List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy Launches: Launch Statistics

List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches
Since June 2010, rockets from the Falcon 9 family have been launched 148 times, with 146 full
mission successes, one partial failure and one total loss of the spacecraft. In addition, one rocket
and its payload were destroyed on the launch pad during the fueling process before a static fire
test was set to occur.
Designed and operated by private manufacturer SpaceX, the Falcon 9 rocket family includes the
retired versions Falcon 9 v1.0, v1.1, and v1.2 "Full Thrust" Block 1 to 4, along with the currently
active Block 5 evolution. Falcon Heavy is a heavy-lift derivative of Falcon 9, combining a
strengthened central core with two Falcon 9 first stages as the side boosters.[1]
The Falcon design features reusable first-stage boosters, which land either on a ground pad near
Left to right: Falcon 9 v1.0, v1.1, v1.2 "Full Thrust",
the launch site or on a drone ship at sea.[2] In December 2015, Falcon 9 became the first rocket to
Falcon 9 Block 5, Falcon Heavy, and Falcon Heavy
land propulsively after delivering a payload into orbit.[3] This reusability has resulted in Block 5.
significantly reduced launch costs.[4] Falcon family core boosters have successfully landed 111
times in 122 attempts. A total of 29 boosters have flown multiple missions, with a record of
twelve missions by the same booster.
Falcon 9's typical missions include cargo delivery and crewed flights to the International Space Station (ISS) with the Dragon and Dragon 2 capsules,
launch of communications satellites and Earth observation satellites to geostationary transfer orbits (GTO), and low Earth orbits (LEO), some of them at a
polar inclination. The heaviest payload launched to a LEO are a batch of 53 Starlink satellites weighing a total 16,250 kg (35,830 lb) to a roughly 290 km
(180 mi) orbit on 18 March 2022.[5] The heaviest payload launched to a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) was Intelsat 35e with 6,761 kg (14,905 lb).[a]
Launches to higher orbits have included the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) probe to the Sun–Earth Lagrange point L1 , the Transiting
Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) space telescope on a lunar flyby trajectory, the Falcon Heavy test flight which launched Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster
into a heliocentric orbit extending beyond the orbit of Mars, and Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) into the minor-planet moon Dimorphos of the
double asteroid Didymos.
Contents
Launch statistics
Rocket configurations
Launch sites
Launch outcomes
Booster landings
Past launches
2010 to 2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Future launches
2022
2023
2024
2025 and beyond
Notable launches
First flight of Falcon 9
COTS demonstration flights
CRS-1
Maiden flight of v1.1
Loss of CRS-7 mission
Full-thrust version and first booster landings
Loss of Amos-6 on the launch pad
Inaugural reuse of the first stage
Zuma launch controversy
Falcon Heavy test flight
Maiden flight Crew Dragon and first crewed flight
Booster reflight records
See also
Notes
References
Launch statistics
Rockets from the Falcon 9 family have been launched 148 times over 12 years, resulting in 146 full mission successes (98.65%), one partial success
(SpaceX CRS-1 delivered its cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), but a secondary payload was stranded in a lower-than-planned orbit), and one
full failure (the SpaceX CRS-7 spacecraft was lost in flight in an explosion). Additionally, one rocket and its payload Amos-6 were destroyed before launch
in preparation for an on-pad static fire test.
The first rocket version Falcon 9 v1.0 was launched five times from June 2010 to March 2013, its successor Falcon 9 v1.1 15 times from September 2013
to January 2016, and the latest upgrade Falcon 9 Full Thrust 125 times from December 2015 to present. The Falcon Heavy has been launched 3 times. Its
first flight was in February 2018, incorporating two refurbished first stages as side boosters, and then again in April and June 2019, the June 2019 flight
reusing the side booster from the previous flight. The final "Falcon 9 Block 4" booster to be produced was flown in April 2018, and the first Falcon 9
Block 5 version in May 2018. While Block 4 boosters were only flown twice and required several months of refurbishment, Block 5 versions are designed
to sustain 10 flights with just some inspections.[6] A total of 88 re-flights of first stage boosters have all successfully launched their payloads.
The rocket's first-stage boosters landed successfully in 111 of 122 attempts (91%), with 87 out of 92 (94.6%) for the Falcon 9 Block 5 version.
Rocket configurations Launch sites

40 40
30 30
20 20
10 10
'10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22
Falcon 9 v1.0 Falcon 9 Block 5 CCSFS, SLC-40 VSFB, SLC-4E

Falcon 9 v1.1 Falcon 9 B5 (reused) KSC, LC-39A
Falcon 9 Full Thrust Falcon Heavy
Falcon 9 FT (reused)
Launch outcomes Booster landings

60 40
48
30
36
20
24
10
12
'10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22
Loss before launch Partial failure Ground-pad failure Ocean test failure[i]
Loss during flight Drone-ship failure Parachute test failure[ii]
Success (commercial Planned (commercial Ground-pad success Ocean test success[iii]
and government) and government) Drone-ship success No attempt
Success (Starlink) Planned (Starlink)
i. Controlled descent; ocean touchdown control failed; no recovery
ii. Passive reentry failed before parachute deployment
iii. Controlled descent; soft vertical ocean touchdown; no recovery
Past launches
2010 to 2013
Version,
Flight Date and
Launch Launch Booster
No. time (UTC)
Booster
site Payload[c] Payload mass Orbit Customer
outcome landing
[b]
F9
4 June 2010, CCAFS, Dragon Spacecraft No payload (excl. Dragon Failure[9][10]
v1.0[7] LEO SpaceX Success

18:45 SLC-40 Qualification Unit Mass) (parachute)
1 B0003[8]
First flight of Falcon 9 v1.0.[11] Used a boilerplate version of Dragon capsule which was not designed to separate from the second stage.(more details below)
Attempted to recover the first stage by parachuting it into the ocean, but it burned up on reentry, before the parachutes even got to deploy.[12]
8 December F9 NASA
CCAFS, Dragon demo flight C1 Classified (excl. Dragon Failure[9][14]
2010, v1.0[7] LEO (ISS) (COTS) Success[9]

SLC-40 (Dragon C101) Mass) (parachute)
15:43[13] B0004[8] NRO
2 Maiden flight of SpaceX's Dragon capsule, consisting of over 3 hours of testing thruster maneuvering and then reentry.[15] Attempted to recover the first
stage by parachuting it into the ocean, but it disintegrated upon reentry, again before the parachutes were deployed.[12] (more details below) It also included two
CubeSats,[16] and a wheel of Brouère cheese. Before the launch, SpaceX discovered that there was a crack in the nozzle of the 2nd stage's Merlin vacuum
engine. So Elon just had them cut off the end of the nozzle with a pair of shears and launched the rocket a few days later. After SpaceX had trimmed the
nozzle, NASA was notified of the change and they agreed to it.[17]
F9 Dragon demo flight
22 May 2012, CCAFS, 525 kg (1,157 lb)[20] (excl. NASA
v1.0[7] C2+[19] LEO (ISS) Success[21] No attempt
07:44[18] SLC-40 Dragon mass) (COTS)
3 B0005[8] (Dragon C102)
The Dragon spacecraft demonstrated a series of tests before it was allowed to approach the International Space Station. Two days later, it became the first
commercial spacecraft to board the ISS.[18] (more details below)
SpaceX CRS-1[23] 4,700 kg (10,400 lb) (excl.

LEO (ISS)
NASA
Success
8 October F9 (Dragon C103) Dragon mass) (CRS)
CCAFS,
2012, v1.0[7] No attempt
SLC-40 Partial
00:35[22] B0006[8] Orbcomm-OG2[24] 172 kg (379 lb)[25] LEO Orbcomm
4 failure[26]
CRS-1 was successful, but the secondary payload was inserted into an abnormally low orbit and subsequently lost. This was due to one of the nine Merlin
engines shutting down during the launch, and NASA declining a second reignition, as per ISS visiting vehicle safety rules, the primary payload owner is
contractually allowed to decline a second reignition. NASA stated that this was because SpaceX could not guarantee a high enough likelihood of the second
stage completing the second burn successfully which was required to avoid any risk of secondary payload's collision with the ISS.[27][28][29]
F9
1 March 2013, CCAFS, SpaceX CRS-2[23] 4,877 kg (10,752 lb) (excl. NASA
v1.0[7] LEO (ISS) Success No attempt
15:10 SLC-40 (Dragon C104) Dragon mass) (CRS)
5 B0007[8]
Last launch of the original Falcon 9 v1.0 launch vehicle, first use of the unpressurized trunk section of Dragon.[30]
29 September F9
VAFB, Polar orbit Uncontrolled
2013, v1.1[7] CASSIOPE[23][32] 500 kg (1,100 lb) MDA Success[31]
SLC-4E LEO (ocean)[d]
16:00[31] B1003[8]
First commercial mission with a private customer, first launch from Vandenberg, and demonstration flight of Falcon 9 v1.1 with an improved 13-tonne to LEO
6 capacity.[30] After separation from the second stage carrying Canadian commercial and scientific satellites, the first stage booster performed a controlled
reentry,[33] and an ocean touchdown test for the first time. This provided good test data, even though the booster started rolling as it neared the ocean,
leading to the shutdown of the central engine as the roll depleted it of fuel, resulting in a hard impact with the ocean.[31] This was the first known attempt of a
rocket engine being lit to perform a supersonic retro propulsion, and allowed SpaceX to enter a public-private partnership with NASA and its Mars entry,
descent, and landing technologies research projects.[34] (more details below)
3 December
F9 v1.1 CCAFS, No attempt
2013,
B1004 SLC-40 SES-8[23][36][37] 3,170 kg (6,990 lb) GTO SES Success[38] [39]
7 22:41[35]
First Geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) launch for Falcon 9,[36] and first successful reignition of the second stage.[40] SES-8 was inserted into a Super-
Synchronous Transfer Orbit of 79,341 km (49,300 mi) in apogee with an inclination of 20.55° to the equator.
2014
With six launches, SpaceX became the second most prolific American company in terms of 2014 launches, behind Atlas V launch vehicle.[41]
Flight Date and Version,
Launch
Booster
Launch site Payload[c] Payload mass Orbit Customer
No. time (UTC) Booster[b] outcome landing
6 January 2014, CCAFS, No attempt

F9 v1.1 Thaicom 6[23] 3,325 kg (7,330 lb) GTO Thaicom Success[43]
22:06[42] SLC-40 [44]
8 The Thai communication satellite was the second GTO launch for Falcon 9. The USAF evaluated launch data from this flight as part of a separate
certification program for SpaceX to qualify to fly military payloads, but found that the launch had "unacceptable fuel reserves at engine cutoff of the stage 2
second burnoff".[45] Thaicom-6 was inserted into a Super-Synchronous Transfer Orbit of 90,039 km (55,948 mi) in apogee with an inclination of 22.46° to the
equator.
Cape SpaceX CRS-

18 April 2014, 2,296 kg (5,062 lb)[46] (excl. LEO NASA Controlled
F9 v1.1 Canaveral, 3[23] Success
19:25[22] Dragon mass) (ISS) (CRS) (ocean) [d][47]
LC-40 (Dragon C105)
9 Following second-stage separation, SpaceX conducted a second controlled-descent test of the discarded booster vehicle and achieved the first successful
controlled ocean touchdown of a liquid-rocket-engine orbital booster.[48][49] Following the soft touchdown, the first stage tipped over as expected and was
destroyed. This was the first Falcon 9 booster to fly with extensible landing legs and the first Dragon mission with the Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle. This
flight also launched the ELaNa 5 mission for NASA as a secondary payload.[50][51]
Cape Orbcomm-OG2-
14 July 2014, Controlled
F9 v1.1 Canaveral, 1 1,316 kg (2,901 lb) LEO Orbcomm Success[52]
15:15 (ocean)[d][47]
LC-40 (6 satellites)[23]
10
Payload included six satellites weighing 172 kg (379 lb) each and two 142 kg (313 lb) mass simulators.[25][53] Equipped for the second time with landing
legs, the first-stage booster successfully conducted a controlled-descent test consisting of a burn for deceleration from hypersonic velocity in the upper
atmosphere, a reentry burn, and a final landing burn before soft-landing on the ocean surface.[54]
Cape AsiaSat No attempt
5 August 2014,
F9 v1.1 Canaveral, 4,535 kg (9,998 lb) GTO AsiaSat Success[57]
08:00 8[23][55][56] [58]
11 LC-40
First time SpaceX managed a launch site turnaround between two flights of under a month (22 days). GTO launch of the large communication satellite from
Hong Kong did not allow for propulsive return-over-water and controlled splashdown of the first stage.[58]
7 September F9 v1.1 Cape AsiaSat
2014, Canaveral, 4,428 kg (9,762 lb) GTO AsiaSat Success[60] No attempt
B1011[8] 6[23][55][59]
05:00 LC-40
12
Launch was delayed for two weeks for additional verifications after a malfunction observed in the development of the F9R Dev1 prototype.[61] GTO launch of
the heavy payload did not allow for controlled splashdown.[62]
SpaceX CRS-
21 September Cape
F9 v1.1 4[23] 2,216 kg (4,885 lb)[63] (excl. LEO NASA Uncontrolled
2014, Canaveral, Success[64]
B1010[8] (Dragon Dragon mass) (ISS) (CRS) (ocean)[d][65]
05:52[22] LC-40
13 C106.1)
Fourth attempt of a soft ocean touchdown,[66] but the booster ran out of liquid oxygen.[65] Detailed thermal imaging infrared sensor data was collected
however by NASA, as part of a joint arrangement with SpaceX as part of research on retropropulsive deceleration technologies for developing new
approaches to Martian atmospheric entry.[66]
2015
With 7 launches in 2015, Falcon 9 was the second most launched American rocket behind Atlas V.[67]
Flight Date and
Version, Launch Launch
Booster
Payload[c] Payload mass Orbit Customer
No. time (UTC) Booster[b] site outcome landing
10 January Cape
F9 v1.1 SpaceX CRS-5[69] 2,395 kg (5,280 lb)[70] Failure
2015, Canaveral, LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) Success[71]
B1012[8] (Dragon C107) (excl. Dragon mass) (drone ship)
09:47[68] LC-40
14
Following second-stage separation, SpaceX attempted to return the first stage for the first time to a 90 m × 50 m (300 ft × 160 ft) floating platform — called
the autonomous spaceport drone ship. The test achieved many objectives and returned a large amount of data, but the grid-fin control surfaces used for the
first time for more precise reentry positioning ran out of hydraulic fluid for its control system a minute before landing, resulting in a landing crash.[72]
11 February Cape USAF

F9 v1.1 Sun–Earth Controlled
2015, Canaveral, DSCOVR[69][74] 570 kg (1,260 lb) NASA Success
B1013[8] L1 insertion (ocean)[d]
23:03[73] LC-40 NOAA
15
First launch under USAF's OSP 3 launch contract.[75] First SpaceX launch to put a satellite beyond a geostationary transfer orbit, first SpaceX launch into
interplanetary space, and first SpaceX launch of an American research satellite. The first stage made a test flight descent to an over-ocean landing within
10 m (33 ft) of its intended target.[76] The satellite launched into a 187 km x 1,241,000 km insertion orbit toward the Sun-Earth L1 point.[77]
2 March Cape ABS-3A ABS

F9 v1.1
2015, Canaveral, 4,159 kg (9,169 lb) GTO Success No attempt[79]
B1014[8] Eutelsat 115 West B[69] Eutelsat
03:50[22][78] LC-40
16
The launch was Boeing's first conjoined launch of a lighter-weight dual-commsat stack that was specifically designed to take advantage of the lower-cost
SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle.[80][81] Per satellite, launch costs were less than US$30 million.[82] The ABS satellite reached its final destination ahead of
schedule and started operations on 10 September 2015.[83]
14 April Cape
2015,
F9 v1.1 SpaceX CRS-6[69] 1,898 kg (4,184 lb)[84] Failure[85]
Canaveral, LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) Success

B1015[8] (Dragon C108.1) (excl. Dragon mass) (drone ship)
17 20:10[22] LC-40
After second-stage separation, a controlled-descent test was attempted with the first stage. After the booster contacted the ship, it tipped over due to
excess lateral velocity caused by a stuck throttle valve that delayed downthrottle at the correct time.[86][87]
Turkmenistan
27 April Cape
F9 v1.1 TürkmenÄlem 52°E / National
2015, Canaveral, 4,707 kg (10,377 lb) GTO Success No attempt[91]
B1016[8] MonacoSAT[69][89] Space
23:03[88] LC-40
18 Agency[90]
Original intended launch was delayed over a month after an issue with the helium pressurisation system was identified on similar parts in the assembly
plant.[92] Subsequent launch successfully positioned this first Turkmen satellite at 52.0° east.
28 June Cape
2015,
F9 v1.1 SpaceX CRS-7[69] 1,952 kg (4,303 lb)[94] Failure[95] Precluded[96]
Canaveral, LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS)
B1018[8] (Dragon C109) (excl. Dragon mass) (in flight) (drone ship)
14:21[22][93] LC-40
19 Launch performance was nominal until an overpressure incident in the second-stage LOX tank, leading to vehicle breakup at T+150 seconds. Dragon
capsule survived the explosion but was lost upon splashdown as its software did not contain provisions for parachute deployment on launch vehicle
failure.[97](more details below) The drone ship Of Course I Still Love You was towed out to sea to prepare for a landing test so this mission was its first
operational assignment.[98]
22
Cape
December F9 FT
Canaveral,
Orbcomm-OG2-2
2,034 kg (4,484 lb) LEO Orbcomm Success Success[101]
2015, B1019[100] LC-40 (11 satellites)[23][99] (ground pad)

01:29[99]
20 Payload included eleven satellites weighing 172 kg (379 lb) each,[25] and a 142 kg (313 lb) mass simulator.[53] First launch of the upgraded v1.1 version, with
a 30% power increase.[102] Orbcomm had originally agreed to be the third flight of the enhanced-thrust rocket,[103] but the change to the maiden flight
position was announced in October 2015.[102] SpaceX received a permit from the FAA to land the booster on solid ground at Cape Canaveral[104] and
succeeded for the first time.[101] This booster, serial number B1019, is now on permanent display outside SpaceX's headquarters in Hawthorne, California, at
the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and Jack Northrop Avenue.[100] (more details below)
2016
With 8 successful launches for 2016, SpaceX equalled Atlas V for most American rocket launches for the year.[105]
Flight Date and
Version,
Launch Launch
Booster

17 January NASA (LSP)

F9 v1.1 VAFB, Failure
2016, Jason-3[69][106] 553 kg (1,219 lb) LEO NOAA Success
B1017[8] SLC-4E (drone ship)
18:42[22] CNES
21
First launch of NASA and NOAA joint science mission under the NLS II launch contract (not related to NASA CRS or USAF OSP3 contracts) and last
launch of the Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle. The Jason-3 satellite was successfully deployed to target orbit.[107] SpaceX attempted for the first time to
recover the first-stage booster on its new Pacific autonomous drone ship, but after a soft landing on the ship, the lockout on one of the landing legs failed to
latch and the booster fell over and exploded.[108][109]
4 March Cape
F9 FT SES- Failure
2016, Canaveral, 5,271 kg (11,621 lb) GTO SES Success
B1020[110] 9[69][111][112] (drone ship)
23:35[22] LC-40
22
Second launch of the enhanced Falcon 9 Full Thrust launch vehicle.[102] SpaceX attempted for the first time to recover a booster from a GTO launch to a
drone ship.[113] Successful landing was not expected due to low fuel reserves[114] and the booster "landed hard".[115] But the controlled-descent,
atmospheric re-entry and navigation to the drone ship were successful and returned significant test data on bringing back high-energy Falcon 9 boosters.[116]
Cape SpaceX CRS-

8 April 2016, F9 FT 3,136 kg (6,914 lb)[118] (excl. LEO Success[120]
Canaveral, 8[69][112] NASA (CRS) Success[119]
20:43[22] B1021.1[117] Dragon mass) (ISS) (drone ship)
LC-40 (Dragon C110.1)
23 Dragon carried over 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) of supplies and delivered the inflatable Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) to the ISS for two years of in-
orbit tests.[121] The rocket's first stage landed smoothly on SpaceX's autonomous spaceport drone ship at 9 minutes after liftoff, making this the first
successful landing of a rocket booster on a ship at sea from an orbital launch.[122] The first stage B1021 later became the first orbital booster to be reused
when it launched SES-10 on 30 March 2017.[117] A month later, the Dragon spacecraft returned a downmass containing astronaut's Scott Kelly biological
samples from his year-long mission on ISS.[123](more details below)
6 May 2016, F9 FT Cape

SKY Perfect Success
Canaveral, JCSAT-14[125] 4,696 kg (10,353 lb)[126] GTO Success
05:21[22] B1022[124] JSAT Group (drone ship)
LC-40
24
First time SpaceX launched a Japanese satellite, and first time a booster landed successfully after launching a payload into a GTO.[127] As this flight profile
has a smaller margin for the booster recovery, the first stage re-entered Earth's atmosphere faster than for previous landings, with five times the heating
power.[128][129]
Cape
27 May 2016, F9 FT Thaicom Success[135]
Canaveral, 3,100 kg (6,800 lb)[134] GTO Thaicom Success
21:39[130] B1023.1[131] 8[132][133] (drone ship)
LC-40
25
Second successful return from a GTO launch,[136] after launching Thaicom 8 towards 78.5° east.[137] Later became the first booster to be reflown after being
recovered from a GTO launch. THAICOM 8 was delivered to a Super-Synchronous Transfer Orbit of 91,000 km (57,000 mi).[138]
15 June Cape ABS-2A

F9 FT ABS Failure[65]
2016, Canaveral, Eutelsat 117 3,600 kg (7,900 lb) GTO Success
B1024[110] Eutelsat (drone ship)
14:29[22] LC-40 West B[69]
26
One year after pioneering this technique on Flight 16, Falcon again launched two Boeing 702SP gridded ion thruster satellites at 1,800 kg (4,000 lb)
each,[139][140] in a dual-stack configuration, with the two customers sharing the rocket and mission costs.[83] First-stage landing attempt on drone ship failed
due to low thrust on one of the three landing engines;[141] a sub-optimal path led to the stage running out of propellant just above the deck of the landing
ship,[142] slamming to the drone ship, breaking a leg, and falling over.
Cape SpaceX CRS-

18 July 2016, F9 FT 2,257 kg (4,976 lb)[144] (excl. LEO Success
Canaveral, 9[69][143] NASA (CRS) Success
04:45[22] B1025.1[131] Dragon mass) (ISS) (ground pad)
27 LC-40 (Dragon C111.1)
Cargo to ISS included an International Docking Adapter (IDA-2) and total payload with reusable Dragon Capsule was 6,457 kg (14,235 lb). Second
successful first-stage landing on a ground pad.[145]
14 August F9 FT Cape
SKY Perfect Success
2016, Canaveral, JCSAT-16 4,600 kg (10,100 lb) GTO Success
B1026[110] JSAT Group (drone ship)
05:26 LC-40
28
First attempt to land from a ballistic trajectory using a single-engine landing burn, as all previous landings from a ballistic trajectory had fired three engines
on the final burn. The latter provides more braking force but subjects the vehicle to greater structural stresses, while the single-engine landing burn takes
more time and fuel while allowing more time during final descent for corrections.[146]
3 September
Cape Precluded
2016, F9 FT Precluded
Canaveral, Amos-6[148] 5,500 kg (12,100 lb) GTO Spacecom (failure pre-

07:00 B1028[110] LC-40 flight)
(drone ship)
(planned)[147]
N/A
[e] The rocket and the Amos-6 payload were lost in a launch pad explosion on 1 September 2016 during propellant filling procedures prior to a static fire
test.[149] The pad was clear of personnel, and there were no injuries.[150] SpaceX released an official statement in January 2017 indicating that the cause of
the failure was a buckled liner in several of the Composite overwrapped pressure vessel (COPV) (used to store helium which pressurize the stage's
propellant tanks), causing perforations that allowed liquid and/or solid oxygen to accumulate underneath the lining, which was ignited by friction.[151]
Following the explosion, SpaceX has switched to performing static fire tests only without attached payloads.(more details below)
2017
With 18 launches throughout 2017, SpaceX had the most prolific yearly launch manifest of all rocket families.[152] Five launches in 2017 used pre-flown
boosters.
Flight Date and
Version,
Launch Launch
Booster

14 January Iridium NEXT-1

F9 FT VAFB,
(10
Polar Iridium Success[156]
2017, 9,600 kg (21,200 lb) Success
B1029.1[153] SLC-4E LEO Communications (drone ship)
17:54 satellites)[154][155]
29 Return-to-flight mission after the loss of Amos-6 in September 2016. This was the first launch of a series of Iridium NEXT satellites intended to replace the
original Iridium constellation launched in the late 1990s. Each Falcon 9 mission carried 10 satellites, with a goal of 66 plus 9 spare[157] satellites
constellation by mid-2018.[158][159] Following the delayed launch of the first two Iridium units with a Dnepr rocket from April 2016, Iridium Communications
decided to launch the first batch of 10 satellites with SpaceX instead.[160] Payload comprised ten satellites weighing 860 kg (1,900 lb) each plus a 1,000 kg
(2,200 lb) dispenser.[161]
19 February SpaceX CRS-

F9 FT KSC, 2,490 kg (5,490 lb)[162] LEO Success
2017, 10[143] NASA (CRS) Success
B1031.1[8] LC-39A (excl. Dragon mass) (ISS) (ground pad)
14:39 (Dragon C112.1)
30
First Falcon 9 flight from the historic LC-39A launchpad at Kennedy Space Center, and first uncrewed launch from LC-39A since Skylab-1.[163] The flight
carried supplies and materials to support ISS Expeditions 50 and 51, and third return of first stage booster to landing pad at Cape Canaveral Landing Zone
1.[164]
16 March F9 FT No attempt
KSC,
2017, EchoStar 23 5,600 kg (12,300 lb)[166] GTO EchoStar Success
B1030[165] LC-39A [167]
06:00
31
First uncrewed non-station launch from LC-39A since Apollo 6.[163] Launched a communications satellite for broadcast services over Brazil.[168] Due to the
payload size launch into a GTO, the booster was expended into the Atlantic Ocean and did not feature landing legs and grid fins.[169]
30 March F9 FT ♺ KSC, Success
2017, SES-10[111][170] 5,300 kg (11,700 lb)[171] GTO SES Success[172]
B1021.2[117] LC-39A (drone ship)
22:27
32
First payload to fly on a reused first stage, B1021, previously launched with CRS-8, and first to land intact a second time.[173][172] Additionally, this flight
was the first reused rocket to fly from LC-39A since STS-135 and for the first time the payload fairing, used to protect the payload during launch, remained
intact after a successful splashdown achieved with thrusters and a steerable parachute.[174][175](more details below)
1 May 2017, F9 FT KSC, Success

NROL-76[176] Classified LEO[177] NRO Success
11:15 B1032.1[131] LC-39A (ground pad)
33 First launch under SpaceX's 2015 certification for national security space missions, which allowed SpaceX to contract launch services for classified
payloads,[178] and thus breaking the monopoly United Launch Alliance (ULA) held on classified launches since 2006.[179] For the first time, SpaceX offered
continuous livestream of first stage booster from liftoff to landing, but omitted second-stage speed and altitude telemetry.[180]
15 May F9 FT Inmarsat-5 No attempt
KSC,
2017, 6,070 kg (13,380 lb)[183] GTO Inmarsat Success
B1034.1[181] LC-39A F4[182] [167]
23:21
34
The launch was originally scheduled for the Falcon Heavy, but performance improvements allowed the mission to be carried out by an expendable Falcon 9
instead.[184] Inmarsat-5 F4 is Inmarsat's "largest and most complicated communications satellite ever built".[185] Inmarsat 5 F4 was delivered into an arcing
"supersynchronous" transfer orbit of 381 km × 68,839 km (237 mi × 42,775 mi) in altitude, tilted 24.5° to the equator.[186]
SpaceX CRS-
3 June 2017, F9 FT KSC, 11[143] 2,708 kg (5,970 lb)[188] LEO
NASA (CRS) Success
Success
21:07 B1035.1[187] LC-39A (Dragon C106.2 (excl. Dragon mass) (ISS) (ground pad)
♺)
35 This mission delivered Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER),[189] Multiple User System for Earth Sensing Facility (MUSES),[190] Roll Out
Solar Array (ROSA),[191] an Advanced Plant Habitat to the ISS,[192][193] and Birds-1 payloads. This mission launched for the first time a refurbished Dragon
capsule,[194] serial number C106, which had flown in September 2014 on the SpaceX CRS-4 mission,[187] and was the first time since 2011 a reused
spacecraft arrived at the ISS.[195] Five cubesats were included in the payload, the first satellites from the countries of Bangladesh (BRAC Onnesha), Ghana
(GhanaSat-1), and Mongolia (Mazaalai).[196]
23 June F9 FT ♺ KSC, Success
2017, BulgariaSat-1[198] 3,669 kg (8,089 lb)[199] GTO Bulsatcom Success
19:10
36
Second time a booster was reused, as B1029 had flown the Iridium mission in January 2017.[197] This was the first commercial Bulgarian-owned
communications satellite.[197]
25 June F9 FT VAFB, Iridium NEXT-2 Iridium Success
2017, 9,600 kg (21,200 lb) LEO Success
B1036.1[200] SLC-4E (10 satellites) Communications (drone ship)
37 20:25
Second Iridium constellation launch of 10 satellites, and first flight using titanium (instead of aluminium) grid fins to improve control authority and better cope
with heat during re-entry.[201]
5 July 2017, F9 FT KSC, No attempt
Intelsat 35e[203] 6,761 kg (14,905 lb)[204] GTO Intelsat Success

23:38 B1037.1[202] LC-39A [167]
38 Originally expected to be flown on a Falcon Heavy,[205]improvements to the Merlin engines meant that the heavy satellite could be flown to GTO in an
expendable configuration of Falcon 9.[206] The rocket achieved a supersynchronous orbit peaking at 43,000 km (27,000 mi), exceeding the minimum
requirements of 28,000 km (17,000 mi).[207] Intelsat 35e is the largest Intelsat's currently active satellite.[208]
14 August SpaceX CRS-

F9 B4 KSC, 3,310 kg (7,300 lb) (excl. LEO Success
2017, 12[143] NASA (CRS) Success
B1039.1[209] LC-39A Dragon mass) (ISS) (ground pad)
16:31 (Dragon C113.1)
39 Dragon carried 2,349 kg (5,179 lb) of pressurized and 961 kg (2,119 lb) unpressurized mass, including the Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass Experiment
(CREAM) detector.[192] First flight of the upgrade known informally as "Block 4", which increases thrust from the main engines and includes other small
upgrades,[209] and last flight of a newly built Dragon capsule, as further missions are planned to use refurbished spacecraft.[210] Also launched the
Educational Launch of Nanosatellites ELaNa 22 mission.[50]
40 24 August F9 FT Formosat-
VAFB, Success
2017, 475 kg (1,047 lb)[214] SSO NSPO Success
B1038.1[211] SLC-4E 5[212][213] (drone ship)
18:51
First Earth observation satellite developed and constructed by Taiwan. The payload was much under the rocket's specifications, as the Spaceflight
Industries SHERPA space tug had been removed from the cargo manifest of this mission,[215] leading to analyst speculations that with discounts due to
delays, SpaceX lost money on the launch.[216]
7 September
2017,
F9 B4 KSC, Boeing X-37B 4,990 kg (11,000 lb)[218] Success
LEO USAF Success
B1040.1[110] LC-39A OTV-5 + OTV payload (ground pad)
14:00[217]
41
Due to the classified nature of the mission, the second-stage speed and altitude telemetry were omitted from the launch webcast. Notably, the primary
contractor, Boeing, had launched the X-37B with ULA, a Boeing partnership and a SpaceX competitor.[219] Second flight of the Falcon 9 Block 4
upgrade.[220]
9 October F9 B4 Iridium NEXT-3
VAFB, Polar Iridium Success
2017, 9,600 kg (21,200 lb) Success
42 B1041.1[221] SLC-4E (10 satellites)[154] LEO Communications (drone ship)
12:37
Third flight of the Falcon 9 Block 4 upgrade, and the third launch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites.[221]
11 October F9 FT ♺ 5,400 kg SES S.A.
KSC, SES-11 / Success
2017, GTO Success
B1031.2[222] LC-39A EchoStar 105 (11,900 lb)[223][224] EchoStar (drone ship)
22:53:00
43
Third reuse and recovery of a previously flown first-stage booster, and the second time the contractor SES used a reflown booster.[222] The large satellite is
shared, in "CondoSat" arrangement between SES and EchoStar.[225]
30 October F9 B4 KSC, Success
2017, Koreasat 5A[226] 3,500 kg (7,700 lb) GTO KT Corporation Success
19:34
44
First SpaceX launch of a South Korean satellite, placed in GEO at 113.0° east.[227] It was the third launch and land for SpaceX in three weeks, and the 15th
successful landing in a row.[228] A small fire was observed under the booster after it landed, leading to speculations about damages to the engines which
would preclude it from flying it again.[229]
15 SpaceX CRS-
Cape
December F9 FT ♺
Canaveral, 13[143] 2,205 kg (4,861 lb) (excl. LEO
NASA (CRS) Success
Success
2017, B1035.2[231] SLC-40 (Dragon C108.2 Dragon mass) (ISS) (ground pad)
45 15:36[230] ♺)
First launch to take place at the refurbished pad at Cape Canaveral after the 2016 Amos-6 explosion, and the 20th successful booster landing. Being the
second reuse of a Dragon capsule (previously flown on SpaceX CRS-6) and fourth reuse of a booster (previously flown on SpaceX CRS-11) it was the first
time both major components were reused on the same flight.[232][231]
23
December F9 FT ♺ VAFB, Iridium NEXT-4 Polar Iridium Controlled
9,600 kg (21,200 lb) Success[234]

2017, B1036.2[231] SLC-4E (10 satellites)[154] LEO Communications (ocean)[d][234]
46 01:27[233]
In order to avoid delays and convinced of no increased risks, Iridium Communications accepted the use of a recovered booster for its 10 satellites, and
became the first customer to fly the same first-stage booster twice (from the second Iridium NEXT mission).[235][236] SpaceX chose not to attempt recovery
of the booster, but did perform a soft ocean touchdown.[237]
2018
In November 2017, Gwynne Shotwell expected to increase launch cadence in 2018 by about 50% compared to 2017, leveling out at a rate of about 30 to
40 per year, not including launches for the planned SpaceX satellite constellation Starlink.[238] The actual launch rate increased by 17% from 18 in 2017 to
21 in 2018, giving SpaceX the second most launches for the year for a rocket family, behind China's Long March.[239] Falcon Heavy made its first flight.
Date and
Version,
Flight Launch Launch
Booster
time Payload[c] Payload mass Orbit Customer

No. Booster[b] site outcome landing
(UTC)
8 January
F9 B4 CCAFS, Northrop Success
2018, Zuma[241] Classified LEO Success[242]
B1043.1 SLC-40 Grumman [f] (ground pad)
01:00[240]
47 The mission had been postponed by nearly two months. Following a nominal launch, the recovery of the first-stage booster marked the 17th successful
recovery in a row.[243] Rumors appeared that the payload was lost, as the satellite might have failed to separate from the second stage due to a fault in the
Northrop Grumman-manufactured payload adapter, to which SpaceX announced that their rocket performed nominally.[244] The classified nature of the
mission means that there is little confirmed information.(more details below)
31
January F9 FT ♺ CCAFS, 4,230 kg Controlled
GovSat-1 (SES-16)[247] GTO SES Success[249]

2018, B1032.2[246] SLC-40 (9,330 lb)[248] (ocean)[d][249]
48 21:25[245]
Reused booster from the classified NROL-76 mission in May 2017.[246] Following a successful experimental soft ocean landing that used three engines, the
booster unexpectedly remained intact. Despite initial talk about a potential recovery effort, the decision was instead made to intentionally destroy and sink
the booster.[250] GovSat-1 satellite was put into a high-energy Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit of 250 km × 51,500 km (160 mi × 32,000 mi).[251][252]
Falcon
Heavy Failure[257]
B1033.1 Heliocentric (drone ship)
(core)[131] 0.99–1.67
6 February
KSC, Elon Musk's Tesla ~1,250 kg AU[256]
2018, SpaceX Success[257]
B1023.2[8] LC-39A Roadster[254][255] (2,760 lb)[256] (close to Success
20:45[253]
(side) ♺ Mars transfer (ground pad)
orbit)
B1025.2[8] Success
(side) ♺ (ground pad)
FH 1
Maiden flight of Falcon Heavy, using two recovered Falcon 9 cores as side boosters (from the Thaicom 8[258] and SpaceX CRS-9[131] missions), as well as
a modified Block 3 booster reinforced to endure the additional load from the two side boosters. The static fire test, held on 24 January 2018, was the first
time 27 engines were tested together.[259] The launch was a success, and the side boosters landed simultaneously at adjacent ground pads.[257] Drone ship
landing of the central core failed due to TEA–TEB chemical igniter running out, preventing two of its engines from restarting; the landing failure caused
damage to the nearby drone ship.[260][261] Final burn to heliocentric Earth-Mars orbit was performed after the second stage and payload cruised for 6 hours
through the Van Allen radiation belts.[262] Later, Elon Musk tweeted that the third burn was successful,[263] and JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System
showed the second stage and payload in an orbit with an aphelion of 1.67 AU.[264] The live webcast proved immensely popular, as it became the second
most watched livestream so far on YouTube, reaching over 2.3 million concurrent views.[265] Over 100,000 visitors are believed to have come to the Space
Coast to watch the launch in person.[266](more details below)
22 Hisdesat
February F9 FT ♺ VAFB, Paz[269] No attempt
2,150 kg (4,740 lb) SSO exactEarth Success[271]

2018, B1038.2[268] SLC-4E Tintin A and Tintin B[270]
[271]
14:17[267] SpaceX
49 Last flight of a Block 3 first stage. Reused the booster from the Formosat-5 mission.[268] Paz (peace) is Spain's first spy satellite[272] that will be operated in
a constellation with the German SAR fleet TSX and TDX.[269] In addition, the rocket carried two SpaceX test satellites for their forthcoming communications
network in low Earth orbit.[273][270] This core flew without landing legs and was expended at sea.[273] It also featured an upgraded payload fairing 2.0 with a
first recovery attempt using the Mr. Steven crew boat equipped with a net. The fairing narrowly missed the boat, but achieved a soft water
landing.[274][275][271]
6 March Hispasat 30W-6[277]
F9 B4 CCAFS, 6,092 kg Hispasat[277] No attempt
2018, GTO Success[280]

B1044.1[110] SLC-40 PODSat[278] (13,431 lb)[279] NovaWurks
[281]
05:33[276]
50 The Spanish commsat was the largest satellite flown by SpaceX as of March 2018, "nearly the size of a bus".[282] A drone ship landing was planned, but
scrapped due to unfavorable weather conditions.[281] SpaceX left the landing legs and titanium grid fins in place to prevent further delays, after previous
concerns with the fairing pressurization and conflicts with the launch of GOES-S.[283] The Hispasat 30W-6 satellite was propelled into a supersynchronous
transfer orbit.[284]
30 March
F9 B4 ♺ VAFB, Iridium NEXT-5 9,600 kg Iridium No attempt
2018, Polar LEO Success[286]

B1041.2[268] SLC-4E (10 satellites)[154] (21,200 lb) Communications [287]
14:14[285]
51
Fifth Iridium NEXT mission launch of 10 satellites used the refurbished booster from third Iridium flight. As with recent reflown boosters, SpaceX used the
controlled descent of the first stage to test more booster recovery options.[288] SpaceX planned a second recovery attempt of one half of the fairing using
the specially modified boat Mr. Steven,[289] but the parafoil twisted, which led to the fairing half missing the boat.[290]
2,647 kg
2 April
F9 B4 ♺ CCAFS, SpaceX CRS-14[143] (5,836 lb)[292] No attempt
2018, LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) Success[293]

B1039.2[292] SLC-40 (Dragon C110.2 ♺) (excl. Dragon [294]
20:30[291]
mass)
52 The launch used a refurbished booster (from CRS-12) and a refurbished capsule (C110 from CRS-8).[292] External payloads include a materials research
platform Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE-FF)[295] phase 3 of the Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM)[296] TSIS,[297] ASIM
heliophysics sensor,[192] several crystallization experiments,[298] and the RemoveDEBRIS system aimed at space debris removal.[299] The booster was
expended, and SpaceX collected more data on reentry profiles.[300] It also carried the first Costa Rican satellite, Project Irazú,[301] and the first Kenyan
satellite, 1KUNS-PF.[302]
18 April Transiting Exoplanet
F9 B4 CCAFS, HEO for P/2 Success[306]
2018, Survey Satellite 362 kg (798 lb)[305] NASA (LSP) Success[306]
B1045.1[268] SLC-40 orbit (drone ship)
22:51[303] (TESS)[304]
First NASA high-priority science mission launched by SpaceX. Part of the Explorers program, TESS is space telescope intended for wide-field search of
53 exoplanets transiting nearby stars. It was the first time SpaceX launched a scientific satellite which wasn't designed to focus on Earth observations. The
second stage placed the spacecraft into a high elliptical Earth orbit, after which the satellite performed its own maneuvers, including a lunar flyby, such that
over the course of two months it reached a stable 2:1 resonant orbit with the Moon.[307] In January 2018, SpaceX received NASA's Launch Services
Program Category 2 certification of its Falcon 9 "Full Thrust", certification which is required for launching "medium-risk" missions like TESS.[308] Last launch
of a new Block 4 booster,[309] and the 24th successful recovery of the first stage. An experimental water landing of the launch fairing was performed in order
to attempt fairing recovery, primarily as a test of parachute systems.[305][306]
54 11 May KSC, 3,600 kg GTO Thales-Alenia /
2018, F9 B5[311] LC-39A Bangabandhu-1[312][313] (7,900 lb)[314] BTRC Success[315] Success[315]
20:14[310] B1046.1[268] (drone ship)
First Block 5 launch vehicle booster to fly. Initially planned for an Ariane 5 launch in December 2017,[316] it became the first Bangladeshi commercial
satellite,[317] BRAC Onnesha is a cubesat built by Thales Alenia Space.[318][319] It is intended to serve telecom services from 119.0° east with a lifetime of
15 years.[320] It was the 25th successfully recovered first stage booster.[315]
22 May Iridium NEXT-6 Iridium

F9 B4 ♺ VAFB, 6,460 kg No attempt
2018, (5 satellites)[154][157] Polar LEO Communications Success[327]

B1043.2[322] SLC-4E (14,240 lb)[g] [167]
19:47[321] GRACE-FO × 2[323][324] GFZ • NASA
55
Sixth Iridium NEXT mission launching 5 satellites used the refurbished booster from Zuma. GFZ arranged a rideshare of GRACE-FO on a Falcon 9 with
Iridium following the cancellation of their Dnepr launch contract in 2015.[323] Iridium CEO Matt Desch disclosed in September 2017 that GRACE-FO would be
launched on this mission.[328] The booster reuse turnaround was a record 4.5 months between flights.[329]
4 June
F9 B4 ♺ CCAFS, 5,384 kg No attempt
2018, SES-12[331] GTO SES Success[333]

B1040.2[268] SLC-40 (11,870 lb)[332] [167]
04:45[330]
56
The communications satellite serving the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region at the same place as SES-8, and was the largest satellite built for
SES.[331] The Block 4 first stage was expended,[332] while the second stage was a Block 5 version, delivering more power towards a higher
supersynchronous transfer orbit with 58,000 km (36,000 mi) apogee.[334]
2,697 kg
29 June
F9 B4 ♺ CCAFS, SpaceX CRS-15 (5,946 lb)[337] No attempt
2018, LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) Success[338]

B1045.2[336] SLC-40 (Dragon C111.2 ♺) (excl. Dragon [167]
09:42[335]
57 mass)
Payload included MISSE-FF 2, ECOSTRESS, a Latching End Effector, and Birds-2 payloads. The refurbished booster featured a record 2.5 months period
turnaround from its original launch of TESS, a record held until February 2020 with the Starlink L4 mission. The fastest previous was 4.5 months. This was
the last flight of a Block 4 booster, which was expended into the Atlantic Ocean without landing legs and grid fins.[339]
22 July
F9 B5 CCAFS, 7,075 kg Success[344]
2018, Telstar 19V[341] GTO[343] Telesat Success[344]
B1047.1 SLC-40 (15,598 lb)[342] (drone ship)
05:50[340]
58
SSL-manufactured communications satellite intended to be placed at 63.0° west over the Americas,[345] replacing Telstar 14R.[343] At 7,075 kg (15,598 lb), it
became the heaviest commercial communications satellite so far launched.[346][347] This necessitated that the satellite be launched into a lower-energy orbit
than a usual GTO, with its initial apogee at roughly 17,900 km (11,100 mi).[343]
25 July
F9 B5[349] VAFB, Iridium NEXT-7 9,600 kg Iridium Success[352]
2018, Polar LEO Success[351]
B1048.1[350] SLC-4E (10 satellites)[154] (21,200 lb) Communications (drone ship)
59 11:39[348]
Seventh Iridium NEXT launch, with 10 communication satellites.[351] The booster landed safely on the drone ship in the worst weather conditions for any
landing yet attempted.[352][351] Mr. Steven boat with an upgraded 4x size net was used to attempt fairing recovery but failed due to harsh weather.[352][351]
7 August
F9 B5 ♺ CCAFS, Merah Putih (formerly 5,800 kg Telkom Success[358]
2018, GTO Success[358]
B1046.2[354] SLC-40 Telkom 4)[355][356] (12,800 lb)[357] Indonesia (drone ship)
60 05:18[353]
Indonesian comsat intended to replace the aging Telkom 1 at 108.0° East.[359] First reflight of a Block 5-version booster.[360]
10
September F9 B5 CCAFS, Telstar 18V / Apstar- 7,060 kg Success[361]
GTO[361] Telesat Success[361]
61
2018, B1049.1[268] SLC-40 5C[341] (15,560 lb)[361] (drone ship)
04:45[361]
Condosat for 138.0° East over Asia and Pacific.[362] Delivered to a GTO orbit with apogee close to 18,000 km (11,000 mi).[361]
8 October
F9 B5 ♺ VAFB, 3,000 kg Success[363]
2018, SAOCOM 1A[365][366] SSO CONAE Success[363]
B1048.2[364] SLC-4E (6,600 lb)[363] (ground pad)
62 02:22[363]
Argentinian Earth-observation satellite was originally intended to be launched in 2012.[365] First landing on the West Coast ground pad.[363]
15
November F9 B5 ♺ KSC, 5,300 kg Success[370]
Es'hail 2[368] GTO Es'hailSat Success[370]
2018, B1047.2[268] LC-39A (11,700 lb)[369] (drone ship)
63 20:46[367]
Qatari comsat positioned at 26.0° east.[368] This launch used redesigned COPVs. This was to meet NASA safety requirements for commercial crew
missions, in response to the September 2016 pad explosion.[371]
3 F9 B5 ♺
December VAFB, SSO-A (SmallSat ~4,000 kg Spaceflight Success[373]
B1046.3[268] SSO Success[373]
2018, SLC-4E Express) (8,800 lb)[372] Industries (drone ship)
SHERPA
18:34:05
64
Rideshare mission[374] where two SHERPA dispensers deployed 64 small satellites,[375][376] including Eu:CROPIS[377] for the German DLR, HIBER-2 for the
Dutch Hiber Global,[378] ITASAT-1 for the Brazilian Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica,[379] two high-resolution SkySat imaging satellites for Planet
Labs,[380] and two high school CubeSats part of NASA's ELaNa 24.[381] This was the first time a booster was used for a third flight.
5 2,500 kg
December F9 B5 CCAFS, SpaceX CRS-16 (5,500 lb)[382] LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) Success Failure[383]
2018, B1050[268] SLC-40 (Dragon C112.2♺ ) (excl. Dragon (ground pad)
18:16 mass)
65
First CRS mission with the Falcon 9 Block 5. This carried the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation lidar (GEDI) as an external payload.[384] The
mission was delayed by one day due to moldy rodent food for one of the experiments on the Space Station. A previously flown Dragon spacecraft was used
for the mission. The booster, in use for the first time, experienced a grid fin hydraulic pump stall on reentry, which caused it to spin out of control and
touchdown at sea, heavily damaging the interstage section; this was the first failed landing targeted for a ground pad.[383][385]
66 23 F9 B5 CCAFS, GPS III-01 (Vespucci) 4,400 kg MEO USAF Success[386] No attempt
December B1054[387] SLC-40 (9,700 lb)[388] [386]

2018,
13:51[386]
Initially planned for a Delta IV launch,[389] this was SpaceX's first launch of an EELV-class payload.[390] There was no attempt to recover the first-stage
booster for reuse[391][387] due to the customer's requirements, including a high inclination orbit of 55.0°.[392] Nicknamed Vespucci, the USAF marked the
satellite operational on 1 January 2020 under the label SVN 74.[393]
2019
Shotwell stated in May 2019 that SpaceX might conduct up to 21 launches in 2019, not counting Starlink missions.[394] With a slump in worldwide
commercial launch contracts for 2019, SpaceX ended up launching only 13 launch vehicles throughout 2019 (11 without Starlink), significantly fewer than
in 2017 and 2018, and third most launches of vehicle class behind China's Long March and Russia's R-7 launch vehicles.[395]
11 January
F9 B5 ♺ VAFB, Iridium NEXT-8 Iridium Success
2019, 9,600 kg (21,200 lb) Polar LEO Success

67 B1049.2[397] SLC-4E (10 satellites)[154] Communications (drone ship)
15:31[396]
Final launch of the Iridium NEXT contract, launching 10 satellites.
Nusantara Satu
22 PSN
(PSN-6)[400]
February F9 B5 ♺ CCAFS, 4,850 kg SpaceIL / IAI Success
Beresheet Moon GTO Success

2019, B1048.3[399] SLC-40 (10,690 lb)[403] Air Force (drone ship)
lander[401]
01:45[398] Research
S5[402]
Nusantara Satu is a private Indonesian comsat planned to be located at 146.0° east,[400] with a launch mass of 4,100 kg (9,000 lb),[403] and featuring
electric propulsion for orbit-raising and station-keeping.[404][405] S5, a 60-kg smallsat by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), was piggybacked on
68 Nusantara Satu, and was deployed near its GEO position to perform a classified space situational awareness mission. This launch opportunity was brokered
by Spaceflight Industries as "GTO-1".[402]
The Beresheet Moon lander (initially called Sparrow) was one of the candidates for the Google Lunar X-Prize, whose developers
SpaceIL had secured a launch contract with Spaceflight Industries in October 2015.[406] Its launch mass was 585 kg (1,290 lb)
including fuel.[407] After separating into a supersynchronous transfer orbit[408] with an apogee of 69,400 km (43,100 mi),[409][407]
Beresheet raised its orbit by its own power over two months and flew to the Moon.[408][410] After successfully getting into lunar
orbit, Beresheet attempted to land on the Moon on 11 April 2019 but failed.[411]
2 March Crew Dragon Demo-

F9 B5 KSC, 12,055 kg Success
2019, 1[414] LEO (ISS) NASA (CCD) Success

B1051.1[268][413] LC-39A (26,577 lb)[415][h] (drone ship)
07:49[412] (Dragon C201)
69 First flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon. This was the first demonstration flight for the NASA Commercial Crew Program which awarded SpaceX a contract in
September 2014 with flights hoped as early as 2015.[416] The Dragon performed an autonomous docking to the ISS 27 hours after launch with the hatch
being opened roughly 2 hours later.[417] The vehicle spent nearly a week docked to the ISS to test critical functions. It undocked roughly a week later on 8
March 2019 and splashed down six hours later at 13:45.[418] The Dragon used on this flight was scheduled to fly on the inflight abort test in mid-2019 but
was destroyed during testing.[419] The booster B1051.1 replaced B1050[420] and flew again on 12 June 2019.
Falcon Heavy Success[i]
B1055 core[421] (drone ship)

11 April
B1052.1 KSC, 6,465 kg Success
2019, Arabsat-6A[422] GTO Arabsat Success

(side) LC-39A (14,253 lb)[423] (ground pad)
22:35[421]
B1053.1 Success
(side) (ground pad)

FH 2 Second flight of Falcon Heavy, the first commercial flight, and the first one using Block 5 boosters. SpaceX successfully landed the side boosters at
Landing Zone 1 and LZ 2 and reused the side boosters later for the STP-2 mission. The central core landed on drone ship Of Course I Still Love You, located
967 km (601 mi) downrange, the furthest successful sea landing so far.[425] Despite the successful landing, due to rough seas and the fact that the
Octagrabber had not been configured to grab the central core of a Falcon Heavy, the central core was unable to be secured to the deck for recovery and later
tipped overboard in transit. SpaceX has since developed new attachment fixtures for the Octagrabber so this problem won't happen again.[426][427] SpaceX
recovered the fairing from this launch and later reused it in the November 2019 Starlink launch.[428][429] Arabsat-6A, a 6,465 kg (14,253 lb) Saudi satellite, is
the most advanced commercial communications satellite so far built by Lockheed Martin.[430] The Falcon Heavy delivered the Arabsat-6A into a
supersynchronous transfer orbit with 90,000 km (56,000 mi) apogee with an inclination of 23.0° to the equator.[431]
4 May F9 B5 CCAFS, SpaceX CRS-17[143] 2,495 kg (5,501 lb)[432] Success
2019, LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) Success

B1056.1[420] SLC-40 (Dragon C113.2 ♺) (excl. Dragon mass) (drone ship)
06:48
70
A Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station carrying nearly 2.5 tons of cargo including the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 as
an external payload.[432] Originally planned to land at Landing Zone 1, the landing was moved to the drone ship after a Dragon 2 had an anomaly during
testing at LZ-1.[433]
24 May F9 B5 ♺ 13,620 kg
CCAFS, Starlink v0.9 Success
2019, LEO SpaceX Success

B1049.3[434] SLC-40 (60 satellites) (30,030 lb)[5] (drone ship)
02:30
71 Following the launch of the two Tintin test satellites, this was the first full-scale test launch of the Starlink constellation, launching "production design"
satellites.[435][436][437] Each Starlink satellite has a mass of 227 kg (500 lb),[438] and the combined launch mass was 13,620 kg (30,030 lb) the heaviest
payload launched by SpaceX at that time.[439] The fairings were recovered[440] and reused for Starlink L5 in March 2020.[441] These are the first commercial
satellites to use krypton as fuel for their ion thrusters, which is cheaper than the usual xenon fuel.[442]
12 June F9 B5 ♺ RADARSAT
VAFB, Canadian Space Success
2019, Constellation 4,200 kg (9,300 lb)[443] SSO Success

B1051.2[420] SLC-4E Agency (CSA) (ground pad)
14:17 (3 satellites)
A trio of satellites built for Canada's RADARSAT program were launched that plan to replace the aging Radarsat-1 and Radarsat-2. The new satellites contain
72 Automated Identification System (AIS) for locating ships and provide the world's most advanced, comprehensive method of maintaining Arctic sovereignty,
conducting coastal surveillance, and ensuring maritime security.[444][443] The mission was originally scheduled to lift off in February but due to the landing
failure of booster B1050, this flight was switched to B1051 (used on Crew Dragon Demo-1) and delayed to allow refurbishment and transport to the West
coast.[420] The booster landed safely through fog.[445] A payload cost of roughly US$1 billion made this SpaceX's second most expensive payload
launched[446][447] and most valuable commercial payload so far put into orbit.[448]
FH 3 Falcon Heavy Failure
B1057 core[420] (drone ship)

25 June
2019, B1052.2 KSC, Space Test Program LEO / Success
3,700 kg (8,200 lb) USAF Success

(side) ♺ LC-39A Flight 2 (STP-2) MEO (ground pad)
06:30[449]
B1053.2 Success
(side) ♺ (ground pad)
USAF Space Test Program Flight 2 (STP-2)[75] carried 24 small satellites,[450] including: FormoSat-7 A/B/C/D/E/F integrated using EELV Secondary
Payload Adapter,[451] DSX, Prox-1[452] GPIM,[453] DSAC,[454] ISAT, SET,[455] COSMIC-2, Oculus-ASR, OBT, NPSat,[456] and several CubeSats including
E-TBEx,[457] LightSail 2,[458] TEPCE, PSAT, and three ELaNa 15 CubeSats. Total payload mass was 3,700 kg (8,200 lb).[459] The mission lasted six hours
during which the second stage ignited four times and went into different orbits to deploy satellites including a "propulsive passivation maneuver".[456][460]
Third flight of Falcon Heavy. The side boosters from the Arabsat-6A mission just 2.5 months before were reused on this flight and
successfully returned to LZ-1 and LZ-2.[420] The center core, in use for the first time, underwent the most energetic reentry
attempted by SpaceX, and attempted a landing over 1,200 km (750 mi) downrange, 30% further than any previous landing.[461]
This core suffered a thrust vector control failure in the center engine caused by a breach in the engine bay due to the extreme
heat. The core thus failed its landing attempt on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You due to lack of control when the outer
engines shut down.[462] For the first time, one fairing half was successfully landed on the catch-net of the support ship GO Ms.
Tree (formerly Mr. Steven).[463]
25 July
2019,
F9 B5 ♺ CCAFS SpaceX CRS-18[143] 2,268 kg (5,000 lb)[464] Success
LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) Success

B1056.2[465] SLC-40 (Dragon C108.3 ♺) (excl. Dragon mass) (ground pad)
22:01[464]
This launch carried nearly 9,000 individual unique payloads including over one ton of science experiments, the most so far launched on a SpaceX Dragon.
The third International Docking Adapter (IDA-3), a replacement for the first IDA lost during the CRS-7 launch anomaly, was one of the external payloads on
this mission.[466] Along with food and science, the Dragon also carried the ELaNa 27 RFTSat CubeSat[467] and MakerSat-1 which will be used to
73 demonstrate microgravity additive manufacturing. The satellite is expected to be launched by a Cygnus dispenser later in July 2019.
The booster used on this flight was the same used on CRS-17 earlier in the year; originally, it was planned to reuse it again for
the CRS-19 mission later this year,[468] but the plan was scrapped. For the first time, the twice flown Dragon spacecraft also
made a third flight.[469] Also used for the first time was a gray-band painted where the RP-1 kerosene tank is located, to help with
thermal conductivity and thus saving fuel during long coasts.[470]
6 August
F9 B5 ♺ CCAFS, 6,500 kg
2019, AMOS-17[473] GTO Spacecom Success No attempt[474]
B1047.3[472] SLC-40 (14,300 lb)[474]
23:23[471]
74 AMOS-17 is the most advanced high-throughput satellite to provide satellite communication services to Africa.[475] Following the loss of AMOS-6 in
September 2016, Spacecom was granted a free launch in compensation for the lost satellite.[476] Due to the free launch, Spacecom was able to expend the
booster with no extra cost that comes with expending a booster, and thus could reach final orbit quicker. This booster became the second Block 5 booster to
be expended.[474][477] For the second time, Ms. Tree managed to catch a fairing half directly into its net.[478]
11
November F9 B5 ♺ CCAFS, Starlink 1 v1.0 (60 15,600 kg Success
LEO SpaceX Success

2019, B1048.4 SLC-40 satellites) (34,400 lb)[5] (drone ship)
14:56[479]
75 Second large batch of Starlink satellites and the first operational mission of the constellation, it launched in a roughly 290 km (180 mi) orbit at an inclination
of 53.0°. At 15,600 kg (34,400 lb), it is the heaviest payload so far launched by SpaceX, breaking the record set by the Starlink v0.9 flight earlier that year.[5]
This flight marked the first time that a Falcon 9 booster made a fourth flight and landing.[480] This was also the first time that a Falcon 9 re-used fairings
(from ArabSat-6A in April 2019).[429] It was planned to recover the fairings with both Ms. Tree and Ms. Chief but the plan was abandoned due to rough
seas.[5]
5
December F9 B5 CCAFS, SpaceX CRS-19[483] 2,617 kg (5,769 lb)
Success
2019, B1059.1[482] SLC-40 (Dragon C106.3 ♺) (excl. Dragon mass) (drone ship)
17:29[481]
76 Second re-supply flight to use a Cargo Dragon for the third time.[484] This flight carried Robotic Tool Stowage (RiTS), a docking station that allows equipment
that looks for leaks on the Space Station be stored on the outside. Also on board were upgrades for the Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL). Onboard experiments
include the testing of the spread of fire in space, mating barley in microgravity and experiments to test muscle and bone growth in microgravity.[485]
Secondary payloads include the Hyperspectral Imager Suite (HISUI), an experiment to image high resolution across all colours of the light spectrum,
allowing for imaging of soil, rocks, vegetation, snow, ice and man-made objects. Additionally, there were three CubeSats from NASA's ELaNa 28
mission,[381] including the AztechSat-1 satellite built by students in Mexico.[485]
17
Sky Perfect
December F9 B5 ♺ CCAFS, JCSat-18 / Kacific 6,956 kg Success
GTO JSAT Success

2019, B1056.3[482] SLC-40 1[487] (15,335 lb)[486] Kacific 1
(drone ship)
77 00:10[486]
Singaporean-Japanese CondoSat that will cover the Asia-Pacific region.[488] Due to the heavy weight of the payload, it was injected into a lower energy sub-
synchronous orbit of 20,000 km (12,000 mi); the satellite itself will transfer to full GTO. This was the third Falcon 9 launch for JSAT and the previous two
were in 2016. SpaceX successfully landed B1056.3 but both fairing halves missed the recovery boats Ms. Tree and Ms. Chief.[489]
2020
In late 2019, Gwynne Shotwell stated that SpaceX hoped for as many as 24 launches for Starlink satellites in 2020,[490] in addition to 14 or 15 non-Starlink
launches. At 26 launches, 13 of which 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.[491]
7 January
F9 B5 ♺ CCAFS, Starlink 2 v1.0 (60 Success
2020,
B1049.4 SLC-40 satellites) 15,600 kg (34,400 lb)[5] LEO SpaceX Success
(drone ship)
78 02:19:21[492]
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.[493]
19 January Crew Dragon in-flight
F9 B5 ♺ KSC, Sub-
2020, abort test[495] 12,050 kg (26,570 lb) NASA (CTS)[497] Success No attempt
B1046.4 LC-39A orbital[496]
15:30[494] (Dragon C205.1)
79 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 after reentry, 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;[498] but that test article exploded during a ground test of SuperDraco engines on 20 April 2019.[419] The abort test
used the capsule originally intended for the first crewed flight.[499] As expected, the booster was destroyed by aerodynamic forces after the capsule
aborted.[500] First flight of a Falcon 9 with only one functional stage — the second stage had a mass simulator in place of its engine.
29 January
2020,
(drone ship)
80 14:07[501]
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.[502]
17 February
F9 B5 ♺ CCAFS, Starlink 4 v1.0 (60 Failure
2020,
(drone ship)
15:05[503]
81
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[504] due to
incorrect wind data.[505] This was the first time a flight proven booster failed to land.
7 March
2020,
F9 B5 ♺ CCAFS, SpaceX CRS-20 1,977 kg (4,359 lb)[507] LEO Success
NASA (CRS) Success

B1059.2 SLC-40 (Dragon C112.3 ♺) (excl. Dragon mass) (ISS) (ground pad)
04:50[506]
82
Last launch of phase 1 of the CRS contract. Carries Bartolomeo, an ESA platform for hosting external payloads onto ISS.[508] 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.[509] It was SpaceX's 50th successful landing of a first stage booster, the third flight of the Dragon C112 and the last launch of the cargo
Dragon spacecraft.
18 March
F9 B5 ♺ KSC, Starlink 5 v1.0 (60 Failure
2020,
B1048.5 LC-39A satellites) 15,600 kg (34,400 lb)[5] LEO SpaceX Success
(drone ship)
12:16[510]
83 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).[511] 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.[512] 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.[513]
22 April
F9 B5 ♺ KSC, Starlink 6 v1.0 (60 Success
2020,
B1051.4 LC-39A satellites) 15,600 kg (34,400 lb)[5] LEO SpaceX Success
(drone ship)
84 19:30[514]
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.[515] Used fairings launched on AMOS-17 (August 2019).[516]
Crew Dragon Demo-
30 May
2020,
F9 B5 KSC, 2[414] 12,530 kg LEO
NASA (CCDev) Success
Success
B1058.1[518] LC-39A (Crew Dragon C206.1 (27,620 lb)[519] (ISS) (drone ship)

19:22[517]
85 Endeavour)
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.[414] 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.[520]
4 June
2020,
(drone ship)
01:25[521]
86
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.[522] First booster to successfully land five times, and first to land on Just Read The Instructions since it was moved to the
East Coast.
13 June Starlink 8 v1.0 (58
F9 B5 ♺ CCAFS, 15,410 kg SpaceX Success
2020, satellites),[524][525] LEO Success

B1059.3 SLC-40 (33,970 lb)[523] Planet Labs (drone ship)
09:21[523] SkySats-16, -17, -18
87
Eighth operational launch of Starlink satellites, included the first rideshare in SpaceX's SmallSat Program, of three SkySat satellites.[526][527] 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.[528] For the
first time, SpaceX did not perform a static fire before launch.
30 June
F9 B5 CCAFS, GPS III-03 (Matthew U.S. Space Success
2020, 4,311 kg (9,504 lb)[530] MEO Success

B1060.1 SLC-40 Henson) Force[530] (drone ship)
20:10:46[529]
Payload manufacturing contract awarded January 2012,[531] fully assembled in August 2017,[532][533] and completed thermal vacuum testing in June
88 2018.[534] Launch contract was awarded initially for US$96.5 million,[535] but later, this was discounted in exchange for allowing to launch configuration
enabling booster recovery.[536] The vehicle nicknamed Columbus was transported to Florida in February 2020,[537] but launch was delayed by the customer
from April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[538] The launch was dedicated to the memory of the recently deceased, late commander of the 21st Space
Wing, Colonel Thomas G. Falzarano,[539][540] and after launch, in October 2020, the nickname was changed to that of the Arctic explorer Matthew
Henson.[541][390] The second stage featured a gray band to allow more heat to be absorbed during the longer coasting period,[542] while both fairings were
recovered out of the water without attempting a catch in the net.
89 20 July F9 B5 ♺ CCAFS, ANASIS-II 5,000–6,000 kg (11,000– GTO Republic of Korea Success Success
2020, B1058.2[544] SLC-40 13,000 lb) Army (drone ship)

21:30[543]
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.[545] 57th successful recovery of a Falcon 9 first stage. For the first time both fairing halves were also successfully caught
by fairing catching ships.[546] This launch featured a booster reflight within 51 days, a new record turnaround time for a Falcon booster.[547] It was the same
booster that launched the Crew Dragon Demo-2 spacecraft on 30 May 2020.[543] 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.[548]
Starlink 9 v1.0 (57 SpaceX
7 August
2020, F9 B5 ♺ KSC, Satellites),[524] 14,932 kg (32,919 lb) LEO
Spaceflight
Success
Success
B1051.5 LC-39A SXRS-1 (BlackSky Industries (drone ship)

05:12[549]
Global 7 and 8) (BlackSky)
90
Ninth operational launch of Starlink satellites. This mission carried 57 Starlink satellites and two BlackSky satellites as rideshare.[550] This first rideshare
contracted with Spaceflight Industries was dubbed internally as "SXRS-1".[551] After previously testing on a single Starlink, the launch will have all 57
satellites include a "VisorSat" to reduce their brightness.[552]
18 August Starlink 10 v1.0 (58
F9 B5 ♺ CCAFS, SpaceX Success
2020 satellites) ~15,440 kg (34,040 lb) LEO Success

B1049.6[544] SLC-40 Planet Labs (drone ship)
91 14:31[553] SkySat-19, -20, -21
Tenth operational launch of Starlink satellites. Starlink flight including three SkySat rideshare satellites.[526] First time a booster made a 6th flight.[554] 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.[526]
30 August SAOCOM 1B[556] CONAE

F9 B5 ♺ CCAFS, Success
2020
B1059.4 SLC-40 GNOMES 1[556] 3,130 kg (6,900 lb)[558] SSO PlanetIQ Success
(ground pad)
23:18[555] Tyvak-0172[557] Tyvak
92
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.[559] 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.[560][561]
3 September
2020 15,600 kg (34,400 lb)[5] LEO SpaceX Success

B1060.2[563] LC-39A satellites) (drone ship)
93 12:46:14[562]
Eleventh operational launch of Starlink satellites, bringing the total to 713 launched Starlink satellites.[562]
6 October

94 11:29:34[564]
Twelfth operational launch of Starlink satellites, which for the first time used a fairing half on its third launch.[566] Also, the B1058 holds the title for the
shortest time a booster reached 3 flights which is 129 days beating B1046 by 77 days.
18 October

95 12:25:57[567]
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.[569]
24 October
2020 15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX Success

B1060.3 SLC-40 satellites) (drone ship)
96 15:31:34[570]
Fourteenth operational launch of Starlink satellites and the 100th successful launch of a Falcon vehicle.[571]
5 November
F9 B5 CCAFS, GPS III-04 Success
2020 4,311 kg (9,504 lb) MEO USSF Success

B1062.1 SLC-40 (Sacagawea)[541][573] (drone ship)
23:24:23[572]
97
Manufacturing contract awarded in January 2012,[531] underwent thermal vacuum testing in December 2018,[574] while the launch contract was awarded in
March 2018.[575] A launch attempt on 3 October 2020 was aborted two seconds before liftoff due to early start in two engines.[576][577] Following the abort,
two engines from B1062 were sent for further testing.[578] The abort also caused delays to the Crew-1 launch to allow time for data review.[579][580]
16
Crew-1
November F9 B5 KSC, LEO Success
(Crew Dragon C207.1 ~12,500 kg (27,600 lb) NASA (CCP)[497] Success

2020 B1061.1[582] LC-39A
Resilience)
(ISS) (drone ship)
00:27[581]
98
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.[583] The first flight of the crew program was initially expected to launch in
2017,[584][585] and finished final certifications in November 2020.[586]
21
November F9 B5 VAFB, Sentinel-6 Michael NASA / NOAA / Success
1,192 kg (2,628 lb) LEO Success

2020 B1063.1 SLC-4E Freilich (Jason-CS A) ESA / EUMETSAT (ground pad)
99 17:17:08[587]
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).[588]
25
November F9 B5 ♺ CCAFS, Starlink 15 v1.0 (60 Success
15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX Success

100 2020 B1049.7[590] SLC-40 satellites) (drone ship)
02:13[589]
First time a booster was launched for a seventh time and first time SpaceX completed four launches in a single month.
101 6 December F9 B5 ♺ KSC, SpaceX CRS-21 2,972 kg (6,552 lb) LEO NASA (CRS) Success Success
2020 B1058.4[592] LC-39A (Dragon C208.1) (excl. Dragon mass) (ISS) (drone ship)
16:17:08[591]
First launch of phase 2 of the CRS contract of six launches awarded in January 2016.[593] 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[594] and CFIG-1 (Cool
Flames Investigation with Gases).[595] It's also the 100th successful Falcon 9 launch.
13
CCSFS,
December F9 B5 ♺ Success
SLC- SXM-7 7,000 kg (15,000 lb) GTO Sirius XM Success

2020 B1051.7 (drone ship)
40[597]
17:30:00[596]
102 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,[598] 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.[599] It was the first time a commercial primary payload flew on a booster which had been flown
more than 4 times before.[600] First dedicated customer launch where the fairings were previously used.[601]
19
December F9 B5 ♺ KSC, Success
NROL-108 Classified LEO NRO Success

2020 B1059.5 LC-39A (ground pad)
103 14:00:00[602]
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.[603]
2021
In October 2020, Musk indicated he wanted to be able to increase launches to 48 in 2021.[604] Regulatory documents filed in February 2020 specified a
maximum of 54 launches for Falcon 9 and another ten for Falcon Heavy for 2021 from Florida, according to an environmental assessment.[605] At 31
launches, Falcon 9 had its most prolific year so far.
Flight Date and Version, Launch Launch Booster

8 January
F9 B5 ♺ CCSFS, Success
2021
B1060.4 SLC-40 Türksat 5A[607] 3,500 kg (7,700 lb) GTO Türksat Success
(drone ship)
02:15[606]
104
A 3,500 kg (7,700 lb) satellite intended to be stationed at 31.0° east.[607] This is the most powerful satellite in Türksat's fleet[608] 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.[609]
20 January
13:02:22[610]
105
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.[612] 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.[613]
24 January
F9 B5 ♺ CCSFS, Transporter-1: (143 Success
2021 ~5,000 kg (11,000 lb) SSO Various Success
B1058.5[615] SLC-40 smallsat rideshare) (drone ship)
15:00[614]
First dedicated smallsat rideshare launch, targeting a 525 km (326 mi) altitude orbit.[616] The launch deployed a record 143 satellites, consisting of 120
106 CubeSats, 11 microsatellites, 10 Starlinks, and 2 transfer stages. In addition, 2 hosted payloads and 1 non-separating dummy satellite[617] were
launched.[618] These include SpaceBEE (x 36), Lemur-2 (x 8), ICEYE (x 3), UVSQ-SAT,[619] ELaNa 35 (PTD-1),[381] and Kepler nanosats (x 8).[620][621] D-
Orbit ION Satellite Carrier and 10 Starlink satellites made for testing optical laser inter-satellite links placed in a polar orbit[622] 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.[623][624]
4 February
F9 B5 ♺ CCSFS, Starlink 18 v1.0 (60 Success
B1060.5[626] SLC-40 satellites) (drone ship)
107 06:19[625]
This marked the fastest turnaround to date, at 27 days, and the first time a Falcon 9 flies twice within a month.[627]
16 February
F9 B5 ♺ CCSFS, Starlink 19 v1.0 (60 Failure
B1059.6 SLC-40 satellites)[629] (drone ship)
03:59:37[628]
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-
108 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.[630] 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).[631] During this mission, GO Ms. Tree and GO Ms. Chief were
used for the last time to recover the fairings;[632][633] SpaceX retired the fairing catching program in favor of fairing fishing.[634] Both fairing catching ships
were retired from SpaceX use.
4 March
08:24:54[635]
109
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.[637] The second-stage deorbit burn failed, causing an uncontrolled reentry on 26 March 2021 over the west coast
of the United States.[638]
11 March
110 08:13:29[639]
Twentieth operational launch of Starlink satellites, bringing the total to 1,265 (including prototypes) launched Starlink satellites.[641]
14 March
B1051.9 LC-39A satellites) (drone ship)
111 10:01:26[642]
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.[643]
24 March
112 08:28:24[644]
Fairing "wet recovery" achieved by contracted recovery vessel Shelia Bordelon for the first time. Both fairing halves were retrieved from the water.[646]
7 April 2021 F9 B5 ♺ CCSFS, Starlink 23 v1.0 (60 Success
16:34:18 B1058.7 SLC-40 satellites) (drone ship)
113
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).[647]
23 April Crew-2
F9 B5 ♺ KSC, ~13,000 kg Success
2021 (Crew Dragon C206.2 LEO (ISS) NASA (CTS)[497] Success
B1061.2[649] LC-39A (29,000 lb)[650] (drone ship)
09:49:02[648] Endeavour ♺)
114 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.[651] 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.[652] 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.
29 April
115 03:44:30[653]
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.[655]
116 4 May 2021 F9 B5 ♺ KSC, Starlink 25 v1.0 (60 15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX Success Success
19:01:07[656] B1049.9[657] LC-39A satellites) (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.
9 May 2021 F9 B5 ♺ CCSFS, Starlink 27 v1.0 (60 Success
06:42:45[658] B1051.10[659] SLC-40 satellites) (drone ship)
117
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.[660]
Starlink 26 v1.0 (52
15 May KSC, SpaceX
F9 B5 ♺ Satellites) ~14,000 kg Success
2021 LC- LEO Capella Space Success
B1058.8[662] Capella-6 &Tyvak- (31,000 lb) (drone ship)
22:56[661] 39A[663] and Tyvak
118 0130[664]
Rideshare launch with a targeted orbit at 569x582, significantly higher than typical Starlink launches, to allow for needs of the rideshare payloads.[665] Fairing
"wet recovery" done by contracted recovery vessel Shelia Bordelon for the last time.
26 May CCSFS,
F9 B5 ♺ Starlink 28 v1.0 (60 Success
2021 SLC- 15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX Success
B1063.2[667] Satellites)[667] (drone ship)
18:59:35[666] 40[667]
119
Will likely complete the first shell of the Starlink network located at 550 km altitude and containing 1584 satellites.[665] 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.[668] This launch marks SpaceX's 100th successful launch
in a row without in-flight failure since December 2015.
3 June 2021 F9 B5 KSC, SpaceX CRS-22 3,328 kg (7,337 lb) Success
17:29:17[669] B1067.1[670] LC-39A (Dragon C209.1) (excl. Dragon mass) (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
120 Dragon 2 capsule,[671] 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,[672] the SOAR cubesat for the
University of Manchester[673] and the first Mauritian satellite MIR-SAT1[674] 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,[675] since SpaceX plans to launch Starlink satellites from the West Coast starting in July, which will
require a droneship landing. OCISLY will be replaced by the new A Shortfall Of Gravitas droneship later this summer.[676]
6 June 2021 F9 B5 ♺ CCSFS, Success
SXM-8[678] 7,000 kg (15,000 lb) GTO Sirius XM Success
04:26[677] B1061.3 SLC-40 (drone ship)
121
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.[600][679]
17 June
F9 B5 ♺ CCSFS, GPS III-05 (Neil 4,331 kg Success
2021 MEO USSF[530] Success
B1062.2[681] SLC-40 Armstrong)[541][388] (9,548 lb)[682] (drone ship)
16:09:35[680]
122
Manufacturing contract awarded February 2013.[683] In March 2018, the Air Force announced it had awarded the launch contract for three GPS satellites to
SpaceX.[684] This is the first reused booster launch for a 'national security' mission.[685] Fairing "wet recovery" was attempted by contracted recovery vessel
Hos Briarwood for the first time. Both fairing halves were retrieved from water.[686][687]
30 June Transporter-2: (88
F9 B5 ♺ CCSFS, Success
2021
B1060.8 SLC-40
payloads Smallsat Unknown[689])[j] SSO Various Success
(ground pad)
19:31[688] Rideshare)
123
A total of 88 payloads including prototype Starlink v1.5 satellites made for testing optical laser inter-satellite links[690](3x), Polar Vigilance (4x), Exolaunch
YAM-2 & 3, Satellogic,[691] Capella-5[692] HawkEye Cluster 3 (multiple sats), Spaceflight Industries (multiple sats including on two space tugs Sherpa-FX2
Sherpa-LTE1).[688] LINCS 1 and 2 were reported to be tumbling uncontrolled due to "an issue with the launch vehicle".[693]
29 August
F9 B5 ♺ KSC, SpaceX CRS-23 ~2,200 kg (4,900 lb) Success
2021 LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) Success
B1061.4 LC-39A (Dragon C208.2 ♺) (excl. Dragon mass) (drone ship)
07:14:49[694]
124
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.[671] Includes FBCE, SoFIE. First time a booster landed on SpaceX's fourth droneship, A Shortfall Of Gravitas (ASOG),[695][696] marking
the first use when SpaceX has three droneships in operation.
14
September F9 B5 ♺ VSFB, Starlink Group 2-1 (v1.5 ~13,260 kg Success
LEO SpaceX Success
2021 B1049.10[698] SLC-4E L1, 51 satellites)[699][700] (29,230 lb) (drone ship)
125 03:55:50[697]
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.[665] 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".[699] It was the second booster to make a tenth flight and landing.
16
Inspiration4
September F9 B5 ♺ KSC, ~12,519 kg Jared Isaacman Success
(Crew Dragon C207.2 LEO Success
2021 B1062.3[702] LC-39A
Resilience ♺)
(27,600 lb) [note 1][703][704] (drone ship)
00:02:56[701]
126 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.[705][706] 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.[707][708][709]
11
Crew-3
November F9 B5 ♺ KSC, ~13,000 kg Success
(Crew Dragon C210.1 LEO (ISS) NASA (CTS)[497] Success
2021 B1067.2[711] LC-39A
Endurance) (29,000 lb)[712] (drone ship)
127 02:03:31[710]
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.[713] It also carried up to 100 kg (220 lb) of cargo to the ISS.[497]
128 13 F9 B5♺ CCSFS, Starlink Group 4-1 (53 ~15,635 kg LEO SpaceX Success Success
November B1058.9[715] SLC-40 satellites)[716] (34,469 lb) (drone ship)
2021
12:19[714]
First east-coast Starlink launch after the v1.0 L28 launch which completed the first shell of the Starlink network located at 550 km altitude. Fairing "wet
recovery" was attempted by SpaceX multipurpose ship, Bob for the first time, and both fairing halves were retrieved from water.[717][686]
24
Double Asteroid
November F9 B5♺ VSFB, Success
Redirection Test 624 kg (1,376 lb) Heliocentric NASA (LSP) Success
2021 B1063.3[719] SLC-4E (drone ship)
(DART)[720]
129 06:21[718]
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[721] and the first NASA scientific mission using a previously flown booster.[722] The launch contract was awarded to
SpaceX for $69 million.[723]
Starlink Group 4-3 (48 SpaceX
2 December
F9 B5♺ CCSFS, satellites) ~14,500 kg Spaceflight, Inc. Success
2021 LEO Success
B1060.9[725] SLC-40 SXRS-2: BlackSky Global (32,000 lb) (BlackSky (drone ship)
23:12[724]
130 (2 sats)[726] Global)
This mission carried 48 Starlink satellites[727] and two BlackSky Gen-2 satellites (numbered 12 and 13)[728] as rideshare payloads. The BlackSky satellites
were released prior to the Starlink deployment, to a 435x425 km orbit at 53.2° inclination.[729]
9 December
F9 B5♺ KSC, Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Success
2021 325 kg (717 lb) LEO NASA (LSP) Success
B1061.5 LC-39A Explorer (IXPE)[731] (drone ship)
06:00[730]
131
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,[731] and is the smallest dedicated payload ever launched by Falcon 9 launch vehicle.[732] 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).[733]
18
December F9 B5♺ VSFB, Starlink Group 4-4 Success
132 2021 B1051.11 SLC-4E (52 satellites)[735] (drone ship)
12:41[734]
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.
19
December F9 B5♺ CCSFS, Success
2021 Türksat 5B[737] 4,500 kg (9,900 lb) GTO Türksat Success
B1067.3 SLC-40 (drone ship)
133 03:58[736]
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.[738] 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.[739]
21
December F9 B5 KSC, SpaceX CRS-24 2,989 kg (6,590 lb)
LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) Success Success[k]
2021 B1069.1 LC-39A (Dragon C209.2 ♺) (excl. Dragon mass) (drone ship)
10:06[740]
134
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.[671] The ELaNa 38 mission, consisting of 4 cubesats, launched on this flight.[742] SpaceX achieved the feat of 100 successful orbital
rocket booster landings in this mission, coinciding with the 6th anniversary of its first booster landing. After the successful landing, both the booster and the
Octagrabber robot were heavily damaged while in transit due to rough seas and the fact that the Octagrabber could not secure the booster to the deck.
2022
Flight Date and Version, Launch Launch
Booster

6 January 2022 F9 B5 ♺ KSC, Starlink Group 4-5 ~14,500 kg Success

LEO SpaceX Success
21:49[743][744] B1062.4 LC-39A (49 satellites)[745] (32,000 lb) (drone ship)
135 In a change from previous Starlink missions, the Falcon 9 rocket flew southeast from the coast of Florida 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.[746] SpaceX's previous launches carrying Starlink satellites to a similar
orbit have flown northeast from Florida's Space Coast. SpaceX claims that the change in trajectory from the northeast to the southeast is intended to
increase odds of good booster and fairing recovery conditions for Starlink launches in the winter months.[743]
13 January 2022 F9 B5 ♺ CCSFS, Transporter-3: (105 payloads Success
Unknown[j] SSO Various Success
15:25:38 [747] B1058.10 SLC-40 Smallsat Rideshare)[748] (ground pad)
136
Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to Sun-synchronous orbit. A total of 105 payloads including Ukrainian Sich-2-1 (2-30), Cappella (×2), Kepler (×4),
Planet Labs SuperDoves (×44), ICEYE (×2) and D-Orbit ION (multiple satellites, including VZLUSAT-2, earlier scheduled to be launched onboard
Spaceflight's Sherpa LTC-1, but then integrated at the last minute before launch, as the company teamed up with D-Orbit).
19 January 2022 F9 B5 ♺ KSC, Starlink Group 4-6 ~14,500 kg Success
LEO SpaceX Success
02:02:40[749] B1060.10 LC-39A (49 satellites) (32,000 lb) (drone ship)
137
An east-coast Starlink network launch for 53.2° inclination orbit located at 550 km altitude. Second Starlink launch where SpaceX has significantly
customized a Starlink launch trajectory to optimize for booster recovery after Starlink Group 4–5.[750]
31 January 2022 F9 B5 ♺ CCSFS, ~2,205 kg Success
CSG-2 SSO ASI Success
23:11[751] B1052.3 SLC-40 (4,861 lb) (ground pad)
138 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.[752][753]
2 February 2022 F9 B5 VSFB, Success
NROL-87 Classified SSO NRO Success[755]
139 20:27[754] B1071.1 SLC-4E (ground pad)
Classified payload. The contract requirements for this launch called for a 512 km Sun-synchronous orbit at 97.4° inclination.[756]
3 February 2022 F9 B5 ♺ KSC, Starlink Group 4-7 ~14,500 kg Success
LEO SpaceX Success
18:13[757] B1061.6 LC-39A (49 satellites) (32,000 lb) (drone ship)
140
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.[758][759]
21 February 2022 F9 B5 ♺ CCSFS, ~13,600 kg Success
Starlink Group 4-8 (46 satellites) LEO SpaceX Success
14:44[760][761] B1058.11 SLC-40 (30,000 lb) (drone ship)
141 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.[762]
25 February 2022 F9 B5 ♺ VSFB Starlink Group 4-11 (50 ~14,750 kg Success
LEO SpaceX Success
142 17:12[763][764][765] B1063.4[763] SLC-4E satellites)[766] (32,520 lb) (drone ship)
150th launch of a Falcon family rocket.

3 March 2022 F9 B5 ♺ KSC, ~13,900 kg Success
Starlink Group 4-9 (47 satellites) LEO SpaceX Success
14:25[763] B1060.11[763] LC-39A (30,600 lb) (drone ship)
143
An east-coast Starlink network launch for 53.2° inclination orbit located at 550 km altitude. 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.
9 March 2022 F9 B5 ♺ CCSFS, Starlink Group 4-10 ~14,160 kg Success
LEO SpaceX Success
144 13:45[763] B1052.4[767] SLC-40 (48 satellites) (31,220 lb) (drone ship)
This was the 40th Starlink launch.

19 March 2022 F9 B5 ♺ CCSFS, Starlink Group 4-12 (53 ~16,250 kg Success
LEO SpaceX Success
145 03:24[763] B1051.12[763] SLC-40 satellites)[768] (35,830 lb)[769] (drone ship)
First time a Falcon 9 first stage booster flew and landed for the twelfth time. Heaviest Falcon 9 payload to a LEO orbit.
Future launches
Future launches are listed chronologically when firm plans are in place. The order of the later launches is much less certain, as the official SpaceX manifest
does not include a schedule.[678] Tentative launch dates are cited from various sources for each launch.[760][770][763] Launches are expected to take place
"no earlier than" (NET) the listed date.
2022
SpaceX has allowed for up to 60 launches every year from Florida alone according to its February 2020 environmental assessment.[605] In January 2022, it
was revealed that SpaceX planned 52 launches in 2022.[771]
Customer
Date and Version,
Launch site Payload[c] Orbit

time (UTC) Booster[b]

F9 B5 ♺
CCSFS,
Transporter-4: Smallsat Rideshare SSO Various

1 April 2022
B1061.7[763] SLC-40
16:24[763] Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit. Payloads expected to include D-Orbit ION, Hawk-
6A/6B/6C, CNCE (2), Heron Mk II, GNOMES-3, Kilimanjaro-1[772][773]
Ax-1
F9 B5 ♺
KSC,
(Crew Dragon C206.3 Endeavour LEO (ISS) Axiom Space

3 April B1062.5[763] LC-39A
♺)[774]
2022[774]
~17:13[763] Announced in March 2020, the flight will be the first fully private flight to the ISS. Crew Dragon will be commanded by
Axiom professional astronaut Michael López-Alegría.[775] Larry Connor will be the pilot and Mark Pathy and Eytan
Stibbe will be mission specialists.
F9 B5 ♺
VSFB,
NROL-85 (Intruder 13A and 13B) LEO NRO

15 April B1071.2 SLC-4E
2022[776] Classified mission awarded to SpaceX in February 2019.[777] The contract requirements for this launch called for a
1220 km x 1024 km orbit at 63.5° inclination, which corresponds with a Naval Reconnaissance (Intruder) mission.[778]
F9 B5 ♺
KSC,
Crew-4[585] LEO (ISS) NASA (CTS)[497]

B1067.4[779] LC-39A
19 April
2022
NASA has awarded six missions with Crew Dragon to carry up to four astronauts and 100 kg (220 lb) of cargo to the
~10:30[763] ISS as well as feature a lifeboat function to evacuate astronauts from ISS in case of an emergency.[497] NASA's Kjell
Lindgren, Bob Hines, and Jessica Watkins as well as ESA's Samantha Cristoforetti assigned to fly this mission.[780]
First NASA astronaut launch with a fourth-flight Falcon 9 booster.
CC,
April F9 B5 LC-39A or Nilesat-301[782] GTO Nilesat

2022[781] SLC-40
Built by Thales Alenia Space, the Egyptian satellite will be stationed at 7.0° west.[782]
15 May 2022 CCSFS,

WorldView Legion 1 & 2 Mission 1 (2
F9 B5 ♺[784] SSO Maxar
-
SLC-40[760] Sats)[784]
13 June
2022[783] Two Maxar Technologies satellites built by subsidiary SSL for subsidiary DigitalGlobe.[784]
Falcon Heavy
KSC,
USSF-44[786]
USSF and Lockheed
B1064.1, GEO
LC-39A LDPE-2 (with 6 payloads)[787][788] Martin Space
B1065.1, B1066
May Classified payload totaling 3,750 kg (8,270 lb). The launch will use new side-boosters and a new center core. It will be
2022[763][785] the first Falcon Heavy launch to deliberately expend the center core and thus lacks the grid fins and landing gear
needed for a landing,[789] while the two side-boosters will be targeting a simultaneous landing on droneships, JRTI and
ASOG.[790][791][676] First SpaceX launch to perform a direct injection of a satellite into geostationary orbit. Secondary
payload Tetra-1,[792] LINUSS A1 and A2 on a space tug, LDPE-2.
KSC,
SpaceX CRS-25[671]
F9 B5 LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS)

June LC-39A (Dragon C208.3 ♺)[795]
2022[793][794] Fifth 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.[671]
F9 B5 VSFB or CC Transporter-5, SmallSat Rideshare SSO Various

June
2022[796] Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit. Payloads expected to include Bluewalker-3,
GHGSat-C3 ("Luca"), C4 ("Penny") and C5 ("Diako")[797]
Q2 F9 B5 CC,
O3b mPOWER 1, 2 and 3 MEO SES
2022[798][799] LC-39A or
SLC-40
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.[800][801]
KSC,
Falcon Heavy USSF-52 GTO USSF

LC-39A
Q2 2022[785] Classified payload contract awarded in June 2018 for US$130 million,[802] increased to $149.2 million in August 2021
due to "a change in the contract requirements" and expected to be completed by 14 April 2022.[803] Draft solicitation
said the launch was 6,350 kg (14,000 lb) to GTO.[804]
CC,
F9 B5 LC-39A or O3b mPOWER 4, 5, 6 MEO SES

Q2 SLC-40
2022[798][799] Second part of SES' MEO satellites for its O3b low-latency, high-performance connectivity services.[800][801] The Falcon
9 booster will be expended in order to allow the second stage to deploy the satellites closer to their operational medium
earth orbit.[805]
KSC,
Falcon Heavy Psyche and possibly Janus[807] Heliocentric NASA (Discovery)

LC-39A
1 August Discovery Program mission designed to explore asteroid 16 Psyche that has a limited 6-week launch window. The
2022[806][794] asteroid is hoped to show what the early solar system looked like and how planets formed.[808] Janus, planned dual
space probe to visit two binary asteroids, (35107) 1991 VH and (175706) 1996 FG3 is also expected to be launched as
a secondary payload together with the Psyche space probe.
CCSFS,
Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter
August F9 B5 TLI KARI
SLC-40 (KPLO)[811]
2022[809][810]
South Korea's first lunar mission.[811]
KSC,
ViaSat-3 Americas[813][814] and Arcturus ViaSat and Astranis /
Falcon Heavy GEO
Late LC-39A (Aurora 4A)[815][816] Pacific Dataport
Summer This mission will inject the satellite in close proximity to geostationary orbit, thus allowing it to be operational faster.
2022[812][785] Satellites of the ViaSat-3 class use electric propulsion, which requires less fuel for stationkeeping operations over their
lifetime, but typically would need several months to raise their orbit from GTO to GEO.[814]
VSFB,
Transport and Tracking Layer (Tranche
F9 B5 LEO SDA
SLC-4E 0, Flight 1)
September First launch of SDA Transport and Tracking Layer satellites. The Transport layer is an interoperable mesh network of
2022[817] satellites intended to provide periodic low-latency and high-capacity data connectivity, while the Tracking Layer
consists of interconnected satellites with cross-links and wide field of view infrared sensors for hypersonic missile
tracking.
KSC,
Falcon Heavy USSF-67 TBD USSF

LC-39A
First launch of Phase 2 US Air Force contract. US$316 million cost for the fiscal year of 2022 for the first flight,[818]
Q3 mostly includes the cost of an extended payload fairing, upgrades to the company's West Coast launch pad at
2022[818][819] Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, and a vertical integration facility required for NRO missions, while the
launching price does not increase.[820] SpaceX will deliberately expend the center core which thus lacks grid fins and
landing gear needed for a landing, while the two side-boosters will be targeting a simultaneous landing on droneships,
JRTI and ASOG as the mission requirements are similar as of USSF-44 mission.[821]
CC,
F9 B5 LC-39A or Galaxy 31 and Galaxy 32 (2 satellites) GTO Intelsat

Q3 2022[822] SLC-40
Maxar Technologies or Northrop Grumman built satellites[823]
Q3 2022[822] CC,
F9 B5 LC-39A or Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 (2 satellites) GTO Intelsat

SLC-40
Maxar Technologies or Northrop Grumman built satellites.[823]
KSC,
F9 B5 Crew-5[585] LEO (ISS) NASA (CTS)[497]

LC-39A
25 October Fifth USCV launches out of NASA award of six Crew Dragon mission, to carry four astronauts and 100 kg (220 lb) of
2022[824] cargo to the ISS as well as feature a lifeboat function to evacuate astronauts from ISS in case of an emergency.[497]
NASA Astronauts Nicole Mann, Josh Cassada, JAXA Astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Anna
Kikina will fly on this mission.[825] This will be the first Russian Cosmonaut to fly on a US Commercial Crew Vehicle as
part of a NASA-Roscosmos seat barter agreement.[826]
F9 B5 VSFB or CC Transporter-6, SmallSat Rideshare SSO Various
October Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit. Expected to include MethaneSat, a 350 kg (770 lb)
2022[796] among satellite aimed at locating, quantifying, and tracking methane emissions from oil and gas operations worldwide.
The project received $100 million grant for the mission's completion and launching from the Bezos Earth Fund,
established by Jeff Bezos.[827] Launcher Orbiter SN1,[828] Tomorrow R1 & R2[829]
VSFB,
Surface Water Ocean Topography
15 F9 B5 LEO NASA
SLC-4E[830] (SWOT)
November
2022[824] American-European satellite intended to measure the surface altitude of water bodies with centimeter-level
precision.[831]
August– VSFB,
WorldView Legion 3-6 Mission 2 (4
F9 B5 ♺[784] SSO
December SLC-4E sats)[784][833]
2022[832] Maxar Technologies built satellites.
KSC,
F9 B5 Polaris Dawn[835] LEO Jared Isaacman

LC-39A
November– First of 2 Crew Dragon missions for the Polaris Program. Crew will consist of Jared Isaacman, Scott Poteet, Sarah Gillis
December and Anna Menon and will spend up to five days in orbit. Flying higher than any crewed Earth orbiting spacecraft has
2022[834] ever flown, Polaris Dawn will conduct research with the aim of better understanding the effects of spaceflight and space
radiation on human health. At approximately 500 kilometers above the Earth, the crew will attempt the first-ever
commercial extravehicular activity (EVA) with SpaceX-designed extravehicular activity (EVA) spacesuits, upgraded
from the current intravehicular (IVA) suit.
CC,
NASA (CLPS)
IM-2 Nova-C lunar lander
F9 B5 LC-39A or TLI Intuitive Machines
Sherpa-ES
SLC-40[837] Spaceflight, Inc.
December Intuitive Machines is sending its second lander aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9, with a projected launch time frame
2022[836] happening sometime around late 2022. Intuitive Machines has already booked a first lander mission via SpaceX, which
is also hosting payloads for other private companies seeking to make lunar landfall under NASA's Commercial Lunar
Payload Services program. The Sherpa-ES Go Beyond orbital transfer vehicle will deploy rideshare payloads to trans-
lunar orbit, low-lunar orbit and beyond to GEO.[838][839]
Hakuto-R Mission 1 Moon lander and
CC,
ispace and
F9 B5 Emirates Lunar Mission (Rashid) rover TLI

SLC-40 MBRSC
(secondary payload)
ispace's Hakuto-R (for Reboot) is derived from the Hakuto project that was one of the defunct Google Lunar X Prize
contestants. The rebooted project aims to launch a lander-rover mission carrying a Hakuto-R lander and Emirates
Q4 2022[840] Lunar Mission (Rashid) rover (in collaboration with MBRSC) in 2022 with a separate Japanese rover mission in 2023,
both as secondary payloads on other unspecified Falcon 9 missions.[841][842] Three Canadian companies supported by
Canadian Space Agency grants have arranged secondary payloads with iSpace as follows: 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.[843]
H2 2022[798] CC,
F9 B5 LC-39A or SES-18 and SES-19[844] GTO SES

SLC-40
SpaceX will launch two C-band satellites for SES, with the option to launch a third satellite on a second flight.[845][846]
CC,
F9 B5 ♺[681] LC-39A or GPS III-06 (Amelia Earhart)[541][388] MEO USSF[530]

SLC-40
2022[847]
Space vehicle manufacturing contract awarded February 2013.[683] In September 2018, the space vehicle was
integrating harnesses.[534] In March 2018, the Air Force announced it had awarded the launch contract for three GPS
satellites to SpaceX.
VSFB,
SARah-1[850]
German Intelligence
F9 B5 SSO
SLC-4E Additional payload to be announced.[850] Service
2022[848][849]
Phased-array-antenna satellite intended to upgrade the German SAR-Lupe surveillance satellites.[851] In January 2019,
the satellites were expected to be launched between November 2020 and September 2021.[852]
VSFB,
German Intelligence
F9 B5 SARah 2 & 3[853] SSO
2022[849] SLC-4E Service
In January 2019, the satellites were expected to be launched between November 2020 and September 2021.[852]
CC,
F9 B5 LC-39A or O3b mPOWER 7, 8 and 9 MEO SES

H2 SLC-40
2022[798][854]
In August 2020, SES expanded the O3b mPOWER contract with two additional launches, raising the number of
satellites from 7 to 11 satellites at nearly 2 tons each.[855][856]
KSC,
NASA (CLPS)
F9 B5 IM-1 Nova-C lunar lander TLI

LC-39A Intuitive Machines
Later in First mission of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, and would be the first private American
2022[857] company to land a spacecraft on the Moon. The lander is expected to carry five payloads of up to 100 kg (220 lb) total
(LRA, NDL, LN-1, SCALPSS, and ROLSES) and transmit data from the lunar surface in a mission lasting 2
weeks.[858][859][860] DOGE-1 will be a secondary rideshare payload massing 40 kg.[861][862]
CC,
F9 B5 LC-39A or Amazonas Nexus[864] GTO Hispasat

H2 2022[863] SLC-40
This (4,500 kg (9,900 lb)) geostationary high throughput satellite features a new generation Digital Transparent
Processor (DTP).
2023
Date and time Version,
Launch site Payload[c] Orbit Customer

(UTC) Booster[b]
KSC,
LEO
10 January F9 B5 SpaceX CRS-27 NASA (CRS)
LC-39A (ISS)
2023[824]
Three more CRS-2 missions for Dragon 2 covering up to CRS-29 were announced in December 2020.[865]
CC,
Intelsat 40e
Intelsat
January F9 B5 GTO
LC-39A or SLC-40 TEMPO NASA
2023[866]
Maxar Technologies built satellite that will service North and Central America.[867]
Transporter-7, SmallSat
F9 B5 VSFB or CC SSO Various
Rideshare
January
2023[796] Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit. The On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly and
Manufacturing Mission 2 (OSAM-2), formerly known as Archinaut One, may launch on this rideshare mission in
early 2023.[868][869] Launcher's Orbiter SN2 vehicle will fly on this mission.[828]
KSC,
LEO
F9 B5 ♺ Crew-6[585] NASA (CTS)[497]
LC-39A (ISS)
1 February
2023[824] Last USCV launches out of NASA award of six Crew Dragon mission, to carry up to four astronauts and 100 kg
(220 lb) of cargo to the ISS as well as feature a lifeboat function to evacuate astronauts from ISS in case of an
emergency.[497]
VSFB,
ASBM 1 (GX 10A), ASBM 2 (GX
F9 B5 HEO Space Norway / Inmarsat
SLC-4E 10B)
Q1 2023[870] Space Norway will launch 2 satellites of the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) system into highly elliptical
orbits (apogee: 43,509 km (27,035 mi), perigee: 8,089 km (5,026 mi), 63.4° inclination)[871] to provide
communication coverage to high latitudes not served by geosynchronous satellites.[872]
CC,
F9 B5 Inmarsat-6B GTO Inmarsat

LC-39A or SLC-40
Q1 2023[873] Inmarsat maintained its launch option after a scheduled 2016 Falcon Heavy launch (a European Aviation Network
satellite) was switched for an Ariane 5 launch in 2017.[874] This option could be used for launching Inmarsat-
6B.[875] In February 2022, Inmarsat confirmed Inmarsat-6 F2 will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket.[873]
CC,
F9 B5 Türksat 6A GTO Türksat

Q1 2023[876] LC-39A or SLC-40
First domestically produced Turkish communications satellite.
CC,
F9 B5[878] LC-39A or SLC- USSF-36 TBD USSF

Q1 2023[877] 40[879]
Launch part of Phase 2 US Air Force contract awarded in 2021.[880]
KSC,
LEO
F9 B5 Ax-2 Axiom Space
LC-39A (ISS)
Early 2023[881] Contract for 3 additional missions was signed in June 2021.[882] Peggy Whitson and John Shoffner were signed on
as commander and pilot.[883][884] The third seat is expected to be awarded to a Discovery reality TV show winner of
Who Wants To Be An Astronaut?.[885]
Rideshare
April 2023[796]
Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit. Launcher's Orbiter SN3 vehicle will fly on this
mission.[828]
KSC,
LEO
F9 B5 SpaceX CRS-28 NASA (CRS)
5 June 2023[824] LC-39A (ISS)
Fall F9 B5 KSC,
Blue Ghost lunar lander TLI Firefly Aerospace
2023[886][887][888] LC-39A NASA (CLPS)
Firefly Aerospace chose SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket to deliver the Blue Ghost lunar lander to the lunar surface. Blue
Ghost will carry 10 payloads for NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services task order 19D mission along with
other separately contracted payloads.[889]
CC,
F9 B5 Galaxy 37 GTO Intelsat

LC-39A or SLC-40
Q3 2023[890]
Launch was previously awarded to Arianespace.[891][892] Also known as Galaxy 13R, as it will replace Galaxy
13.[893]
CC,
F9 B5[878] LC-39A or SLC- NROL-69 TBD USSF

Q3 2023[877] 40[879]
Launch part of Phase 2 US Air Force contract awarded in 2021.[880]
KSC,
LEO
20 October F9 B5 SpaceX CRS-29 NASA (CRS)
LC-39A (ISS)
2023[824]
Rideshare
October
2023[796] Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit. A possible payload is the 700 kg MBZ SAT from
UAE by customer Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre which is a rideshare mission launching in the second half
of 2023.[894] Launcher's Orbiter SN4 vehicle will fly on this mission.[828]
CCSFS,
F9 B5 ♺ PACE SSO NASA (LSP)

SLC-40
30 November
2023[824] Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem is a 1.7 tonne, US$800 million craft that will orbit at 676 km (420 mi)
altitude. It will include the Ocean Color Imager intended to study phytoplankton in the ocean, and two polarimeters
for studying properties of clouds, aerosols and the ocean. The launch price was US$80.4 million.[895]
Falcon KSC,
Astrobotic
November Griffin Mission 1 TLI

Heavy LC-39A NASA (Artemis)
2023[896]
Astrobotic's Griffin lunar lander will deliver NASA's VIPER spacecraft to the lunar south pole.[897]
Masten Mission One (MM1)

Masten Space Systems
TBD TBD TLI

XL-1 lunar lander NASA (CLPS)
November
2023[898] In April 2020, NASA announced Masten as one of the CLPS contract winners to send a lander to the lunar South
pole in 2022 with several payloads.[899] In August 2020, Masten announced they signed a launch contract with
SpaceX.[900][901] In June 2021 the mission was delayed to November 2023.[898]
CC,
PT Pasifik Satelit
F9 B5 SATRIA GTO
Q4 2023[902] LC-39A or SLC-40 Nusantara
PSN chose Falcon 9 in September 2020 to launch its satellite instead of a Chinese rocket or Ariane 5.
CC,
F9 B5 Thuraya 4-NGS GTO Thuraya

H2 2023[903] LC-39A or SLC-40
Planned replacement for Thuraya 2.[904]
CC,
F9 B5 Intelsat satellite GTO Intelsat

LC-39A or SLC-40
2023
Intelsat contracted both SpaceX and Arianespace to launch its fifth Maxar Technologies built satellite, and award
whichever doesn't launch it with a separate contract at a later date.[823]
Korea Aerospace
2023[905] Unclear Unclear CAS500-4 Unclear)
Industries
2023 F9 B5 KSC,
Ax-3[882] LEO Axiom Space
LC-39A (ISS)
Contract for 3 additional missions was signed in June 2021.
KSC,
LEO
F9 B5 Ax-4[882] Axiom Space
2023 LC-39A (ISS)
Contract for 3 additional missions was signed in June 2021.
KSC,
LEO
F9 B5 ♺ Crew-7[906] NASA (CTS)[497]
LC-39A (ISS)
2023 After first six Crew Dragon launches of NASA USCV award, a further three missions for SpaceX were announced
on 3 December 2021. These launches carry up to four astronauts and 100 kg (220 lb) of cargo to the ISS as well as
feature a lifeboat function to evacuate astronauts from ISS in case of an emergency.[497]
2024
Date and Version,
Launch site Payload[c] Orbit Customer
time (UTC) Booster[b]
KSC,
NASA (CLPS)
F9 B5 IM-3 Nova-C lunar lander TLI

LC-39A Intuitive Machines
Q1 2024
Third mission for Intuitive Machines, with possible rideshare payloads.[907] This mission was selected by NASA to the
CLPS in November 2021.[908][909]
Falcon KSC,
GOES-U[910] GEO NASA

April 30, Heavy LC-39A
2024[824] In September 2021, NASA awarded SpaceX a $152.5 million contract to provide launch services for the GOES-U
weather satellite.
VSFB,
F9 B5 SPHEREx SSO[911] NASA

June 2024 SLC-4E
In February 2021, NASA announced a $99 million contract for its Astrophysics Division.[912]
CC,
Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) × 1
F9 B5 LC-39A or GTO Northrop Grumman

Mission Extension Pod (MEP) × 3
Q2 2024[913] SLC-40
Developed from Northrop Grumman's 2,000 kg Mission Extension Vehicle architecture. One MEP (400 kg each) will be
attached to Optus D3.[914]
Falcon KSC,
Europa Clipper Heliocentric NASA

Heavy LC-39A
October Europa Clipper will conduct a detailed survey of Europa and use a sophisticated suite of science instruments to
2024 investigate whether the icy moon has conditions suitable for life. Key mission objectives are to produce high-resolution
images of Europa's surface, determine its composition, look for signs of recent or ongoing geological activity, measure
the thickness of the moon's icy shell, search for subsurface lakes, and determine the depth and salinity of Europa's
ocean.[915] The mission will fly past Mars and Earth before arriving at Jupiter in April 2030.[916][917]
Power and Propulsion Element (PPE)
Falcon KSC,
Habitation and Logistics Outpost TLI NASA (Artemis)

November Heavy LC-39A
(HALO)[919]
2024[918]
First elements for the Gateway station as part of the Artemis program, awarded in February 2021. The launch will cost
NASA $331.8 million.
F9 B5 Unclear Ispace's 2nd lunar lander[920] TLI ispace

2024[840]
Second series 1 moon lander.
CC,
F9 B5 LC-39A or O3b mPOWER 10 and 11[921] MEO SES

2024[798] SLC-40
In August 2020, SES expanded the O3b mPOWER contract with a fourth launch.[856]
Falcon KSC,
NASA (Gateway Logistics
Dragon XL TLI
Heavy LC-39A Services)
2024[922][923] In March 2020, NASA announced its first contract for the Gateway Logistics Services that guarantees at least two
launches on a modified Crew Dragon spacecraft that will carry over 5 tonnes of cargo to the Lunar orbit on 6–12 months
long missions.[924]
KSC,
F9 B5 ♺ Crew-8[906] LEO (ISS) NASA (CTS)[497]

LC-39A
2024 After first six Crew Dragon launches of NASA USCV award, a further three missions for SpaceX were announced on 3
December 2021. These launches carry up to four astronauts and 100 kg (220 lb) of cargo to the ISS as well as feature a
lifeboat function to evacuate astronauts from ISS in case of an emergency.[497]
2024 F9 B5 ♺ KSC,
Crew-9[906] LEO (ISS) NASA (CTS)[497]
LC-39A
After first six Crew Dragon launches of NASA USCV award, a further three missions for SpaceX were announced on 3
December 2021. These launches carry up to four astronauts and 100 kg (220 lb) of cargo to the ISS as well as feature a
lifeboat function to evacuate astronauts from ISS in case of an emergency.[497]
2025 and beyond
Date and
Version,
time Launch site Payload[c] Orbit Customer
Booster[b]
(UTC)
KSC,
Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Sun–
F9 B5 NASA
LC-39A Probe (IMAP)[926] Earth L1
In September 2020, NASA selected SpaceX to launch IMAP mission, which will help researchers better understand the
2025[925] boundary of the heliosphere, a magnetic barrier surrounding our solar system. The total launch cost is approximately
US$109.4 million. The secondary payloads are NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission, two NASA heliophysics missions of
opportunity, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-
L1) mission.[926]
CC,
Airbus Defence and Space / UK

2025[927] F9 B5 LC-39A or Skynet 6A[928][929] GTO
Ministry of Defence
SLC-40
Falcon KSC,
Dragon XL[930] TLI NASA (Gateway Logistics Services)

2026 Heavy LC-39A
Second Dragon XL logistics module.[930]
Notable launches
First flight of Falcon 9
On 4 June 2010, the first Falcon 9 launch successfully placed a test payload into the intended orbit.[11]
Starting at the moment of liftoff, the booster experienced roll.[931] The roll stopped before the craft
reached the top of the tower, but the second stage began to roll near the end of its burn,[11] tumbling out
of control during the passivation process and creating a gaseous halo of vented propellant that could be
seen from all of Eastern Australia, raising UFO concerns.[932][933]
COTS demonstration flights
Second launch of Falcon 9 was COTS Demo Flight 1, which placed an operational Dragon capsule in a
roughly 300 km (190 mi) orbit on 8 December 2010,[934] The capsule re-entered the atmosphere after
two orbits, allowing testing for the pressure vessel integrity, attitude control using the Draco thrusters, Play media
telemetry, guidance, navigation, control systems, and the PICA-X heat shield, and intended to test the Launch of Falcon 9 Flight 1 with a boilerplate
parachutes at speed. The capsule was recovered off the coast of Mexico[935] and then placed on display Dragon
at SpaceX headquarters.[936]
The remaining objectives of the NASA COTS qualification program were combined into a single
Dragon C2+ mission,[937] on the condition that all milestones would be validated in space before
berthing Dragon to the ISS. The Dragon capsule was propelled to orbit on 22 May, and for the next
days tested its positioning system, solar panels, grapple fixture, proximity navigation sensors, and its
rendezvous capabilities at safe distances. After a final hold position at 9 m (30 ft) away from the
Harmony docking port on 25 May, it was grabbed with the station's robotic arm (Canadarm2), and
eventually, the hatch was opened on 26 May. It was released on 31 May and successfully completed all
the return procedures,[938] and the recovered Dragon C2+ capsule is now on display at Kennedy Space
Center.[939] Falcon 9 and Dragon thus became the first fully commercially developed launcher to deliver
a payload to the International Space Station, paving the way for SpaceX and NASA to sign the first
Commercial Resupply Services agreement for 12 cargo deliveries.[940]
COTS-1 Dragon after return from orbit

CRS-1
First operational cargo resupply mission to ISS, the fourth flight of Falcon 9, was launched on 7 October 2012. At 76 seconds after liftoff, engine 1 of the
first stage suffered a loss of pressure which caused an automatic shutdown of that engine, but the remaining eight first-stage engines continued to burn and
the Dragon capsule reached orbit successfully and thus demonstrated the rocket's "engine out" capability in flight.[941][942] Due to ISS visiting vehicle
safety rules, at NASA's request, the secondary payload Orbcomm-2 was released into a lower-than-
intended orbit.[27] The mission continued to rendezvous and berth the Dragon capsule with the ISS
where the ISS crew unloaded its payload and reloaded the spacecraft with cargo for return to Earth.[943]
Despite the incident, Orbcomm said they gathered useful test data from the mission and planned to send
more satellites via SpaceX,[26] which happened in July 2014 and December 2015.
Maiden flight of v1.1
Following unsuccessful attempts at recovering the first stage with parachutes, SpaceX upgraded to much
larger first stage booster and with greater thrust, termed Falcon 9 v1.1 (also termed Block 2[944]).
SpaceX performed its first, demonstration flight of this version on 29 September 2013,[945] with
CASSIOPE as a primary payload. This had a payload mass that is very small relative to the rocket's
Dragon CRS-1 berthed to the International Space
capability, and was launched at a discounted rate, approximately 20% of the normal published
Station (ISS) on 14 October 2012, photographed
price.[946][947][31] After the second stage separation, SpaceX conducted a novel high-altitude, high- from the Cupola.
velocity flight test, wherein the booster attempted to reenter the lower atmosphere in a controlled manner
and decelerate to a simulated over-water landing.[31]
Loss of CRS-7 mission
On 28 June 2015, Falcon 9 Flight 19 carried a Dragon capsule on the seventh Commercial Resupply
Services mission to the ISS. The second stage disintegrated due to an internal helium tank failure while
the first stage was still burning normally. This was the first (and only as of February 2022) primary
mission loss for any Falcon 9 rocket.[95] In addition to ISS consumables and experiments, this mission
carried the first International Docking Adapter (IDA-1), whose loss delayed preparedness of the station's
US Orbital Segment (USOS) for future crewed missions.[948] Play media
SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 launch from Vandenberg
Performance was nominal until T+140 seconds into launch when a cloud of white vapor appeared, with CASSIOPE
followed by rapid loss of second-stage LOX tank pressure. The booster continued on its trajectory until
complete vehicle breakup at T+150 seconds. The Dragon capsule was ejected from the disintegrating
rocket and continued transmitting data until impact with the ocean. SpaceX officials stated that the
capsule could have been recovered if the parachutes had deployed; however, the Dragon software did
not include any provisions for parachute deployment in this situation.[97] Subsequent investigations
traced the cause of the accident to the failure of a strut that secured a helium bottle inside the second-
stage LOX tank. With the helium pressurization system integrity breached, excess helium quickly
flooded the tank, eventually causing it to burst from overpressure.[949][950] NASA's independent
accident investigation into the loss of SpaceX CRS-7 found that the failure of the strut which led to the
breakup of the Falcon-9 represented a design error. Specifically, that industrial grade stainless steel had
been used in a critical load path under cryogenic conditions and flight conditions, without additional part
screening, and without regard to manufacturer recommendations.[951]
SpaceX CRS-7 disintegrating two minutes after

Full-thrust version and first booster landings liftoff, as seen from a NASA tracking camera.
After pausing launches for months, SpaceX launched on 22 December 2015, the highly anticipated
return-to-flight mission after the loss of CRS-7. This launch inaugurated a new Falcon 9 Full Thrust
version (also initially termed Block 3[944]) of its flagship rocket featuring increased performance,
notably thanks to subcooling of the propellants. After launching a constellation of 11 Orbcomm-OG2
second-generation satellites,[952] the first stage performed a controlled-descent and landing test for the
eighth time, SpaceX attempted to land the booster on land for the first time. It managed to return the first
stage successfully to the Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral, marking the first successful recovery of a
rocket first stage that launched a payload to orbit.[953] After recovery, the first stage booster performed
further ground tests and then was put on permanent display outside SpaceX's headquarters in
Hawthorne, California.[100]
On 8 April 2016, SpaceX delivered its commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station
Falcon 9 Flight 20 historic first-stage landing at
marking the return-to-flight of the Dragon capsule, after the loss of CRS-7. After separation, the first-
CCAFS Landing Zone 1, 22 December 2015
stage booster slowed itself with a boostback maneuver, re-entered the atmosphere, executed an
automated controlled descent and landed vertically onto the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You,
marking the first successful landing of a rocket on a ship at sea.[954] This was the fourth attempt to land on a drone ship, as part of the company's
experimental controlled-descent and landing tests.[955]
Loss of Amos-6 on the launch pad
On 1 September 2016, the 29th Falcon 9 rocket exploded on the launchpad while propellant was being loaded for a routine pre-launch static fire test. The
payload, Israeli satellite Amos-6, partly commissioned by Facebook, was destroyed with the launcher.[956] On 2 January 2017, SpaceX released an official
statement indicating that the cause of the failure was a buckled liner in several of the COPV tanks, causing perforations that allowed liquid and/or solid
oxygen to accumulate underneath the COPVs carbon strands, which were subsequently ignited possibly due to friction of breaking strands.[151]
Inaugural reuse of the first stage

On March 30, 2017, Flight 32 launched the SES-10 satellite with the first-stage booster B1021, which had been previously used for the CRS-8 mission a
year earlier. The stage was successfully recovered a second time and was retired and put on display at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.[957]
Zuma launch controversy
Zuma was a classified United States government satellite and was developed and built by Northrop Grumman at an estimated cost of US$3.5 billion.[958]
Its launch, originally planned for mid-November 2017, was postponed to 8 January 2018 as fairing tests for another SpaceX customer were assessed.
Following a successful Falcon 9 launch, the first-stage booster landed at LZ-1.[243] Unconfirmed reports suggested that the Zuma spacecraft was lost,[244]
with claims that either the payload failed following orbital release, or that the customer-provided adapter failed to release the satellite from the upper stage,
while other claims argued that Zuma was in orbit and operating covertly.[244] SpaceX's COO Gwynne Shotwell stated that their Falcon 9 "did everything
correctly" and that "Information published that is contrary to this statement is categorically false".[244] A preliminary report indicated that the payload
adapter, modified by Northrop Grumman after purchasing it from a subcontractor, failed to separate the satellite from the second stage under the zero
gravity conditions.[959][958] Due to the classified nature of the mission, no further official information is expected.[244]
Falcon Heavy test flight
The maiden launch of the Falcon

Heavy occurred on February 6,
2018, marking the launch of the
most powerful rocket since the
Space Shuttle, with a theoretical
payload capacity to low Earth orbit
more than double the Delta IV
Heavy.[960][961] Both side
boosters landed nearly
simultaneously after a ten-minute
Liftoff of Falcon Heavy on its maiden flight (left) and its two side-boosters landing at LZ-1 and LZ-2 a few minutes later (right)
flight. The central core failed to
land on a floating platform at
sea.[261] The rocket carried a car
and a mannequin to an eccentric heliocentric orbit that reaches further than aphelion of Mars.[962]
Maiden flight Crew Dragon and first crewed flight
On March 2, 2019, SpaceX launched its first orbital flight of Dragon 2 (Crew Dragon). It was an uncrewed mission to the International Space Station. The
Dragon contained a mannequin named Ripley which was equipped with multiple sensors to gather data about how a human would feel during the flight.
Along with the mannequin was 300 pounds of cargo of food and other supplies.[963] Also on board was Earth plush toy referred to as a 'Super high tech
zero-g indicator'.[964] The toy became a hit with astronaut Anne McClain who showed the plushy on the ISS each day[965] and also deciding to keep it on
board to experience the crewed SpX-DM2.
The Dragon spent six days in space including five docked to the International Space Station. During the time, various systems were tested to make sure the
vehicle was ready for US astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to fly in it in 2020. The Dragon undocked and performed a re-entry burn before
splashing down on March 8, 2019, at 08:45 EST, 320 km (200 mi) off the coast of Florida.[966]
SpaceX held a successful launch of the first commercial orbital human space flight on May 30, 2020, crewed with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob
Behnken. Both astronauts focused on conducting tests on the Crew Dragon capsule. Crew Dragon successfully returned to Earth, splashing down in the
Gulf of Mexico on August 2, 2020.[967]
Booster reflight records
Most records were set during launches of Starlink satellites.
On 3 December 2018, Spaceflight SSO-A launched on B1046. It was the first commercial mission to use a booster flying for the third time.
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 was 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.[968][969][970][734]
Booster B1060 holds the record for fastest turnaround at 27 days. It launched on 7 January and again on 4 February 2021.
[971][972]
See also
List 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 flights
List of SpaceX Starship flight tests
Notes
a. The Telstar 18V and Telstar 19V satellites were heavier, but f. Unspecified U.S. government agency
were launched into a lower-energy transfer orbit achieving an g. Payload comprises five Iridium satellites weighing 860 kg
apogee well below the geostationary altitude. each,[325] two GRACE-FO satellites weighing 580 kg each,[326]
b. Falcon 9 first-stage boosters are designated with a construction plus a 1000 kg dispenser.[161]
serial number and an optional flight number when reused, e.g.
h. Total payload mass includes the Crew Dragon capsule, fuel,
B1021.1 and B1021.2 represent the two flights of booster
suited mannequin, instrumentation and 204 kg of cargo.
B1021. Launches using reused boosters are denoted with a
recycled symbol ♺. i. Despite making a successful landing, de-tanking and heading
back home, the stage tipped over at sea. This is still considered
c. Dragon 1 or 2 are designated with a construction serial number
a successful landing as the stage damage occurred while in
or name and an optional flight number when reused, e.g. Dragon
transport.[424]
C106.1 and Dragon C106.2 represent the two flights of Dragon
C106. Dragon spacecraft that are reused are denoted with a j. Many Transporter payloads are not public, or don't have a
recycled symbol ♺. publicly revealed mass. SpaceX has not published a payload
mass estimate for this mission.
d. A controlled "ocean landing" denotes a controlled atmospheric
entry, descent and vertical splashdown on the ocean's surface at k. After landing, de-tanking and heading back home, the stage and
near zero velocity, for the sole purpose of gathering test data; Octagrabber were damaged in heavy seas. This is still
such boosters were destroyed at sea. considered a successful landing as the stage damage occurred
while in transport. It is not yet clear whether the booster will fly
e. Since it was a pre-flight test, SpaceX does not count this
scheduled attempt in their launch totals. Some sources do again.[741]
consider this planned flight into the counting schemes, and as a
result, some sources might list launch totals after 2016 with one
additional launch.
1. Promotion aimed at assisting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
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Rocket configurations Launch sites

Falcon 9 v1.0 Falcon 9 Block 5 CCSFS, SLC-40 VSFB, SLC-4E

Launch outcomes Booster landings

v1.0[7] LEO SpaceX Success

2010, v1.0[7] LEO (ISS) (COTS) Success[9]

SpaceX CRS-1[23] 4,700 kg (10,400 lb) (excl.

6 January 2014, CCAFS, No attempt

Cape SpaceX CRS-

11 February Cape USAF

2 March Cape ABS-3A ABS

Canaveral, LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) Success

2015, B1019[100] LC-40 (11 satellites)[23][99] (ground pad)

Payload[c] Payload mass Orbit Customer

17 January NASA (LSP)

Cape SpaceX CRS-

6 May 2016, F9 FT Cape

15 June Cape ABS-2A

Cape SpaceX CRS-

Canaveral, Amos-6[148] 5,500 kg (12,100 lb) GTO Spacecom (failure pre-

Payload[c] Payload mass Orbit Customer

14 January Iridium NEXT-1

19 February SpaceX CRS-

1 May 2017, F9 FT KSC, Success

5 July 2017, F9 FT KSC, No attempt

Intelsat 35e[203] 6,761 kg (14,905 lb)[204] GTO Intelsat Success

14 August SpaceX CRS-

9,600 kg (21,200 lb) Success[234]

time Payload[c] Payload mass Orbit Customer

GovSat-1 (SES-16)[247] GTO SES Success[249]

2,150 kg (4,740 lb) SSO exactEarth Success[271]

2018, GTO Success[280]

2018, Polar LEO Success[286]

2018, LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) Success[293]

22 May Iridium NEXT-6 Iridium

2018, (5 satellites)[154][157] Polar LEO Communications Success[327]

2018, SES-12[331] GTO SES Success[333]

2018, LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) Success[338]

December B1054[387] SLC-40 (9,700 lb)[388] [386]

2019, 9,600 kg (21,200 lb) Polar LEO Success

Beresheet Moon GTO Success

2 March Crew Dragon Demo-

2019, 1[414] LEO (ISS) NASA (CCD) Success

B1055 core[421] (drone ship)

2019, Arabsat-6A[422] GTO Arabsat Success

(side) (ground pad)

2019, LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) Success

2019, LEO SpaceX Success

2019, Constellation 4,200 kg (9,300 lb)[443] SSO Success

B1057 core[420] (drone ship)

3,700 kg (8,200 lb) USAF Success

(side) ♺ (ground pad)

LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) Success

LEO SpaceX Success

GTO JSAT Success

NASA (CRS) Success

B1058.1[518] LC-39A (Crew Dragon C206.1 (27,620 lb)[519] (ISS) (drone ship)

2020, satellites),[524][525] LEO Success

2020, 4,311 kg (9,504 lb)[530] MEO Success

2020, B1058.2[544] SLC-40 13,000 lb) Army (drone ship)

B1051.5 LC-39A SXRS-1 (BlackSky Industries (drone ship)

2020 satellites) ~15,440 kg (34,040 lb) LEO Success

30 August SAOCOM 1B[556] CONAE