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Rockets from the Falcon 9 family have been launched 425 times over 15 years, resulting in 422 full successes (99.29%), two in-flight failures (SpaceX CRS-7 and Starlink Group 9–3), and one partial success (SpaceX CRS-1, which delivered its cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), but a secondary payload was stranded in a lower-than-planned orbit).
It's launch day! SpaceX is targeting 7:45 p.m. EDT to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. If needed, seven backup launch opportunities are ...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rose into the night sky for an on-time liftoff of 8:32 p.m. from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40 on May 17, 2024. The rocket launch is seen from the Vero Beach High ...
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 Starlink mission from pad 40 after five consecutive nights of delays at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Falcon 9 v1.0 (left) and v1.1 (right) engine configurations The launch of the first Falcon 9 v1.1 from Vandenberg SLC-4 (Falcon 9 Flight 6) in September 2013. V1.1 is 60% heavier with 60% more thrust than v1.0. [73] Its nine (more powerful) Merlin 1D engines were rearranged into an "octagonal" pattern [88] [89] that SpaceX called Octaweb. This ...
Falcon 9 and Cargo Dragon launched at 20:55 UTC on 21 March 2024, for SpaceX's 30th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Falcon 9's first stage booster B1080 successfully landed at Landing Zone-1 (LZ-1) eight minutes after launch, and Cargo Dragon separated from the 2nd stage 4 minutes later. [ 5 ]
In the second launch, a Falcon 9 rocket sent 24 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. It was the rocket’s 12th flight. ... USA TODAY Sports. Astros get Gold Glove slugger Christian Walker on ...
[37] 300th Falcon 9 launch. For the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972, LC-39A returns to supporting Lunar missions. 15 February 21:34 [41] Falcon 9 Block 5: Starlink Group 7-14 Vandenberg SLC-4E: SpaceX: Starlink × 22 SpaceX: Low Earth: Communications: In orbit: Operational 300th Successful Falcon 9 launch. 17 February 00:22:55 [42] H3-22S ...