times on 18 December 2021 and twelve times on 19 March 2022 447 448 449 450 B1060 became the first booster to be recovered 13 times on 17 June 2022 B1058 became the first booster to be recovered 14 times on 11 September 2022 15 times on 17 December 2022 B1069 launched and returned a hosted box containing two FIFA 2022 World Cup Adidas Al Rihla on 15 October 2022 for a sub orbital flight the first payload on a Falcon 9 booster 451 B1061 became the only booster on 30 December 2022 to launch from all SpaceX s different launch sites and on all of SpaceX s different landing zones and drone ships except rarely used LZ 2 that is located nearby LZ 1 B1062 booster holds the record for fastest turnaround at 21 days It launched on 8 April and again on 29 April 2022 310 See also editList of Falcon 1 launches List of Falcon 9 first stage boosters List of SpaceX Dragon 1 missions List of SpaceX Dragon 2 missions List of Starlink and Starshield launches List of SpaceX Starship flight testsNotes edit a b c Falcon 9 first stage boosters are designated with a construction serial number and an optional flight number when reused e g 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