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The manufacture of first-stage booster constitutes about 60% of the launch price of a single expended Falcon 9 [1] (and three of them over 80% of the launch price of an expended Falcon Heavy), which led SpaceX to develop a program dedicated to recovery and reuse of these boosters.
The Super Heavy booster is reusable, and is recovered via large arms on the tower capable of catching the descending vehicle. [7] As of January 2025, 0 boosters have been refurbished and subsequently flown at least a second time, though 2 boosters, Booster 12 and Booster 14, has been recovered after flight, with Booster 12 having damage to one ...
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 fifth major Starship flight test will be the most ambitious yet for the 120-metre-tall rocket system, with SpaceX planning to deliver it to orbit before recovering the Super Heavy booster in ...
A still from SpaceX's live stream on Tuesday shows the Super Heavy rocket booster heading back to Earth for splashdown after the test flight team deemed conditions were not favorable for a catch ...
SpaceX is set to test its massive Starship rocket next week following a successful catch of its Super Heavy booster last month, which would mark the company's fastest turnaround yet. Elon Musk ...
The program was announced in 2011. SpaceX first achieved a successful landing and recovery of a first stage in December 2015. The first re-flight of a landed first stage occurred in March 2017 [3] with the second occurring in June 2017, that one only five months after the maiden flight of the booster. [4]
The published prices for Falcon Heavy launches have changed as development progressed, with announced prices for the various versions of Falcon Heavy priced at US$80–125 million in 2011, [77] US$83–128 million in 2012, [78] US$77–135 million in 2013, [95] US$85 million for up to 6.4 t (14,000 lb) to GTO in 2014, US$90 million for up to 8 ...