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The last flight of a Block 4 booster was in June 2018. Since then all boosters in the active fleet are Block 5. Booster names are a B followed by a four-digit number. The first Falcon 9 version, v1.0, had boosters B0001 to B0007. All following boosters were numbered sequentially starting at B1001, the number 1 standing for first-stage booster.
A single Falcon 9 booster reused for the 20th time. [146] Booster 1062: 12 September 2024 First commercial spacewalk Polaris Dawn: 13 October 2024 First Super Heavy booster catch Starship flight test 5: 19 November 2024 First in space relight of a full-flow staged combustion cycle engine . [117] Starship flight test 6
Booster 3 completed stacking in the High Bay on June 29, 2021, [18] and moved to the test stand. [19] A cryogenic proof test was completed on July 13, [20] [21] followed by a static fire test on July 19. BN3/Booster 3 was partially scrapped on August 15, while the liquid oxygen (LOX) tank remained welded to the Test Stand until January 13, 2022 ...
The 30-foot-wide Super Heavy first stage, loaded with 6.8 million pounds of liquid oxygen and methane propellants, stands 230 feet tall and is powered by 33 SpaceX-designed Raptor engines ...
Booster 4 was the first vehicle intended to fly on Starship's Flight Test 1. It was the first Super Heavy to be stacked with Starship, [80] and conducted multiple cryogenic tests before being retired in favor of Booster 7 and Ship 24. [81] Booster 7 being tested on the orbital launch pad at Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas in February 2023.
The landing mishap ended a string of 267 successful booster recoveries. ... launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center where another Falcon 9 stands ready for launch to boost the Polaris Dawn crew ...
[1] [2] A grid fin malfunction occurred shortly after the entry burn, resulting in the booster performing a controlled landing in the ocean. [3] Following this anomaly on its maiden and only flight, B1050 was scrapped for parts. It is believed its cold gas thrusters, as well as some of its electronics, were used for SpaceX's Starhopper prototype.
Falcon 9 Block 5 is a partially reusable, human-rated, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle [c] designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX.It is the fifth major version of the Falcon 9 family and the third version of the Falcon 9 Full Thrust.