List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches (2020–2021)

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Left to right: Falcon 9 v1.0, v1.1, v1.2 "Full Thrust", Falcon 9 Block 5, Falcon Heavy, and Falcon Heavy Block 5. Falcon9 rocket family.svg
Left to right: Falcon 9 v1.0, v1.1, v1.2 "Full Thrust", Falcon 9 Block 5, Falcon Heavy, and Falcon Heavy Block 5.

From January 2020, to the end of 2021, Falcon 9 was launched 57 times, all successful, and landed boosters successfully on 53 of those flights.

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Statistics

Rocket configurations

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Launch outcomes

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  •   Loss before launch
  •   Loss during flight
  •   Partial failure
  •   Success (commercial and government)
  •   Success (Starlink)
  •   Planned (commercial and government)
  •   Planned (Starlink)

Booster landings

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  1. ↑ Controlled descent; ocean touchdown control failed; no recovery
  2. ↑ Passive reentry failed before parachute deployment
  3. ↑ Controlled descent; soft vertical ocean touchdown; no recovery

Launches

2020

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

Flight No.Date and
time (UTC)		 Version,
booster [lower-alpha 1] 		Launch
site		Payload [lower-alpha 2] Payload massOrbitCustomerLaunch
outcome		 Booster
landing
787 January 2020
02:19:21 [3] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1049.4 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 2 v1.0 (60 satellites)15,600 kg (34,400 lb) [4] LEO SpaceX SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
Third large batch and second operational flight of Starlink constellation. One of the 60 satellites included a test coating to make the satellite less reflective, and thus less likely to interfere with ground-based astronomical observations. [5]
7919 January 2020
15:30 [6] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1046.4 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Crew Dragon in-flight abort test [7]
(Dragon C205.1)		12,050 kg (26,570 lb) Sub-orbital [8] NASA (CTS) [9] SuccessNo attempt
An atmospheric test of the Dragon 2 abort system after Max Q. The capsule fired its SuperDraco engines, reached an apogee of 40 km (25 mi), deployed parachutes, and splashed down in the ocean 31 km (19 mi) downrange from the launch site. The test was previously slated to be accomplished with the Crew Dragon Demo-1 capsule; [10] but that test article exploded during a ground test of SuperDraco engines on 20 April 2019. [11] The abort test used the capsule originally intended for the first crewed flight. [12] As expected, the booster was destroyed by aerodynamic forces after the capsule aborted. [13] First flight of a Falcon 9 with only one functional stage — the second stage had a mass simulator in place of its engine.
8029 January 2020
14:07 [14] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1051.3 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 3 v1.0 (60 satellites)15,600 kg (34,400 lb) [4] LEO SpaceX SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
Third operational and fourth large batch of Starlink satellites, deployed in a circular 290 km (180 mi) orbit. One of the fairing halves was caught, while the other was fished out of the ocean. [15]
8117 February 2020
15:05 [16] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1056.4 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 4 v1.0 (60 satellites)15,600 kg (34,400 lb) [4] LEO SpaceX SuccessFailure
(drone ship)
Fourth operational and fifth large batch of Starlink satellites. Used a new flight profile which deployed into a 212 km × 386 km (132 mi × 240 mi) elliptical orbit instead of launching into a circular orbit and firing the second stage engine twice. The first stage booster failed to land on the drone ship [17] due to incorrect wind data. [18] This was the first time a flight proven booster failed to land.
827 March 2020
04:50 [19] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1059.2 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		SpaceX CRS-20
(Dragon C112.3 ♺ )		1,977 kg (4,359 lb) [20] (excl. Dragon mass) LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS)SuccessSuccess
(ground pad)
Last launch of phase 1 of the CRS contract. Carries Bartolomeo, an ESA platform for hosting external payloads onto ISS. [21] Originally scheduled to launch on 2 March 2020, the launch date was pushed back due to a second stage engine failure. SpaceX decided to swap out the second stage instead of replacing the faulty part. [22] It was SpaceX's third flight of the Dragon C112 and the last launch of the Cargo Dragon spacecraft.
8318 March 2020
12:16 [23] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1048.5 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink 5 v1.0 (60 satellites)15,600 kg (34,400 lb) [4] LEO SpaceX SuccessFailure
(drone ship)
Fifth operational launch of Starlink satellites. It was the first time a first stage booster flew for a fifth time and the second time the fairings were reused (Starlink flight in May 2019). [24] Towards the end of the first stage burn, the booster suffered premature shut down of an engine, the first of a Merlin 1D variant and first since the CRS-1 mission in October 2012. However, the payload still reached the targeted orbit. [25] This was the second Starlink launch booster landing failure in a row, later revealed to be caused by residual cleaning fluid trapped inside a sensor. [26]
8422 April 2020
19:30 [27] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1051.4 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink 6 v1.0 (60 satellites)15,600 kg (34,400 lb) [4] LEO SpaceX SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
Sixth operational launch of Starlink satellites. The 84th flight of the Falcon 9 rocket, it surpassed Atlas V to become the most-flown operational US rocket. [28] Used fairings launched on AMOS-17 (August 2019). [29]
8530 May 2020
19:22 [30] 		F9 B5 B1058.1 [31] KSC,
LC-39A 		Crew Dragon Demo-2 [32]
(Crew Dragon C206.1 Endeavour)		12,530 kg (27,620 lb) [33] LEO (ISS) NASA (CCDev)SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
First crewed orbital spaceflight from American soil since Space Shuttle STS-135 in July 2011, carrying NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station. [32] The SpaceX live stream was peaked at 4.1 million viewers, while NASA estimated roughly 10 million people watched on various online platforms, and approximately 150,000 people gathered on Florida's space coast despite the risks of the COVID-19 pandemic. [34]
864 June 2020
01:25 [35] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1049.5 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 7 v1.0 (60 satellites)15,600 kg (34,400 lb) [4] LEO SpaceX SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
Seventh operational launch of Starlink satellites, occurred on the 10th anniversary of the first Falcon 9 flight. Included "VisorSat" satellite test that uses a sunshade to limit reflectivity. [36] First booster to successfully land five times, and first to land on Just Read The Instructions since it was moved to the East Coast.
8713 June 2020
09:21 [37] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1059.3 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 8 v1.0 (58 satellites), [38] [39]
SkySats-16, -17, -18		15,410 kg (33,970 lb) [37] LEO SpaceX
Planet Labs 		SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
Eighth operational launch of Starlink satellites, included the first rideshare in SpaceX's SmallSat Program, of three SkySat satellites. [40] [39] One payload fairing half launched on JCSat-18 / Kacific 1 mission in December 2019. The other payload fairing half flew on Starlink 2 v1.0 in January 2020. [41] For the first time, SpaceX did not perform a static fire before launch.
8830 June 2020
20:10:46 [42] 		F9 B5
B1060.1 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		GPS III-03 ( Matthew Henson )4,311 kg (9,504 lb) [43] MEO U.S. Space Force [43] SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
Payload manufacturing contract awarded January 2012, [44] fully assembled in August 2017, [45] [46] and completed thermal vacuum testing in June 2018. [47] Launch contract was awarded initially for US$96.5 million, [48] but later, this was discounted in exchange for allowing to launch configuration enabling booster recovery. [49] The vehicle nicknamed Columbus was transported to Florida in February 2020, [50] but launch was delayed by the customer from April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [51] The launch was dedicated to the memory of the recently deceased, late commander of the 21st Space Wing, Colonel Thomas G. Falzarano, [52] [53] and after launch, in October 2020, the nickname was changed to that of the Arctic explorer Matthew Henson. [54] [55] For second time, the second stage featured a gray banded Falcon long coast mission-extension kit, to allow more heat to be absorbed during the longer coasting period, [56] while both fairings were recovered out of the water without attempting a catch in the net.
8920 July 2020
21:30 [57] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1058.2 [58] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		ANASIS-II 5,000–6,000 kg (11,000–13,000 lb) GTO Republic of Korea Army SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
At 5–6 tonnes, the satellite formerly known as K-Milsat-1 is South Korea's first dedicated military satellite. Contracted by South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration in 2014. [59] 57th successful recovery of a Falcon 9 first stage. For the first time both fairing halves were also successfully caught by fairing catching ships. [60] This launch featured a booster reflight within 51 days, a new record turnaround time for a Falcon booster. [61] It was the same booster that launched the Crew Dragon Demo-2 spacecraft on 30 May 2020. [57] The satellite was delivered to a super-synchronous transfer orbit of 211 km × 45,454 km (131 mi × 28,244 mi), while both fairing halves were caught in the catch nets of the supports ships. [62]
907 August 2020
05:12 [63] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1051.5 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink 9 v1.0 (57 Satellites), [38]
SXRS-1 (BlackSky Global 7 and 8) 		14,932 kg (32,919 lb) LEO SpaceX
Spaceflight Industries (BlackSky)		SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
Ninth operational launch of Starlink satellites. This mission carried 57 Starlink satellites and two BlackSky satellites as rideshare. [64] This first rideshare contracted with Spaceflight Industries was dubbed internally as "SXRS-1". [65] After previously testing on a single Starlink, the launch will have all 57 satellites include a "VisorSat" to reduce their brightness. [66]
9118 August 2020
14:31 [67] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1049.6 [58] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 10 v1.0 (58 satellites)
SkySat-19, -20, -21		~15,440 kg (34,040 lb) LEO SpaceX
Planet Labs 		SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
Tenth operational launch of Starlink satellites. Starlink flight including three SkySat rideshare satellites. [40] First time a booster made a 6th flight. [68] The fairings previously flew on Starlink 3 v1.0. One fairing half was caught by Go Ms. Tree, the other was scooped out of the ocean. [40]
9230 August 2020
23:18 [69] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1059.4 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		SAOCOM 1B [70]
GNOMES 1 [70]
Tyvak-0172 [71] 		3,130 kg (6,900 lb) [72] SSO CONAE
PlanetIQ
Tyvak 		SuccessSuccess
(ground pad)
The 100th launch in SpaceX's history, first time a commercial launch on a fourth launch of a booster, it deployed Earth-observing satellites built by Argentina's space agency CONAE and two rideshares. SpaceX was contracted in 2009 for an initial launch as early as 2013. [73] Originally planned for launch from Vandenberg but launched from Cape Canaveral, which made it the first flight from there using the southern corridor to a polar orbit since 1969. [74] [75]
933 September 2020
12:46:14 [76] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1060.2 [77] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink 11 v1.0 (60 satellites)15,600 kg (34,400 lb) [4] LEO SpaceX SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
Eleventh operational launch of Starlink satellites, bringing the total to 713 launched Starlink satellites. [76]
946 October 2020
11:29:34 [78] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1058.3 [79] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink 12 v1.0 (60 satellites)15,600 kg (34,400 lb) [4] LEO SpaceX SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
Twelfth operational launch of Starlink satellites, which for the first time used a fairing half on its third launch. [80] Also, the B1058 holds the title for the shortest time a booster reached 3 flights which is 129 days beating B1046 by 77 days.
9518 October 2020
12:25:57 [81] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1051.6 [82] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink 13 v1.0 (60 satellites)15,600 kg (34,400 lb) [4] LEO SpaceX SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
Thirteenth operational launch of Starlink satellites. Second time a booster was flown six times and first time both fairing halves were flown a third time. Both fairing halves landed on their respective ships but one fairing broke the net on Ms Tree. [83]
9624 October 2020
15:31:34 [84] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1060.3 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 14 v1.0 (60 satellites)15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
Fourteenth operational launch of Starlink satellites and the 100th successful launch of a Falcon vehicle. [85]
975 November 2020
23:24:23 [86] 		F9 B5
B1062.1 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		GPS III-04 ( Sacagawea ) [54] [87] 4,311 kg (9,504 lb) MEO USSF SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
Manufacturing contract awarded in January 2012, [44] underwent thermal vacuum testing in December 2018, [88] while the launch contract was awarded in March 2018. [89] A launch attempt on 3 October 2020, was aborted two seconds before liftoff due to early start in two engines. [90] [91] Following the abort, two engines from B1062 were sent for further testing. [92] The abort also caused delays to the Crew-1 launch to allow time for data review. [93] [94]
9816 November 2020
00:27 [95] 		F9 B5
B1061.1 [96] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Crew-1
(Crew Dragon C207.1 Resilience)		~12,500 kg (27,600 lb) LEO (ISS) NASA (CCP) [9] SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
First crew rotation of the commercial crew program, following the return in August of the crewed test flight mission Crew Demo 2. Originally designated "USCV-1" by NASA. Carried astronauts Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, Shannon Walker and Soichi Noguchi, for a 6-month stay aboard the ISS, during which the Boeing Starliner OFT flight launched but was unable to dock as expected. [97] The first flight of the crew program was initially expected to launch in 2017, [98] [99] and finished final certifications in November 2020. [100]
9921 November 2020
17:17:08 [101] 		F9 B5 B1063.1 VSFB,
SLC-4E 		Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich (Jason-CS A) 1,192 kg (2,628 lb) LEO NASA / NOAA / ESA / EUMETSAT SuccessSuccess
(ground pad)
Named after the former director of NASA's Earth science program, it is a radar altimeter satellite part of the Ocean Surface Topography constellation located at 1,336 km (830 mi) and 66° inclination, and a follow-up to Jason 3 as a partnership between the United States (NOAA and NASA), Europe (EUMETSAT, ESA, CNES). [102]
10025 November 2020
02:13 [103] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1049.7 [104] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 15 v1.0 (60 satellites)15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
First time a booster was launched for a seventh time and first time SpaceX completed four launches in a single month.
1016 December 2020
16:17:08 [105] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1058.4 [106] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		SpaceX CRS-21
(Dragon C208.1)		2,972 kg (6,552 lb) (excl. Dragon mass) LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS)SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
First launch of phase 2 of the CRS contract of six launches awarded in January 2016. [107] It was the first launch of the upgraded version Cargo Dragon 2 spacecraft, with increased payload capacity and autonomous docking to the ISS. Payloads included Nanoracks Bishop Airlock [108] and CFIG-1 (Cool Flames Investigation with Gases). [109] It's also the 100th successful Falcon 9 launch.
10213 December 2020
17:30:00 [110] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1051.7 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 [111] 		SXM-7 7,000 kg (15,000 lb) GTO Sirius XM SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
Launched the largest, high-power broadcasting satellite for SiriusXM's digital audio radio service (DARS). SXM-7 was built by Maxar Technologies; intended to operate in the S-band spectrum, it will replace the SXM-3 satellite. The satellite will deliver the highest power density of any commercial satellite on-orbit, [112] generate more than 20 kW of power, and have a large unfoldable antenna reflector, which enables broadcast to radios without the need for large dish-type antennas on the ground. Due to the heavy weight, the payload was injected into a sub-synchronous orbit of 224 km × 19,411 km (139 mi × 12,061 mi) and the satellite itself will transfer to full GTO. [113] It was the first time a commercial primary payload flew on a booster which had been flown more than 4 times before. [114] First dedicated customer launch where the fairings were previously used. [115]
10319 December 2020
14:00:00 [116] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1059.5 		KSC,
LC-39A 		NROL-108 Classified LEO NRO SuccessSuccess
(ground pad)
The planned launch was not known by the public until FCC filings appeared in late September followed by confirmation from the NRO on 5 October 2020, likely a relatively light payload that allows the return of the booster to the launch site. [117]

2021

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

Flight No.Date and
time (UTC)		 Version,
booster [lower-alpha 1] 		Launch
site		Payload [lower-alpha 2] Payload massOrbitCustomerLaunch
outcome		 Booster
landing
1048 January 2021
02:15 [121] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1060.4 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Türksat 5A [122] 3,500 kg (7,700 lb) GTO Türksat SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
A 3,500 kg (7,700 lb) satellite intended to be stationed at 31.0° east. [122] This is the most powerful satellite in Türksat's fleet [123] and will provide Ku-band television broadcast services over Turkey, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. The satellite was injected in to a Super-synchronous transfer orbit of 280 km × 55,000 km (170 mi × 34,180 mi) with 17.6° inclination. [124]
10520 January 2021
13:02:22 [125] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1051.8 [126] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink 16 v1.0 (60 satellites)15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
The first booster to successfully launch and land eight times. Achieved a record turnaround time between two launches of the same booster of only 38 days and brought the total of launched Starlink satellites to over 1000. [127] SpaceX stated that the landing would occur during higher winds than usual; this test to expand the landing envelope was successfully passed by the booster. [128]
10624 January 2021
15:00 [129] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1058.5 [130] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Transporter-1: (143 smallsat rideshare) ~5,000 kg (11,000 lb) SSO VariousSuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
First dedicated smallsat rideshare launch arranged by SpaceX, targeting a 525 km (326 mi) altitude orbit. [131] The launch deployed a record 143 satellites, consisting of 120 CubeSats, 11 microsatellites, 10 Starlinks, and 2 transfer stages. In addition, 2 hosted payloads and 1 non-separating dummy satellite [132] were launched. [133] These include SpaceBEE (x 36), Lemur-2 (x 8), ICEYE (x 3), UVSQ-SAT, [134] ELaNa 35 (PTD-1), [135] and Kepler nanosats (x 8). [136] [137] D-Orbit ION Satellite Carrier and 10 Starlink satellites made for testing optical laser inter-satellite links placed in a polar orbit [138] and 2 of 15 payloads remained attached to SHERPA-FX1. Exolaunch deployed several small satellites and cubesats via their own deployment mechanisms. First flight of a Falcon 9 with a SHERPA-FX transfer stage called SHERPA-FX1. [139] [140]
1074 February 2021
06:19 [141] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1060.5 [142] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 18 v1.0 (60 satellites)15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
This set a new booster turnaround record, at 27 days, and it was the first time a Falcon 9 flew twice within a month. [143]
10816 February 2021
03:59:37 [144] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1059.6 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 19 v1.0 (60 satellites) [145] 15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX SuccessFailure
(drone ship)
A hole in a heat-shielding engine cover, which likely developed through fatigue, allowed recirculating hot exhaust gases to damage one of the Merlin 1D first-stage engines, causing it to shut down early during ascent. Engine-out capability of the Falcon 9 allowed the mission to continue and successfully deploy the 60 Starlink satellites to orbit. [146] The issue caused the booster to fail its landing attempt and miss the droneship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) after its entry burn, breaking the longest streak of 24 landing successes (since surpassed). [147] During this mission, GO Ms. Tree and GO Ms. Chief were used for the last time to recover the fairings; [148] [149] SpaceX retired the fairing catching program in favor of fairing fishing. [150] Both fairing catching ships were retired from SpaceX use.
1094 March 2021
08:24:54 [151] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1049.8 [152] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink 17 v1.0 (60 satellites)15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
Launch had previously been postponed multiple times, causing the payload Starlink L17 to launch after the L18 and L19 missions. Featured for the first time, a fairing which was flying on its fourth flight. [153] The second-stage deorbit burn failed, causing an uncontrolled reentry on 26 March 2021, over the west coast of the United States. [154]
11011 March 2021
08:13:29 [155] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1058.6 [156] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 20 v1.0 (60 satellites)15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
Twentieth operational launch of Starlink satellites, bringing the total to 1,265 (including prototypes) launched Starlink satellites. [157]
11114 March 2021
10:01:26 [158] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1051.9 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink 21 v1.0 (60 satellites)15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
First time a first-stage booster flew and landed for the ninth time. This flight also marked the fastest turnaround time for a fairing half, at 49 days. Both fairing halves previously flew on the Transporter-1 mission. [159]
11224 March 2021
08:28:24 [160] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1060.6 [161] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 22 v1.0 (60 satellites)15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
Fairing "wet recovery" achieved by contracted recovery vessel Shelia Bordelon for the first time. Both fairing halves were retrieved from the water. [162]
1137 April 2021
16:34:18		 F9 B5 ♺
B1058.7 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 23 v1.0 (60 satellites)15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
23rd operational launch of Starlink satellites, bringing the total to 1,385 launched Starlink satellites (including prototype). This launch featured the second fastest booster turnaround time at 27 days and 8 hours (after Starlink 18 with B1060.5, which was 4 hours faster). [163]
11423 April 2021
09:49:02 [164] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1061.2 [165] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Crew-2
(Crew Dragon C206.2 Endeavour ♺ )		~13,000 kg (29,000 lb) [166] LEO (ISS) NASA (CTS) [9] SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
Second operational flight of Crew Dragon for Commercial Crew Program. Transported NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, JAXA Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet to the ISS. [167] The four astronauts will spend 6 months aboard the ISS. Beginning with the Crew-2 mission, NASA has modified the contract to allow NASA astronauts to use flight-proven Dragon capsules and booster. [168] Thus SpaceX reflew the Dragon used on Demo-2 and used Booster B1061-2 which had been used to launch Crew-1 in November 2020.
11529 April 2021
03:44:30 [169] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1060.7 [170] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 24 v1.0 (60 satellites)15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
24th operational launch of Starlink satellites, bringing the total to 1,434 Starlink satellites still in orbit. This launch also paid tribute to Apollo 11 crew Michael Collins, who died hours before the launch. [171]
1164 May 2021
19:01:07 [172] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1049.9 [173] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink 25 v1.0 (60 satellites)15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX SuccessSuccess
(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.
1179 May 2021
06:42:45 [174] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1051.10 [175] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 27 v1.0 (60 satellites)15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
This was the first time a booster flew 10 times. Brought the total number of operational Starlink satellites in the first shell to approximately 1516 out of a planned 1584. [176]
11815 May 2021
22:56 [177] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1058.8 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Starlink 26 v1.0 (52 Satellites)
Capella-6 &Tyvak-0130 [178] 		~14,000 kg (31,000 lb) LEO SpaceX
Capella Space and Tyvak 		SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
Rideshare launch with a targeted orbit at 569x582, significantly higher than typical Starlink launches, to allow for needs of the rideshare payloads. [179] Fairing "wet recovery" done by contracted recovery vessel Shelia Bordelon for the last time.
11926 May 2021
18:59:35 [180] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1063.2 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink 28 v1.0 (60 Satellites)15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
Will likely complete the first shell of the Starlink network located at 550 km altitude and containing 1584 satellites. [179] It was 40th launch a fairing was reused, with one half being used for the 5th time (first fairing to do so) and the other for a 3rd time. [181] This launch marks SpaceX's 100th successful launch in a row without in-flight failure since December 2015.
1203 June 2021
17:29:17 [182] 		F9 B5
B1067.1 [183] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		SpaceX CRS-22
(Dragon C209.1)		3,328 kg (7,337 lb) (excl. Dragon mass) LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS)SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
Second of a minimum of six new cargo missions under the CRS-2 contract, which NASA awarded SpaceX in 2015. Mission was flown with an uncrewed Dragon 2 capsule, [184] which carried solar panels, catalytic reactor for the station's life support system, an emergency air supply system, Kurs remote control unit, and a Potable Water Dispense (PWD) filter. Also carried were the RamSat cubesat as payload for ELaNa 36, [185] the SOAR cubesat for the University of Manchester [186] and the first Mauritian satellite MIR-SAT1 [187] to be launched from the station later. This was the last mission the Of Course I Still Love You droneship supported on the east coast, [188] since SpaceX began launching Starlink satellites from the West Coast starting in July, which requires a droneship landing. OCISLY was replaced by A Shortfall Of Gravitas droneship later that summer. [189]
1216 June 2021
04:26 [190] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1061.3 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		SXM-8 [191] 7,000 kg (15,000 lb) GTO Sirius XM SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
A large, high-power broadcasting satellite for SiriusXM's digital audio radio service (DARS) contracted together with SXM-7 to replace the aging XM-4 satellite and allow broadcast to radios without the need for large dish-type antennas on the ground. [114] [192]
12217 June 2021
16:09:35 [193] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1062.2 [194] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		USA-319 / GPS III-05 (Neil Armstrong) [54] [195] 4,331 kg (9,548 lb) [196] MEO USSF [43] SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
Manufacturing contract awarded February 2013. [197] In March 2018, the Air Force announced it had awarded the launch contract for three GPS satellites to SpaceX. [198] This is the first reused booster launch for a 'national security' mission. [199] Fairing "wet recovery" was attempted by contracted recovery vessel Hos Briarwood for the first time. Both fairing halves were retrieved from water. [200] [201]
12330 June 2021
19:31 [202] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1060.8 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Transporter-2: (88 payloads Smallsat Rideshare) Unknown [lower-alpha 3] SSO VariousSuccessSuccess
(ground pad)
A total of 88 payloads including prototype Starlink v1.5 satellites made for testing optical laser inter-satellite links [203] (3x), Polar Vigilance (4x), Exolaunch YAM-2 & 3, Satellogic, [204] Capella-5 [205] HawkEye Cluster 3 (multiple sats), Spaceflight Industries (multiple sats including on two space tugs Sherpa-FX2 Sherpa-LTE1). [202] LINCS 1 and 2 were reported to be tumbling uncontrolled due to "an issue with the launch vehicle". [206]
12429 August 2021
07:14:49 [207] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1061.4 		KSC,
LC-39A 		SpaceX CRS-23
(Dragon C208.2 ♺ )		~2,200 kg (4,900 lb) (excl. Dragon mass) LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS)SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
Third of six new cargo missions NASA awarded in 2015 to SpaceX under the CRS-2 contract to be flown after the initial 20 missions of phase 1 were completed in 2020. [184] Includes FBCE, SoFIE. First time a booster landed on SpaceX's fourth droneship, A Shortfall Of Gravitas (ASOG), [208] [209] marking the first use when SpaceX has three droneships in operation.
12514 September 2021
03:55:50 [210] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1049.10 [211] 		VSFB,
SLC-4E 		Starlink Group 2-1 (v1.5 L1, 51 satellites) [212] [213] ~13,260 kg (29,230 lb) LEO SpaceX SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
First launch of Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base, and first West coast launch in 10 months. The 70-degree inclination launch is the first Starlink launch into a high-inclination, non-SSO orbit. [179] The satellites were the upgraded and operational 1.5 version that featured "laser inter-satellite links, which are needed for high latitudes & mid ocean coverage". [212] It was the second booster to make a tenth flight and landing.
12616 September 2021
00:02:56 [214] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1062.3 [215] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Inspiration4
(Crew Dragon C207.2 Resilience ♺ )		~12,519 kg (27,600 lb) LEO Jared Isaacman
[note 1] [216] [217] 		SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
SpaceX signed in February 2021, its first all-civilian flight for a crewed spacecraft with Jared Isaacman (Leadership), founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments, who commands and pilots the mission, and who donated the three other seats in the Crew Dragon vehicle's launch to LEO. The first of these three seats (Generosity) was won by Christopher Sembroski in a lottery, who donated to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the second seat (Hope) was awarded to Hayley Arceneaux, an ambassador associated with that hospital, and the third seat (Prosperity) was awarded to Sian Proctor, the winner of a contest between entrepreneurs who use Shift4Shop. The seats were awarded on 30 March 2021. [218] [219] The mission reached a circular orbit of about 585 km and lasted about three days. The docking adapter of Crew Dragon Resilience was replaced by a dome window. [220] [221] [222]
12711 November 2021
02:03:31 [223] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1067.2 [224] 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Crew-3
(Crew Dragon C210.1 Endurance)		~13,000 kg (29,000 lb) [225] LEO (ISS) NASA (CTS) [9] SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
SpaceX's third operational Crew Dragon flight carried NASA astronauts Thomas Marshburn, Kayla Barron and Raja Chari as well as German ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer. [226] It also carried up to 100 kg (220 lb) of cargo to the ISS. [9]
12813 November 2021
12:19 [227] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1058.9 [228] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink Group 4-1 (53 satellites) [229] ~15,635 kg (34,469 lb) LEO SpaceX SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
First East Coast Starlink launch after the v1.0 L28 launch which completed the first shell of the Starlink network located at 540 km altitude. Fairing "wet recovery" was attempted by SpaceX multipurpose ship, Bob for the first time, and both fairing halves were retrieved from water. [230] [200]
12924 November 2021
06:21 [231] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1063.3 [232] 		VSFB,
SLC-4E 		Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) [233] 624 kg (1,376 lb) Heliocentric NASA (LSP)SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
Dart mission will measure the kinetic effects of crashing an impactor into the surface of the moon of 65803 Didymos asteroid. It is the first mission aiming to demonstrate asteroid redirect capability [234] and the first NASA scientific mission using a previously flown booster. [235] The launch contract was awarded to SpaceX for $69 million. [236]
1302 December 2021
23:12 [237] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1060.9 [238] 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Starlink Group 4-3 (48 satellites)
SXRS-2: BlackSky Global (2 sats) [239] 		~14,500 kg (32,000 lb) LEO SpaceX
Spaceflight, Inc. (BlackSky Global)		SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
This mission carried 48 Starlink satellites [240] and two BlackSky Gen-2 satellites (numbered 12 and 13) [241] as rideshare payloads. The BlackSky satellites were released prior to the Starlink deployment, to a 435x425 km orbit at 53.2° inclination. [242]
1319 December 2021
06:00 [243] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1061.5 		KSC,
LC-39A 		Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) [244] 325 kg (717 lb) LEO NASA (LSP)SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
SMEX 14 mission with three identical NASA telescopes on a single spacecraft, designed to measure X-rays. The launch contract was awarded to SpaceX for US$50.3 million, [244] and is the smallest dedicated payload ever launched by Falcon 9 launch vehicle. [245] However, the required exact equatorial orbit required an orbital plane change that meant an approximately 30% of Falcon 9's maximum theoretical performance for such an orbital profile (1.5-2 tons). [246]
13218 December 2021
12:41 [247] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1051.11 		VSFB,
SLC-4E 		Starlink Group 4-4
(52 satellites) [248] 		15,600 kg (34,400 lb) LEO SpaceX SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
First West coast and third overall 53.2-degree inclination Starlink launch. First time a Falcon 9 first stage booster flew for an eleventh time.
13319 December 2021
03:58 [249] 		F9 B5 ♺
B1067.3 		CCSFS,
SLC-40 		Türksat 5B [250] 4,500 kg (9,900 lb) GTO Türksat SuccessSuccess
(drone ship)
The first GTO satellite partially built in Turkey, the 4,500 kg (9,900 lb) satellite is intended to be placed at 42.0° east. [251] By launching at the opening of the Turksat-5B window, SpaceX set a new record for the shortest time between two Falcon 9 launches at 15 hours and 17 minutes. The previous record time was 44 hours and 17 minutes, set between the Starlink Group 2-1 and Inspiration4 missions. [252]
13421 December 2021
10:06 [253] 		F9 B5
B1069.1 		KSC,
LC-39A 		SpaceX CRS-24
(Dragon C209.2 ♺ )		2,989 kg (6,590 lb) (excl. Dragon mass) LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS)SuccessSuccess [lower-alpha 4]
(drone ship)
Fourth of six new cargo missions NASA awarded in 2015 to SpaceX under the CRS-2 contract to be flown after the initial 20 missions of phase 1 were completed in 2020. [184] First time SpaceX launched 5 rockets within the same calendar month. The ELaNa 38 mission, consisting of 4 cubesats, launched on this flight. [255] SpaceX achieved the feat of 100 successful orbital rocket booster landings in this mission, coinciding with the 6th anniversary of its first booster landing. The rough seas led to the Octograbber robot not being able to secure the booster to the deck, leading to both the booster, droneship and the Octagrabber robot being heavily damaged in transit. [254]

See also

Notes

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

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