Hera is a European Space Agency mission under its Space Safety program. Its primary goal is to study the aftermath of NASA's DART mission, which intentionally collided with the Didymos binary asteroid system. By analyzing the crater formed and the momentum transferred during the impact, Hera will help validate the kinetic impact method as a potential strategy for deflecting a near-Earth asteroid on a collision course with Earth. The mission will provide data on the efficiency of this technique. It will also carry two nano-satellite CubeSats, called Milani and Juventas. At 43,042 km/h (26,745 mph) the launch had the highest-speed payload injection ever achieved by SpaceX, however to reach that speed, the first stage booster was expended. This was the second booster to complete its 23rd flight. Although the Falcon 9 remained grounded following the Crew-9 mishap, the FAA granted an exemption for the Hera launch, as it did not involve a second-stage reentry.

Long-duration mission to the International Space Station (ISS). First crewed mission to launch from SLC-40. The launch will carry two members of the Expedition 72 crew, Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov, along with a small amount of cargo to the ISS. Due to technical issues with the Boeing Starliner Calypso, Barry E. Wilmore and Sunita Williams, the crew of the Boeing Crew Flight Test, will return from the station on the Dragon spacecraft. The second stage experienced an off-nominal deorbit burn, and while it landed safely in the ocean, it was outside the targeted area. SpaceX said it would ground the Falcon 9 while investigating the root cause of the mishap. It marked the third grounding of the Falcon 9 in three months.

Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Second and last launch of Galileo navigation satellites on Falcon 9. Originally planned to launch on Soyuz, but canceled after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Launch was shifted to the new Ariane 6 rocket, but the program was delayed. On the previous Galileo launch, the booster was expended due to a lack of fuel for a landing. However, that launch provided data that allowed SpaceX to make design and operational changes to recover the booster on this launch. The company said this landing attempt would test the bounds of recovery.

Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Cellphone-compatible broadband constellation. Each satellite is to be a similar size and weight to its 1,500-kilogram (3,300 lb) BlueWalker 3 prototype and have a 64-square-meter (690 sq ft) phased array antenna.

First of two Crew Dragon missions for the Polaris Program. The rocket launched Crew Dragon with Jared Isaacman, Scott Poteet, Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon into an elliptic orbit, reaching an altitude of 1,400 kilometers (870 mi); the farthest anyone has been from Earth since NASA's Apollo program. During the five-day mission, Isaacman and Gillis performed the first commercial spacewalk. The mission was also the first test of Dragon's laser interlink communication via Starlink. Resilience has been modified extensively for this mission.

Launch of 21 Starshield satellites to 70° inclination orbit. Third of up to six launches of SpaceX/Northrop Grumman-built Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office. Launch marked the 100th successful landing on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship.

Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. New record for the time between missions from different pads, launching 1 hour and 5 minutes after the prior flight.

Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini-satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. The booster was making its 23rd flight, a new record. The booster caught fire during the touchdown, immediately tipped over, and was destroyed. This marked the first landing failure in over three years, ending a streak of 267 successful landings and the first failure on the A Shortfall of Gravitas platform. The FAA required SpaceX to investigate the landing failure. On Aug. 30, the FAA approved the request for SpaceX to return Falcon 9 to launch.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 279 km (173 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit. Fifth time a second stage featured Falcon medium coast mission-extension kit.

Maxar Technologies built satellites.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 279 km (173 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Space Norway launched two satellites built by Inmarsat for the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) system into highly elliptical Molniya transfer orbits (apogee: 43,509 km (27,035 mi), perigee: 8,089 km (5,026 mi), 63.4° inclination) to provide communication coverage to high latitudes not served by geosynchronous satellites. Second booster to fly for the 22nd time.

Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Second of three launches Northrop Grumman acquired from SpaceX while a replacement engine is developed for its Antares rocket. Unmanned Enhanced Cygnus cargo spacecraft named in honor of Francis R. "Dick" Scobee. Eleventh flight with short nozzle second stage which has lower production cost and faster build time, but is only suitable for missions with lower performance requirements.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 279 km (173 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 279 km (173 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. 300th Falcon first-stage reflight.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 279 km (173 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. Return-to-flight mission.

Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, that failed to reach orbit. The mission experienced a failure of its second stage. While the initial burn proceeded as planned, a subsequent liquid oxygen leak led to engine disintegration during a planned second burn. Without the additional burn, all Starlink satellites were lost due to atmospheric drag. The incident marked the first Falcon 9 Block 5 failure since its introduction, ending a streak of 325 consecutive successful Falcon 9 launches following the pre-flight anomaly of AMOS-6. The FAA initiated a mishap investigation, grounding Falcon 9 launches until concluding that no public safety risks were present. The rocket was cleared to resume flight on 25 July 2024, though the overall investigation remained open.

First domestically produced Turkish communications satellite.

Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. 100th Starlink satellite launched with direct-to-cell connectivity.

The second of up to 6 launches of SpaceX/Northrop Grumman built Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 279 km (173 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. First booster to fly for the 22nd time, new record.

In September 2021, NASA awarded SpaceX a $152.5 million contract to provide launch services for the GOES-19 weather satellite (known as GOES-U during launch). Fourth time a second stage featured Falcon medium coast mission-extension kit.

Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 279 km (173 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. A launch attempt on 14 June was scrubbed when B1073 commanded an abort seconds after engine ignition. The payload and second stage were moved to B1078 for launch.

A SES satellite serving major broadcasters across Europe.

Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. Second booster to fly for the 21st time.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 279 km (173 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. 300th Falcon 9 booster landing.

Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. Fastest landing-to-landing turnaround of a drone ship, with A Shortfall of Gravitas having serviced the previous Starlink launch only 3 days, 12 hours prior. First time SpaceX has completed 14 Falcon launches in a calendar month (the launch took place on the evening of 31 May local time).

EarthCARE (Cloud, Aerosol and Radiation Explorer) satellite is the sixth mission in ESA's Earth Explorer program. Tenth flight with short nozzle second stage which has lower production cost and faster build time, but is only suitable for missions with lower performance requirements. This marks the first time SpaceX has completed 13 Falcon launches in a calendar month.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

The first of up to 6 launches of SpaceX/Northrop built Starshield satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. First booster to fly for the 21st time, new record.

Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Two Maxar Technologies satellites built by subsidiary SSL for subsidiary DigitalGlobe. Ninth flight with short nozzle second stage which has lower production cost and faster build time, but is only suitable for missions with lower performance requirements.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. 300th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch.

First Galileo satellites booked on a US rocket following delays to the European Ariane 6 program. The booster was expended on this mission due to the performance needed to get the payload to the desired 23,616 km orbit.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. 300th Falcon booster landing, including both Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy boosters.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. First booster to fly for the 20th time, new record.

Launch part of Phase 2 US Space Force contract awarded in 2022. Mission will launch the first Weather System Follow-on Microwave weather satellite, which will replace the aging Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellites.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to 45° inclination, 550–600 km (340–370 mi) altitude. The mission includes flight 2 of 425 Project SAR satellite, a military satellite of South Korea with a mass of ~800 kg (1,800 lb).

Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including six with direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 535 km (332 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. This marks the first time SpaceX has completed 12 Falcon launches in a calendar month.

Television broadcast satellite. First time SpaceX completed 11 Falcon launches in a calendar month.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. Least time taken between landing and port's arrival at 50 hours and fastest turnaround of a pad switching from Dragon to Fairing mission, that was completed in 4 days.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Six additional CRS-2 missions for Dragon 2 were announced in March 2022, resupplying the ISS until 2026. First launch of Dragon 2 from SLC-40.

Launch of 20 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation and two SpaceX Starshield satellites as rideshare.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. First time 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites are launched on a flight from Vandenberg.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. SpaceX set a new record for the shortest time between two Falcon launches at 1 hour and 51 minutes. The previous record time was 2 hours and 54 minutes, set between the USSF-52 (Boeing X-37B OTV-7) and Starlink Group 6–36 missions on December 29, 2023. Thus for the first time, SpaceX launch operations for a mission coincided with that of a preceding launch (in this case, payload deployment of Transporter-10:(53 payloads SmallSat Rideshare). It is a new record for the shortest time between three Falcon launches at 20 hours and 3 minutes. The previous record time was 23 hours and 4 minutes, set between flights 298 and 300 on 14/15 February 2024.

Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit including the 1,000th satellite of SpaceX rideshare program. Third time a second stage featured Falcon medium coast mission-extension kit.

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. SpaceX flew its 50th astronaut on this Crew Dragon launch.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 24 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. New mass record on Falcon 9 taking 17,500 kg (38,600 lb) to low Earth orbit.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. This mission marked the second time a booster was flown for the 19th time and featured a Merlin engine that was being used on its 22nd mission beating its own record, having already surpassed Space Shuttle Main Engine no. 2019's record of 19 flights.

Indonesian satellite to provide more capacity over Indonesia. 300th successful Falcon 9 mission.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. This mission marked the 300th Falcon 9 launch, the 200th consecutive successful landing of a booster, and the first time SpaceX launched three rockets within 24 hours. SpaceX removed the stiffener ring around the nozzle of Merlin Vacuum Engine on Starlink missions starting with this launch.

Second mission of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, and first private American company to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon. The lander is to carry five payloads of up to 100 kg (220 lb) total (LRA, NDL, LN-1, SCALPSS, and ROLSES), a deployable camera namely, EagleCam and transmit data from the lunar surface in a mission lasting 2 weeks. The LC-39A pad's transporter erector was modified to fuel cryogenic liquid oxygen and liquid methane into the payload before liftoff.

Launch included two HBTSS and four SDA Tranche 0 Tracking Layer satellites. Launch part of Phase 2 US Space Force contract awarded in 2022. Second time a second stage featured Falcon medium coast mission-extension kit. 1st time flying a fairing half for the 15th time.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) is a 1.7 t (3,700 lb), US$800 million craft that orbits at a 676 km (420 mi) altitude. It has the Ocean Color Imager intended to study phytoplankton in the ocean, as well as two polarimeters for studying properties of clouds, aerosols and the ocean. The launch price was US$80.4 million.

First Cygnus flight on Falcon 9. Northrop Grumman acquired three flights from SpaceX while a replacement engine is developed for its Antares rocket. Eighth flight with short nozzle second stage, which has lower production cost and faster build time but is only suitable for missions with lower performance requirements. SpaceX modified the fairing to add a hatch for late cargo loads onto the spacecraft via mobile cleanroom. Unmanned Enhanced Cygnus cargo spacecraft named in honor of Patricia “Patty” Hilliard Robertson.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. This landing marked the fastest turnaround of a droneship at just over 5 days. The launch also marked the fastest turnaround time of SLC-4E at 5 days, 5 hours, 22 minutes, and 20 seconds, beating previous record of 6.5 days.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Axiom contracted for three additional private crewed missions in June 2021. The crew consisted of American Michael López-Alegría, Italian astronaut Walter Villadei, ESA Swedish Project astronaut Marcus Wandt and Turkish astronaut Alper Gezeravcı.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. Shortest landing-to-landing turnaround of a droneship, at about 7 days. 300th successful mission for SpaceX. Following this launch, SLC-40 was deactivated for planned maintenance and upgrades and would not see another flight until 30 January.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. Second booster to fly for the 18th time.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. Falcon record for total time from hangar rollout to launch at 6 hours, 33 minutes.

Broadband internet provider satellite. First Falcon 9 launch to GTO with a return-to-launch-site (RTLS) landing. First commercial satellite with Roll Out Solar Array that was deployed on 10 January 2024.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites, including the first six to feature direct-to-cell connectivity, to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. SpaceX set a new record for the shortest time between two Falcon launches at 2 hours and 54 minutes. The previous record time was 4 hours and 12 minutes, set between the Starlink Group 2-8 and SES-18 & SES-19 missions on 17 March 2023.

Classified payload contract awarded in June 2018 for US$130 million, 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. Draft solicitation said the launch was 6,350 kg (14,000 lb) to GTO. A month before launch, the Air Force announced that the mission will fly the X-37B spaceplane. Fourth flight of the second X-37B.

In January 2019, the satellites were expected to be launched between November 2020 and September 2021. Seventh flight with short nozzle second stage which has lower production cost and faster build time, but is only suitable for missions with lower performance requirements.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. First booster to fly for the 19th time. Despite the landing being initially successful, the booster later tipped over during transit due to rough seas, high winds and waves, the stage was unable to be secured to the deck for recovery and later tipped over and was destroyed in transit. SpaceX has already equipped newer Falcon boosters with upgraded landing legs that have the capability to self-level and mitigate this type of issue.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. 200th landing on a droneship by a Falcon booster. Fastest turnaround of Vandenberg SLC-4E pad at 6 days, 13 hours and 44 minutes. USA broke the world record of most launches by a nation (108), held by Soviet Union in 1982. SpaceX completed 100 launches in 365 days (a year) between 8 December 2022, 22:27 UTC and 8 December 2023, 8:03 UTC.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. SpaceX's 90th launch of the year including Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

A military satellite of South Korea with a mass of 800 kg. EIRSAT-1 is an Irish 2U cubesat that carries a gamma-ray detector and an experiment of thermal coatings for other spacecraft. SpaceX completing 250th landing of a Falcon first-stage booster this mission.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. First time SpaceX conducted 50th orbital launches in year from SLC-40.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Third part of SES' MEO satellites for its O3b low-latency, high-performance connectivity services.

Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to Sun-synchronous orbit. Sixth flight with short nozzle second stage which has lower production cost and faster build time, but is only suitable for missions with lower performance requirements. Momentus has announced that three sats manifested by them failed to deploy from the Transporter-9 mission. The satellites were destroyed when second stage deorbited.

Three more CRS Phase 2 missions for Dragon 2 covering up to CRS-29 were announced in December 2020. Mission will launch 2,381 kilograms (5,249 lb) of pressurized cargo and 569 kilograms (1,254 lb) of unpressurized cargo and then spend approximately one month on station. Among the cargo is station supplies and science experiments, including NASA's ILLUMA-T (Laser Communication from Space) and AWE (Atmospheric Waves Experiment) experiments, and ESA's Aquamembrane-3 experiment.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. First booster to fly for the 18th time.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. New record of launching 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites from the West Coast.

Launch of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. First time 23 Starlinks V2 Mini were launched and new Falcon 9 payload mass record of 18,400 kg.

Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Discovery Program mission designed to explore asteroid 16 Psyche to investigate the formation of the early Solar System. Center core expended, while both side-boosters returned to Cape Canaveral for landings at LZ-1 and LZ-2.

Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. This launch marked the first time SpaceX completed ten launches in a calendar month.

Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. Second booster to fly for the 17th time.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. SpaceX set a new record using the same booster for the 17th time.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. This was the 200th flight and 200th success of the Block 5 version of Falcon 9. SpaceX's Falcon family thus broke the yearly world record for most launches attempted (irrespective of launch outcome) by any rocket family, i.e., 64 set by the R-7 family in 1980 after this launch.

Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. With this launch, SpaceX's Falcon family surpassed the yearly world record for most successful launches, previously set by the R-7 rocket family in 1980.

Second launch of SDA Transport and Tracking Layer satellites. Originally intended to launch the remaining 18 satellites, but a late change reduced this to 13. One is York Space Systems built and 10 are Lockheed Martin-Tyvak Space systems built Transport layer satellites, and two are SpaceX/Leidos built, Starlink-derived Tracking layer satellites. The Transport layer is an interoperable mesh network of 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. Fifth flight with short nozzle second stage which has lower production cost and faster build time, but is only suitable for missions with lower performance requirements. This was the 61st launch of a Falcon rocket this year, the same number of launches carried out in all of 2022.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

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.

Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 525 km (326 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. 1st time flying a fairing half for the 11th time. 100th launch of a batch of Starlink satellites (excluding launch of test satellites Tintin A&B).

Launch of 15 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. This launch was to a lower than normal orbital inclination for a West Coast launch, as launches to 43° are normally conducted from the East Coast. Due to the unique orbital insertion, this launch carried fewer Starlink satellites than a typical launch, reducing weight.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. This launch marked a turnaround record for SpaceX; the launch occurred 3 days, 21 hours and 41 minutes after SpaceX's previous mission from SLC-40. The previous record was set the month before at the same launch pad.

Intelsat originally contracted both SpaceX and Arianespace to launch its seventh C-band replacement satellite, Galaxy 37. Launch was previously awarded to Arianespace. Also known as Galaxy 13R, as it will replace Galaxy 13. The spacecraft also contains a Ku-band payload to be known as Horizons-4, which will be Japan-licensed.

Largest and heaviest geostationary communication satellite ever launched. Both side boosters returned to the launch site while the center core was expended. First second stage featuring Falcon medium coast mission-extension kit.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. The launch occurred 4 days, 3 hours and 11 minutes after SpaceX's previous mission from the same pad, setting a new record that was broken again ten days later with flight 244.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 15 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. First Starlink v2 mini launch from West Coast. This launch was to a lower than normal orbital inclination for a West Coast launch, as launches to 43° are normally conducted from the East Coast. Due to the unique orbital insertion, this launch carried fewer Starlink satellites than a typical launch, reducing weight.

Launch of 54 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. Final launch of Starlink v1.5 satellites. This launch marked the second time a booster was being launched for the 16th time.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. On this flight, B1058 became the booster to launch and land 16 times.

Launch of 48 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. This launch was to a lower than normal orbital inclination for a West Coast launch, as launches to 43° are normally conducted from the East Coast. Due to the unique orbital insertion, this launch carried fewer Starlink satellites than a typical launch, reducing weight.

Euclid is a space telescope to better understand dark energy and dark matter by accurately measuring the acceleration of the universe.

Launch of 56 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 47 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. This launch from Vandenberg achieved a record-breaking low orbital inclination of 43° for a rocket launched from the West Coast of the United States. Previous Starlink Group 9 launches to 43° had been conducted from the East Coast. Due to the unique orbital insertion, this launch carried nine fewer Starlink v1.5 satellites than a typical Group 9 launch, reducing weight by about 2,900 kg (6,400 lb).

PSN selected Falcon 9 in September 2020, to launch its satellite instead of a Chinese rocket or Ariane 5.

Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to Sun-synchronous orbit. Launcher's Orbiter SN3 vehicle and the first Satellite Vu Mid-wave Infrared imaging satellite are expected to fly on this mission. This mission marked the 200th overall successful booster landing. Fourth flight with short nozzle second stage which has lower production cost and faster build time, but is only suitable for missions with lower performance requirements.

Launch of 52 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Three more CRS Phase 2 missions for Dragon 2 covering up to CRS-29 were announced in December 2020. Third flight with short nozzle second stage which has lower production cost and faster build time, but is only suitable for missions with lower performance requirements.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 52 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 570 km (350 mi) orbit at an inclination of 70° to expand internet constellation. The 200th consecutive successful Falcon 9 mission. This launch marked the first time SpaceX completed nine launches in a calendar month.

Includes Airbus's TELEO optical communications payload demonstrator.

Axiom contracted for three additional private crewed missions in June 2021. Peggy Whitson and John Shoffner were signed on as commander and pilot for Ax-2. The third and fourth seats were bought by Saudi Arabia. The Saudi crew members were revealed to be Ali AlQarni and Rayyanah Barnawi. First time a booster landed on a ground pad after a crewed launch.

Iridium-9 rideshare mission, carrying five on-orbit spare Iridium-NEXT satellites along with 15 Gen1 and a demo Gen2 OneWeb satellites. Second flight with short nozzle second stage which has lower production cost and faster build time, but is only suitable for missions with lower performance requirements.

Launch of 22 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 56 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 51 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 570 km (350 mi) orbit at an inclination of 70° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 56 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

This mission directly delivered the satellites to geostationary orbit, thus the core and side boosters were all expendable alongside having the sixth second stage featuring Falcon long coast mission-extension kit. Satellites of the ViaSat-3 class use electric propulsion, which requires less fuel for stationkeeping operations over their lifetime, making them the heaviest all-electric satellites ever launched into space. First mission to expend all three cores. GS-1 is a cubesat operated by Gravity Space on behalf of PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara who calls the satellite Nusantara-H1-A.

Second part of SES' MEO satellites for its O3b low-latency, high-performance connectivity services.

Launch of 46 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 560 km (350 mi) sun-synchronous orbit at an inclination of 97.6° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit. First flight with short nozzle second stage which has lower production cost and faster build time, but is only suitable for missions with lower performance requirements. Fifth mission featuring a second stage with a long coast mission-extension kit, accommodating the four second stage burns for payload deployment, excluding the deorbit burn.

Maxar Technologies-built satellite that will service North and Central America. Also hosts the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) experiment.

First launch of SDA Transport and Tracking Layer satellites. Out of 10 satellites, 8 are York Space Systems built Transport layer satellites and 2 are SpaceX-Leidos built, Starlink-derived Tracking Layer satellites. The Transport layer is an interoperable mesh network of 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.

Launch of 56 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. This launch marked the first time SpaceX completed eight launches in a calendar month.

Launch of 56 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

SpaceX launched two C-band satellites for SES, with the option to launch a third satellite on a second flight. SpaceX set a new record for the shortest time between two Falcon 9 launches at 4 hours and 12 minutes. The previous record time was 7 hours and 10 minutes, set between the Crew-5 and Starlink Group 4-29 missions on 5 October 2022.

Launch of 52 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 570 km (350 mi) orbit at an inclination of 70° to expand internet constellation.

Three more CRS Phase 2 missions for Dragon 2 covering up to CRS-29 were announced in December 2020. This flight used a partial boostback burn to bring the first-stage booster to its drone ship closer to the coast. The maneuver was meant to cut down processing time by decreasing the time spent moving the ship back for refurbishment.

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, OneWeb suspended launches on Soyuz rockets. In March 2022, OneWeb announced they had signed an agreement with SpaceX to resume satellite launches.

Launch of 51 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 570 km (350 mi) orbit at an inclination of 70° to expand internet constellation.

Last USCV launch out of original NASA award of six Crew Dragon missions, 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.

Launch of 21 Starlink v2 mini satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. This mission marked the debut of the v2 mini satellites, a smaller version of the planned v2 satellites, which are to launch on the future Starship. The v2 mini is 2.4 times the mass of its v1.5 predecessor but provides four times the data capacity. Unlike the v1.5, the tension rods that hold the v2 mini satellites together during launch, remain attached to the Falcon 9 second stage after deployment, reducing orbital debris. This flight marked the 100th consecutive landing success of a Falcon 9 booster since 16 February 2021.

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. This option could be used for launching Inmarsat-6B. In February 2022, Inmarsat confirmed Inmarsat-6 F2 will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket. The satellite reached the supersynchronous geostationary transfer orbit of 387 km × 41,592 km (240 mi × 25,844 mi) inclined at 27°.

Launch of 51 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 570 km (350 mi) orbit at an inclination of 70° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 55 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. This launch marked a new pad turnaround record for SpaceX, launching 5 days, 3 hours and 38 minutes after the previous mission from SLC-40.

A high-throughput telecommunications satellite. Hosted payloads included USSF Pathfinder 2 and Tele Greenland A/S's GreenSat.

Launch of 53 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 49 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 570 km (350 mi) orbit at an inclination of 70° to expand internet constellation. Also carried D-Orbit's ION SCV009 "Eclectic Elena."

Launch of 56 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation. This was the heaviest payload to date flown on Falcon 9.

Launch of 51 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 570 km (350 mi) orbit at an inclination of 70° to expand internet constellation. This was the first launch of Starlink satellites using a new booster.

Global Positioning System navigation satellite, sixth GPS Block III satellite to be launched, named after Amelia Earhart. Space vehicle manufacturing contract awarded February 2013. In September 2018, the space vehicle was integrating harnesses. In March 2018, the Air Force announced it had awarded the launch contract for three GPS satellites to SpaceX.

First launch of Phase 2 US Air Force contract. US$316 million cost for the fiscal year of 2022, for the first flight, mostly includes the cost of an extended payload fairing, upgrades to the company's West Coast launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, and a vertical integration facility required for NRO missions, while the launching price does not increase. SpaceX deliberately expended the center core, which thus lacked grid fins and landing gear, while the two side-boosters were recovered at Landing Zones 1 and 2, and it was the fourth second stage featuring Falcon long coast mission-extension kit as the mission requirements are same as the USSF-44 mission.

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, OneWeb suspended launches on Soyuz rockets. In March 2022, OneWeb announced that they had signed an agreement with SpaceX to resume satellite launches. This flight, the 16th of the OneWeb program and the second on a SpaceX rocket, carried 40 satellites.

Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to Sun-synchronous orbit. It included six space tugs, also known as orbital transfer vehicles (OTV), which are two of D-Orbit's ION Satellite Carriers, Epic Aerospace's Chimera LEO 1, Momentus's Vigoride-5, Skykraft's OTV and Launcher's Orbiter SN1. Orbiter SN1 failed shortly after deployment from Falcon and before deploying payloads. One of the payloads, EWS RROCI failed to deploy from Falcon 9 and the satellite re-entered with the upper stage. This was not a SpaceX failure as brokered dispensers and deployers are used on Transporter missions.

Israeli electro-optical Earth observation satellite based on the OPTSAT-3000 satellite. This was the first SpaceX launch to a low-inclination retrograde orbit, previous retrograde orbits having been polar or Sun-synchronous. It targeting an ~140° inclination orbit. This launch marked the first time SpaceX completed 7 launches in a calendar month and the final rocket launch of 2022. SpaceX's Falcon family thus equaled the yearly world record for most successful launches by any rocket family, first set by the R-7 family in 1980 after this launch. B1061 became the only booster to land on all of SpaceX's different landing zones and drone ships except the rarely used LZ-2.

Launch of 54 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 530 km (330 mi) orbit at an inclination of 43° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 54 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation. B1058 became the first booster to be launched and recovered fifteen times, exceeding its prior record.

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.

American–European satellite intended to measure the surface altitude of water bodies with centimeter-level precision.

ispace's Hakuto-R (for Reboot) lunar lander is derived from the Hakuto project that was one of the defunct Google Lunar X Prize contestants. Hakuto-R carries the Rashid rover, built by MBRSC and JAXA built Transformable Lunar Robot. A separate 2023, Hakuto-R mission will include a Japanese rover. The Canadian Space Agency has sponsored three private payloads with ispace: 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. Lunar Flashlight is a JPL-developed CubeSat that will scan for water ice deposits on the Moon; it was remanifested as a secondary payload after missing its integration window on the Artemis 1 launch. First Falcon 9 booster landing on LZ-2.

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, OneWeb suspended launches on Soyuz rockets. In March 2022, OneWeb announced that they had signed an agreement with SpaceX to resume satellite launches. This was the first commercial (non-Starlink, non-NASA, non-government, non-crewed) satellite launch from LC-39A since Arabsat-6A in 2019, and the first on Falcon 9 since Es'hail 2 in 2018.

Last of the six additional cargo missions NASA awarded in 2015 to SpaceX under the CRS-2 contract flown after the initial 20 missions of phase 1 were completed in 2020.

Built by Thales Alenia Space, the satellite was launched into a geostationary transfer orbit targeting the 10° east GSO slot. The Falcon 9 first-stage booster B1049 flew its 11th mission and was expended into the Atlantic Ocean following the launch for the same reason as the previous Galaxy 31 and 32 mission's booster B1051. The satellite reached the supersynchronous geostationary transfer orbit of 261 km × 59,831 km inclined at 22.8°. B1049 flew with a Test/Spare Block 4 interstage on this flight since it donated its interstage to B1052 after its penultimate flight.

Maxar Technologies built satellites for C-band clearing. Intelsat says that it paid SpaceX an additional fee to devote all of the Falcon 9 rocket's propellant to deliver the satellites into a higher orbit than the normal sub-synchronous orbit, given the payload's high total mass of 6,600 kg (14,600 lb). The Falcon 9 first-stage booster B1051, flying on its 14th flight, was expended, the first deliberately expended Falcon 9 booster since B1046 in January 2020. The satellites reached the supersynchronous geostationary transfer orbit of 283 km × 58,433 km inclined at 24.2°.

Built by Airbus, the 4,500 kg (9,900 lb) satellite will maneuver to a 13° east orbit. 50th Falcon 9 launch in 2022. The satellite reached a supersynchronous geostationary transfer orbit of 410 km × 57,503 km (255 mi × 35,731 mi) inclined at 27.7°.

Classified payload totaling 3,750 kg (8,270 lb) using new side boosters and center core. The core lacked any fins and landing gear, as it was deliberately expended, underwent the most energetic reentry, and impacted at 1,300 km (810 mi) downrange, 8.3% further than STP-2 mission, while the two side boosters were recovered, marking the 150th and 151st successful landing respectively, and 21st landing at LZ-1 and 4th at LZ-2. It was the 50th launch of a Falcon-family rocket this year. The launch carried Shepherd Demonstration for the Space Force, intended to "test new technologies to enhance safe and responsible rendezvous and proximity operations", as well as the LDPE-2 space tug (with hosted payloads), Tetra-1, Alpine, LINUSS A1 and A2. Third flight featuring a Falcon long coast mission-extension kit, which equipped the second stage with a dark-painted band (for thermal control), extra COPVs for pressurization control, and additional TEA-TEB ignition fluid. The upgrades afforded the second stage with the endurance needed to inject the payloads directly into geosynchronous orbit six hours after launch.

Launch of 53 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 54 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation. The 48th Falcon 9 launch of the year beat the record launches in a year for a vehicle type held by Soyuz-U in 1979.

Built by Airbus, the 4,500 kg (9,900 lb) satellite will maneuver to a 13° east orbit. The satellite reached a supersynchronous geostationary transfer orbit of 376 km × 55,950 km (234 mi × 34,766 mi) inclined at 27.1°. First stage B1069.3 included a hosted promotional payload by FIFA, that was a box powered by Starlink containing 2 Adidas Al Rihla (the Journey) balls, that were to be used in 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar for opening its Starlink office in Doha, Qatar. These match balls were launched and brought back by landing on the droneship, surviving the stresses of the booster. Later, they were taken out and shipped back to Qatar for the World Cup.

Northrop Grumman-built satellites for C-band clearing. At 7,350 kg (16,200 lb) total mass, this launch was one of the heaviest GTO SpaceX launches to date. This necessitated that the satellite be launched into a lower-energy orbit than a usual GTO, with its initial apogee at roughly 19,800 km (12,300 mi).

Launch of 52 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation. SpaceX set a new record for the shortest time between two Falcon 9 launches at 7 hours and 10 minutes. The previous record time was 14 hours and 8 minutes, set between the SARah 1 and Globalstar-2 M087 (FM15) with USA 328-331 missions.

Fifth USCV launches out of NASA award of six Crew Dragon mission, to carry 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. NASA Astronauts Nicole Mann, Josh Cassada, JAXA Astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Anna Kikina will fly on this mission. This will be the first Russian Cosmonaut to fly on a US Commercial Crew Vehicle as part of a NASA-Roscosmos seat barter agreement.

Launch of 52 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 54 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 34 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation. Bluewalker-3 is a rideshare mission launched to 513 km (319 mi) at an inclination of 53°. This required one of the most complex second stage operations to date, executed two burns to deploy the Bluewalker 3, followed by executing two more burns to deploy the Starlinks, and concluding with a deorbit burn. On this mission, B1058 became the first booster to be launched and recovered fourteen times.

Launch of 51 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation. Sherpa-LTC2 space tug's sole hosted payload was Boeing's Varuna Technology Demonstration Mission, a pathfinder for a planned constellation of broadband satellites. Initial orbit of Sherpa LTC-2 is same as that of Starlink but later it will fire its thrusters to reach a 54° inclination low Earth orbit located at 1,060 km (660 mi) altitude.

Launch of 46 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 560 km (350 mi) orbit at an inclination of 97.6° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 54 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation. Heaviest Falcon 9 payload to date. This flight, Group 4-23, was moved from 39A to 40 to deconflict with Artemis I operations at 39B. Booster B1069 was repaired after suffering damage to all 9 engines upon its initial landing.

Launch of 53 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 46 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 560 km (350 mi) orbit at an inclination of 97.6° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 52 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation.

South Korea's first lunar mission. Mission was placed into a ballistic lunar transfer (BLT) orbit. Second stage included a hosted promotional "Launch Your Photo into Deep Space Orbit" mosaic payload by automotive manufacturer Tesla, which in 2018 offered a referral bonus to customers where they could send an image of their choice to be laser-etched into a mosaic plaque and launched to deep space.

Launch of 53 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 46 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 560 km (350 mi) orbit at an inclination of 97.6° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 53 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation. It was the first time SpaceX launched an 8th rocket within 30 days.

Fifth of the six ISS cargo missions awarded in 2015 under the CRS-2 contract, and carried Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) external payload.

Launch of 46 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 560 km (350 mi) orbit at an inclination of 97.6° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 53 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation.

Following the award for the launch of SES-18 and SES-19, SpaceX was awarded another launch contract for SES-22. Built by Thales Alenia Space, the C-band-only satellite will be stationed at 135° west and is expected to start operations by early August 2022.

Mission launched the first Globalstar satellite since 2013, a spare satellite that was still waiting on ground for its launch. The mission was not known by the public until early June, when a FCC filing appeared. The low mass of the satellite, together with the lack of return to the launch site and the use of an unconventional payload dispenser, led to speculations about there being a second, undisclosed governmental payload. After launch, four USA designated satellites were cataloged, confirming the presence of four secret US Government payloads that were released between second-stage cutoff 1 and second-stage startup 2. Likely the satellites were test or operational satellites built by SpaceX based on the Starshield bus (based on Starlink Block v1.5 or v2.0 technology), based on the deployment structure seen in the launch video. Their purpose has not been revealed, but is likely either technical demonstration, communications, earth observation or signals intelligence. SpaceX set a new record for the shortest time between two Falcon 9 launches at 14 hours and 8 minutes. The previous record time was 15 hours and 17 minutes, set between the Starlink Group 4-4 and Türksat 5B missions.

Airbus-built phased-array-antenna satellite intended to upgrade the German SAR-Lupe surveillance satellites.

Launch of 53 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation. This mission marked SpaceX's 100th reuse of a booster, 50th consecutive landing, first booster to fly for a 13th time, and 50th SpaceX launch from LC-39A.

Built by Thales Alenia Space, the Egyptian satellite will be stationed at 7.0° west. SpaceX successfully executed the furthest downrange landing of a Falcon 9 booster on this mission by landing 687 km (427 mi) away from the launch site.

Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission launching 59 satellites to Sun-synchronous orbit. Mission included 3 different payload dispensers by Momentus (Vigoride space tug), Spaceflight, and D-Orbit, and payloads from 11 countries by Exolaunch.

Launch of 53 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 53 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation. First Starlink launch on a new first-stage booster.

Launch of 53 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 53 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 53 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation. This mission set four SpaceX records: fastest booster turnaround (21 days, previously 27 days), pad turnaround (8 days), droneship turnaround (departed 19 hours after arriving), and it was the first time there were six launches in a single calendar month.

Fourth Crew Dragon CCP mission. Carried four astronauts and 100 kg (220 lb) of cargo to the ISS and function as a lifeboat to evacuate astronauts from ISS in case of an emergency. NASA's Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, and Jessica Watkins as well as ESA's Samantha Cristoforetti assigned to fly this mission.

Launch of 53 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation.

Classified mission awarded to SpaceX in February 2019. The contract requirements for this launch called for a 1220 km × 1024 km orbit at 63.5° inclination, which corresponds to a Naval Reconnaissance (Intruder) mission. With only a year before the launch, the launch site was switched from Florida to California at no extra cost in exchange for reusing a previously flown booster. The National Reconnaissance Office declared the launch a success.

Announced in March 2020, the flight is the first fully private flight to the ISS. Crew Dragon is commanded by Axiom professional astronaut Michael López-Alegría. Larry Connor is the pilot, and Mark Pathy and Eytan Stibbe are mission specialists.

Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to Sun-synchronous orbit. The heaviest payload aboard was Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP) German satellite. Other payloads included D-Orbit ION, Hawk-6A/6B/6C, CNCE (2), Heron Mk II, GNOMES-3, Kilimanjaro-1.

Launch of 53 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation. First time a Falcon 9 first-stage booster flew and landed for the twelfth time. This was, at the time, the heaviest Falcon 9 payload to LEO enabled by optimizations to the launch setup and flight profile.

Launch of 48 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation. This was the 40th Starlink launch. Starlink 3680 (or Starlink 2022-025P) launched in this stack maneuvered to join Shell 1 of Starlink satellites.

Launch of 47 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation. 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.

Launch of 50 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 46 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation. This was the first Group 4 mission to feature two upper stage burns like v1 Starlink launches, with deployment of the satellites approximately one 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.

Launch of 49 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation. 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.

Classified payload. The contract requirements for this launch called for a 512 km (318 mi) sun-synchronous orbit at 97.4° inclination. The National Reconnaissance Office called the launch a success.

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.

Launch of 49 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation. Second Starlink launch where SpaceX has significantly customized a Starlink launch trajectory to optimize for booster recovery after Starlink Group 4–5.

Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to Sun-synchronous orbit. A total of 105 payloads including: Planet Labs SuperDoves (×44), and some of the customer payloads on SpaceFlight's SXRS-6 mission. In addition, four secret satellites, likely test or operational satellites built by SpaceX based on the Starshield bus (based on Starlink Block v1.5 or v2.0 technology), were also deployed for the US army. Their purpose has not been revealed, but is likely either technical demonstration, communications, earth observation or signals intelligence. In 2020, SpaceX had won a US$149 million contract for developing and launching missile tracking satellites based on the Starlink architecture.

Launch of 49 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation. After the weather-related damage to the landed booster in the previous launch, SpaceX changed the Starlink launch trajectory from Northeast to Southeast intending to increase odds of good booster and fairing recovery conditions in the winter months, 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.

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. First time SpaceX launched 5 rockets within the same calendar month. The ELaNa 38 mission, consisting of 4 cubesats, launched on this flight. 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 landing, de-tanking and heading back home, the stage and Octagrabber were damaged in heavy seas.

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. 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.

Launch of 52 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation. First time a Falcon 9 first stage booster flew for an eleventh time.

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, and is the smallest dedicated payload ever launched by Falcon 9 launch vehicle. 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).

Launch of 48 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation. Also included the launch of two BlackSky satellites as part of the SpaceX SmallSat Rideshare Program. as rideshare payloads. The BlackSky satellites were released prior to the Starlink deployment, to a 435 km × 425 km (270 mi × 264 mi) orbit.

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 and the first NASA scientific mission using a previously flown booster. The launch contract was awarded to SpaceX for $69 million.

Launch of 53 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 540 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53.2° to expand internet constellation. Fairing "wet recovery" was attempted by SpaceX multipurpose ship, Bob for the first time, and both fairing halves were retrieved from water.

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. It also carried up to 100 kg (220 lb) of cargo to the ISS.

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. 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.

First launch of 51 Starlink v1.5 satellites to a 570 km (350 mi) orbit at an inclination of 70° to expand internet constellation. The Starlink v1.5 satellites feature laser inter-satellite links, which are needed for high-latitude and mid-ocean coverage. First launch of Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base, and first West coast launch in 10 months. Droneship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) had recently moved from the Atlantic Ocean, through the Panama Canal, and was used for its first landing in the Pacific Ocean. Second booster to make a tenth flight and landing.

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. Includes FBCE, SoFIE. First time a booster landed on SpaceX's fourth droneship, A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG), marking the first use when SpaceX has three droneships in operation.

A total of 88 payloads including prototype Starlink v1.5 satellites made for testing optical laser inter-satellite links (3x), Polar Vigilance (4x), Exolaunch YAM-2 & 3, Satellogic, Capella-5 HawkEye Cluster 3 (multiple sats), Spaceflight Industries (multiple sats including on two space tugs Sherpa-FX2 Sherpa-LTE1). LINCS 1 and 2 were reported to be tumbling uncontrolled due to "an issue with the launch vehicle".

Manufacturing contract awarded February 2013. In March 2018, the Air Force announced it had awarded the launch contract for three GPS satellites to SpaceX. This is the first reused booster launch for a 'national security' mission. Fairing "wet recovery" was attempted by contracted recovery vessel Hos Briarwood for the first time. Both fairing halves were retrieved from water.

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.

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, 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, the SOAR cubesat for the University of Manchester and the first Mauritian satellite MIR-SAT1 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, 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.

Final launch of 60 Starlink v1 satellites to a 550 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to complete the first shell of the internet constellation containing 1,584 satellites. 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. This launch marks SpaceX's 100th successful launch in a row without in-flight failure since December 2015.

Launch of 52 Starlink v1 satellites to a 569 km × 582 km (354 mi × 362 mi) orbit to expand internet constellation. Also included the launch of a Capella Space satellite and a Tyvak satellite as part of the SpaceX SmallSat Rideshare Program. Targeted orbit was higher than other Starlink orbits due to the needs of the rideshare payloads. Fairing "wet recovery" done by contracted recovery vessel Shelia Bordelon for the last time.

Launch of 60 Starlink v1 satellites to a 550 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. This was the first time a booster flew 10 times. Brought the total number of operational Starlink satellites in the first shell to approximately 1,516 out of a planned 1,584.

Launch of 60 Starlink v1 satellites to a 550 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. Second time a booster flew for the ninth time.

Launch of 60 Starlink v1 satellites to a 550 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

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. 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 (reused) Dragon capsules and booster. 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.

Launch of 60 Starlink v1 satellites to a 550 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. 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).

Launch of 60 Starlink v1 satellites to a 550 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. Fairing "wet recovery" achieved by contracted recovery vessel Shelia Bordelon for the first time. Both fairing halves were retrieved from the water.

Launch of 60 Starlink v1 satellites to a 550 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. 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.

Launch of 60 Starlink v1 satellites to a 550 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

Launch of 60 Starlink v1 satellites to a 550 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. 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. The second-stage deorbit burn failed, causing an uncontrolled reentry on 26 March 2021, over the west coast of the United States.

Launch of 60 Starlink v1 satellites to a 550 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. 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. 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). During this mission, GO Ms. Tree and GO Ms. Chief were used for the last time to recover the fairings; SpaceX retired the fairing catching program in favor of fairing fishing. Both fairing catching ships were retired from SpaceX use.

Launch of 60 Starlink v1 satellites to a 550 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. This set a new booster turnaround record, at 27 days, and it was the first time a Falcon 9 flew twice within a month.

First dedicated smallsat rideshare launch arranged by SpaceX, targeting a 525 km (326 mi) altitude orbit. 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 were launched. These include SpaceBEE (x 36), Lemur-2 (x 8), ICEYE (x 3), UVSQ-SAT, ELaNa 35 (PTD-1), and Kepler nanosats (x 8). D-Orbit ION Satellite Carrier and 10 Starlink satellites made for testing optical laser inter-satellite links placed in a polar orbit 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.

Launch of 60 Starlink v1 satellites to a 550 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. 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 1,000. 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.

A 3,500 kg (7,700 lb) satellite intended to be stationed at 31.0° east. This is the most powerful satellite in Türksat's fleet 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.

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.

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, 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. It was the first time a commercial primary payload flew on a booster which had been flown more than 4 times before. First dedicated customer launch where the fairings were previously used.

First launch of phase 2 of the CRS contract of six launches awarded in January 2016. 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 and CFIG-1 (Cool Flames Investigation with Gases). It's also the 100th successful Falcon 9 launch.

Launch of 60 Starlink v1 satellites to a 550 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. First time a booster was launched for a seventh time and first time SpaceX completed four launches in a single month.

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).

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. The first flight of the crew program was initially expected to launch in 2017, and finished final certifications in November 2020.

Manufacturing contract awarded in January 2012, underwent thermal vacuum testing in December 2018, while the launch contract was awarded in March 2018. A launch attempt on 3 October 2020, was aborted two seconds before liftoff due to early start in two engines. Following the abort, two engines from B1062 were sent for further testing. The abort also caused delays to the Crew-1 launch to allow time for data review.

Launch of 60 Starlink v1 satellites to a 550 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. 100th successful launch of a Falcon vehicle.

Launch of 60 Starlink v1 satellites to a 550 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. 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.

Launch of 60 Starlink v1 satellites to a 550 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. Used a fairing half on its third launch. Also, the B1058 holds the title for the shortest time a booster reached three flights which is 129 days beating B1046 by 77 days.

Launch of 60 Starlink v1 satellites to a 550 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation.

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. 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.

Launch of 58 Starlink v1 satellites to a 550 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. Also included the launch of three SkySat satellites as part of the SpaceX SmallSat Rideshare Program. First time a booster made a 6th flight. 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.

Launch of 57 Starlink v1 satellites to a 550 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. Also included the launch of two BlackSky satellites as part of the SpaceX SmallSat Rideshare Program. This first rideshare contracted with Spaceflight Industries was dubbed internally as "SXRS-1". After previously testing on a single Starlink, the launch will have all 57 satellites include a "VisorSat" to reduce their brightness.

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. 57th successful recovery of a Falcon 9 first stage. For the first time both fairing halves were also successfully caught by fairing catching ships. This launch featured a booster reflight within 51 days, a new record turnaround time for a Falcon booster. It was the same booster that launched the Crew Dragon Demo-2 spacecraft on 30 May 2020. 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.

Payload manufacturing contract awarded January 2012, fully assembled in August 2017, and completed thermal vacuum testing in June 2018. Launch contract was awarded initially for US$96.5 million, but later, this was discounted in exchange for allowing to launch configuration enabling booster recovery. The vehicle nicknamed Columbus was transported to Florida in February 2020, but launch was delayed by the customer from April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The launch was dedicated to the memory of the recently deceased, late commander of the 21st Space Wing, Colonel Thomas G. Falzarano, and after launch, in October 2020, the nickname was changed to that of the Arctic explorer Matthew Henson. 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, while both fairings were recovered out of the water without attempting a catch in the net.

Launch of 58 Starlink v1 satellites to a 550 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. Also included the launch of three SkySat satellites as part of the SpaceX SmallSat Rideshare Program. 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. For the first time, SpaceX did not perform a static fire before launch.

Launch of 60 Starlink v1 satellites to a 550 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. Launch occurred on the 10th anniversary of the first Falcon 9 flight. Included "VisorSat" satellite test that uses a sunshade to limit reflectivity. First booster to successfully land five times, and first to land on Just Read The Instructions since it was moved to the East Coast.

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. 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.

Launch of 60 Starlink v1 satellites to a 550 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. The 84th flight of the Falcon 9 rocket, it surpassed Atlas V to become the most-flown operational US rocket. Used fairings launched on AMOS-17 (August 2019).

Launch of 60 Starlink v1 satellites to a 550 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. 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). 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. 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.

Last launch of phase 1 of the CRS contract. Carries Bartolomeo, an ESA platform for hosting external payloads onto ISS. 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. It was SpaceX's third flight of the Dragon C112 and the last launch of the Cargo Dragon spacecraft.

Launch of 60 Starlink v1 satellites to a 550 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. The first stage booster failed to land on the drone ship due to incorrect wind data. This was the first time a flight proven booster failed to land.

Launch of 60 Starlink v1 satellites to a 550 km (340 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53° to expand internet constellation. One of the fairing halves was caught, while the other was fished out of the ocean.

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; but that test article exploded during a ground test of SuperDraco engines on 20 April 2019. The abort test used the capsule originally intended for the first crewed flight. As expected, the booster was destroyed by aerodynamic forces after the capsule aborted. First flight of a Falcon 9 with only one functional stage — the second stage had a mass simulator in place of its engine.

Launch of 60 Starlink v1 satellites to a 570 km (350 mi) orbit at an inclination of 70° to expand internet constellation. One satellite included a test coating to make the satellite less reflective, and thus less likely to interfere with ground-based astronomical observations.

Singaporean-Japanese CondoSat that will cover the Asia-Pacific region. 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.

Second re-supply flight to use a Cargo Dragon for the third time. 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. 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, including the AztechSat-1 satellite built by students in Mexico.

First launch of 60 Starlink v1 satellites to a 290 km (180 mi) orbit at an inclination of 53°. Second large batch of Starlink satellites and the first operational mission to deploy the internet constellation. 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. This flight marked the first time that a Falcon 9 booster made a fourth flight and landing. This was also the first time that a Falcon 9 re-used fairings (from ArabSat-6A in April 2019). It was planned to recover the fairings with both Ms. Tree and Ms. Chief but the plan was abandoned due to rough seas.

AMOS-17 is the most advanced high-throughput satellite to provide satellite communication services to Africa. Following the loss of AMOS-6 in September 2016, Spacecom was granted a free launch in compensation for the lost satellite. 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. For the second time, Ms. Tree managed to catch a fairing half directly into its net.

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. Along with food and science, the Dragon also carried the ELaNa 27 RFTSat CubeSat and MakerSat-1 which will be used to 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, but the plan was scrapped. For the first time, the twice flown Dragon spacecraft also made a third flight. Also used for the first time was a gray-band painted where the RP-1 kerosene tank is located, known as Falcon long coast mission-extension kit, to help with thermal conductivity and thus saving fuel during long coasts.

USAF Space Test Program Flight 2 (STP-2) carried 24 small satellites, including: FormoSat-7 A/B/C/D/E/F integrated using EELV Secondary Payload Adapter, DSX, Prox-1 GPIM, DSAC, ISAT, SET, COSMIC-2, Oculus-ASR, OBT, NPSat, and several CubeSats including E-TBEx, LightSail 2, TEPCE, PSAT, and three ELaNa 15 CubeSats. Total payload mass was 3,700 kg (8,200 lb). 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". 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. 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. 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. For the first time, one fairing half was successfully landed on the catch-net of the support ship GO Ms. Tree (formerly Mr. Steven).

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 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. 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. The booster landed safely through fog. A payload cost of $706 million CAD (around US$550 million) made this one of SpaceX's most expensive payloads launched at that time.

Following the launch of the two Tintin test satellites, this was the first full-scale test launch of the Starlink constellation, launching 60 v0.9 "production design" satellites. Each Starlink satellite has a mass of 227 kg (500 lb), and the combined launch mass was 13,620 kg (30,030 lb) the heaviest payload launched by SpaceX at that time. The fairings were recovered and reused for Starlink L5 in March 2020. These are the first commercial satellites to use krypton as fuel for their ion thrusters, which is cheaper than the usual xenon fuel.

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. 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.

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. Despite the initially 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. SpaceX recovered the fairing from this launch and later reused it in the November 2019, Starlink launch. Arabsat-6A, a 6,465 kg (14,253 lb) Saudi satellite, is the most advanced commercial communications satellite so far built by Lockheed Martin. 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.

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. The Dragon performed an autonomous docking to the ISS 27 hours after launch with the hatch being opened roughly 2 hours later. 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. The Dragon used on this flight was scheduled to fly on the inflight abort test in mid-2019, but was destroyed during testing. The booster B1051.1 replaced B1050 and flew again on 12 June 2019.

Nusantara Satu is a private Indonesian comsat planned to be located at 146.0° east, with a launch mass of 4,100 kg (9,000 lb), and featuring electric propulsion for orbit-raising and station-keeping. S5, a 60-kg smallsat by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), was piggybacked on 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". 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. Its launch mass was 585 kg (1,290 lb) including fuel. After separating into a supersynchronous transfer orbit with an apogee of 69,400 km (43,100 mi), Beresheet raised its orbit by its own power over two months and flew to the Moon. After successfully getting into lunar orbit, Beresheet attempted to land on the Moon on 11 April 2019, but failed.

Final launch of the Iridium NEXT contract, launching 10 satellites.

Initially planned for a Delta IV launch, this was SpaceX's first launch of an EELV-class payload. There was no attempt to recover the first-stage booster for reuse due to the customer's requirements, including a high inclination orbit of 55.0°. Nicknamed Vespucci, the USAF marked the satellite operational on 1 January 2020, under the label SVN 74.

First CRS mission with the Falcon 9 Block 5. This carried the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation lidar (GEDI) as an external payload. 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.

Rideshare mission where two SHERPA dispensers deployed 64 small satellites, including Eu:CROPIS for the German DLR, HIBER-2 for the Dutch Hiber Global, ITASAT-1 for the Brazilian Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, two high-resolution SkySat imaging satellites for Planet Labs, and two high school CubeSats part of NASA's ELaNa 24. This was the first time a booster was used for a third flight.

Qatari comsat positioned at 26.0° east. This launch used redesigned COPVs. This was to meet NASA safety requirements for commercial crew missions, in response to the September 2016, pad explosion.

Argentinian Earth-observation satellite was originally intended to be launched in 2012. First landing on the West Coast ground pad called SpaceX Landing Zone 4.

Condosat for 138.0° East over Asia and Pacific. Delivered to a GTO orbit with apogee close to 18,000 km (11,000 mi).

Indonesian comsat intended to replace the aging Telkom-1 at 108.0° East. First reflight of a Block 5-version booster.

Seventh Iridium NEXT launch, with 10 communication satellites. The booster landed safely on the drone ship in the worst weather conditions for any landing yet attempted. Mr. Steven boat with an upgraded 4x size net was used to attempt fairing recovery but failed due to harsh weather.

SSL-manufactured communications satellite intended to be placed at 63.0° west over the Americas, replacing Telstar 14R. At 7,075 kg (15,598 lb), it became the heaviest commercial communications satellite so far launched. 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).

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.

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. The Block 4 first stage was expended, 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.

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. Iridium CEO Matt Desch disclosed in September 2017, that GRACE-FO would be launched on this mission. The booster reuse turnaround was a record 4.5 months between flights.

First Block 5 launch vehicle booster to fly. Initially planned for an Ariane 5 launch in December 2017, it became the first Bangladeshi commercial satellite, BRAC Onnesha is a cubesat built by Thales Alenia Space. It is intended to serve telecom services from 119.0° east with a lifetime of 15 years. It was the 25th successfully recovered first stage booster.

First NASA high-priority science mission launched by SpaceX. Part of the Explorers program, TESS is space telescope intended for wide-field search of 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. 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. Last launch of a new Block 4 booster, 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.

The launch used a refurbished booster (from CRS-12) and a refurbished capsule (C110 from CRS-8). External payloads include a materials research platform Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE-FF) phase 3 of the Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) TSIS, ASIM heliophysics sensor, several crystallization experiments, and the RemoveDEBRIS system aimed at space debris removal. The booster was expended, and SpaceX collected more data on reentry profiles. It also carried the first Costa Rican satellite, Project Irazú, and the first Kenyan satellite, 1KUNS-PF.

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. SpaceX planned a second recovery attempt of one half of the fairing using the specially modified boat Mr. Steven, but the parafoil twisted, which led to the fairing half missing the boat.

The Spanish commsat was the largest satellite yet flown by SpaceX, "nearly the size of a bus". A drone ship landing was planned, but scrapped due to unfavorable weather conditions. After stage separation, the first stage booster successfully conducted an ocean landing in the Atlantic Ocean. 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 Atlas V launch of GOES-S. The Hispasat 30W-6 satellite was propelled into a supersynchronous transfer orbit.

Last flight of a Block 3 first stage. Reused the booster from the Formosat-5 mission. Paz (peace) is Spain's first spy satellite that will be operated in a constellation with the German SAR fleet TSX and TDX. In addition, the rocket carried two SpaceX test satellites for their forthcoming communications network in low Earth orbit. This core flew without landing legs and was expended at sea. 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.

Maiden flight of Falcon Heavy, using two recovered Falcon 9 cores as side boosters (from the Thaicom 8 and SpaceX CRS-9 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. The launch was a success, and the side boosters landed simultaneously at adjacent ground pads. This was the first ever use of SpaceX Landing Zone 2. 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. 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. Later, Elon Musk tweeted that the third burn was successful, and JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System showed the second stage and payload in an orbit with an aphelion of 1.67 AU. 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. Over 100,000 visitors are believed to have come to the Space Coast to watch the launch in person.(more details)

Reused booster from the classified NROL-76 mission in May 2017. 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. GovSat-1 satellite was put into a high-energy Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit of 250 km × 51,500 km (160 mi × 32,000 mi).

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. 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. The classified nature of the mission means that there is little confirmed information. (more details)

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). SpaceX chose not to attempt recovery of the booster, but did perform a soft ocean touchdown.

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.

First SpaceX launch of a South Korean satellite, placed in GEO at 113.0° east. It was the third launch and land for SpaceX in three weeks, and the 15th successful landing in a row. 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.

Third reuse and recovery of a previously flown first-stage booster, and the second time the contractor SES used a reflown booster. The large satellite is shared, in "CondoSat" arrangement between SES and EchoStar.

Third flight of the Falcon 9 Block 4 upgrade, and the third launch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites.

Due to the classified nature of the mission, the second-stage speed and altitude telemetry were omitted from the launch webcast. It was the third flight of second X-37B. It was fastest turnaround of a X-37B by 2nd X-37B at 123 days. Notably, the primary contractor, Boeing, had launched the X-37B with ULA, a Boeing partnership and a SpaceX competitor. Second flight of the Falcon 9 Block 4 upgrade.

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, leading to analyst speculations that with discounts due to delays, SpaceX lost money on the launch.

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. First flight of the upgrade known informally as "Block 4", which increases thrust from the main engines and includes other small upgrades, and last flight of a newly built Dragon capsule, as further missions are planned to use refurbished spacecraft. Also launched the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites ELaNa 22 mission.

Originally expected to be flown on a Falcon Heavy, improvements to the Merlin engines meant that the heavy satellite could be flown to GTO in an expendable configuration of Falcon 9. 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). Intelsat 35e is the largest Intelsat's currently active satellite.

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.

Second time a booster was reused, as B1029 had flown the Iridium mission in January 2017. This was the first commercial Bulgarian-owned communications satellite.

This mission delivered Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), Multiple User System for Earth Sensing Facility (MUSES), Roll Out Solar Array (ROSA), an Advanced Plant Habitat to the ISS, and Birds-1 payloads. This mission launched for the first time a refurbished Dragon capsule, serial number C106, which had flown in September 2014, on the SpaceX CRS-4 mission, and was the first time since 2011, a reused spacecraft arrived at the ISS. Five cubesats were included in the payload, the first satellites from the countries of Bangladesh (BRAC Onnesha), Ghana (GhanaSat-1), and Mongolia (Mazaalai).

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. Inmarsat-5 F4 is Inmarsat's "largest and most complicated communications satellite ever built". 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.

First launch under SpaceX's 2015, certification for national security space missions, which allowed SpaceX to contract launch services for classified payloads, and thus breaking the monopoly United Launch Alliance (ULA) held on classified launches since 2006. For the first time, SpaceX offered continuous livestream of first stage booster from liftoff to landing, but omitted second-stage speed and altitude telemetry.

First payload to fly on a reused first stage, B1021, previously launched with CRS-8, and first to land intact a second time. 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.(more details)

First uncrewed non-station launch from LC-39A since Apollo 6. Launched a communications satellite for broadcast services over Brazil. 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.

First Falcon 9 flight from the historic LC-39A launchpad at Kennedy Space Center, and first uncrewed launch from LC-39A since Skylab-1. 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.

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 satellites constellation by mid-2018. 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. Payload comprised ten satellites weighing 860 kg (1,900 lb) each plus a 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) dispenser.

The rocket and the AMOS-6 payload were lost in a launch pad explosion on 1 September 2016, during propellant filling procedures before a static fire test. The pad was clear of personnel, and there were no injuries. 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 pressurizes the stage's propellant tanks), causing perforations that allowed liquid and/or solid oxygen to accumulate underneath the lining, which was ignited by friction. Following the explosion, SpaceX has switched to performing static fire tests only without attached payloads.(more details)

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.

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.

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, in a dual-stack configuration, with the two customers sharing the rocket and mission costs. First-stage landing attempt on drone ship failed due to low thrust on one of the three landing engines; a sub-optimal path led to the stage running out of propellant just above the deck of the landing ship, slamming to the drone ship, breaking a leg, and falling over.

Second successful return from a GTO launch, after launching Thaicom 8 towards 78.5° east. Later became the first booster to be reflown after being recovered from a GTO launch. THAICOM 8 was delivered to a supersynchronous transfer orbit of 91,000 km (57,000 mi).

First time SpaceX launched a Japanese satellite, and first time a booster landed successfully after launching a payload into a GTO. 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.

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. 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. The first stage B1021 later became the first orbital booster to be reused when it launched SES-10 on 30 March 2017. A month later, the Dragon spacecraft returned a downmass containing astronaut's Scott Kelly biological samples from his year-long mission on ISS.(more details)

Second launch of the enhanced Falcon 9 Full Thrust launch vehicle. SpaceX attempted for the first time to recover a booster from a GTO launch to a drone ship. Successful landing was not expected due to low fuel reserves and the booster "landed hard". 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.

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. 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.

Payload included eleven satellites weighing 172 kg (379 lb) each, and a 142 kg (313 lb) mass simulator. First launch of the upgraded v1.1 version, with a 30% power increase. Orbcomm had originally agreed to be the third flight of the enhanced-thrust rocket, but the change to the maiden flight position was announced in October 2015. SpaceX received a permit from the FAA to land the booster on solid ground at SpaceX Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral and succeeded for the first time ever in its history on this maiden ground landing attempt. 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. (more details)

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.(more details) 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.

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. Subsequent launch successfully positioned this first Turkmen satellite at 52.0° east.

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.

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. Per satellite, launch costs were less than US$30 million. The ABS satellite reached its final destination ahead of schedule and started operations on 10 September 2015.

First launch under USAF's OSP 3 launch contract. 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. The satellite launched into a 187 km x 1,241,000 km insertion orbit toward the Sun-Earth L1 point.

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.

Fourth attempt of a soft ocean touchdown, but the booster ran out of liquid oxygen. 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.

Launch was delayed for two weeks for additional verifications after a malfunction observed in the development of the F9R Dev1 prototype. GTO launch of the heavy payload did not allow for controlled splashdown.

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.

Payload included six satellites weighing 172 kg (379 lb) each and two 142 kg (313 lb) mass simulators. 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.

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. 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.

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". Thaicom-6 was inserted into a supersynchronous transfer orbit of 90,039 km (55,948 mi) in apogee with an inclination of 22.46° to the equator.

First geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) launch for Falcon 9, and first successful reignition of the second stage. SES-8 was inserted into a supersynchronous transfer orbit of 79,341 km (49,300 mi) in apogee with an inclination of 20.55° to the equator.

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 capacity. After separation from the second stage carrying Canadian commercial and scientific satellites, the first stage booster performed a controlled reentry, 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. 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. (more details) This was also the first orbital launch using SpaceX's upgraded Merlin 1D rocket engine.

Last launch of the original Falcon 9 v1.0 launch vehicle, first use of the unpressurized trunk section of Dragon.

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.

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. (more details)

Maiden flight of SpaceX's Dragon capsule, consisting of over 3 hours of testing thruster maneuvering and then reentry. Second flight of Falcon 9 v1.0. Attempted to recover the first stage by parachuting it into the ocean, but it disintegrated upon reentry, again before the parachutes were deployed.(more details) It also included eight CubeSats, 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. SpaceX cut off the end of the nozzle and got NASA's approval to fly in this configuration.

First flight of Falcon 9 v1.0. Used a boilerplate version of Dragon capsule which was not designed to separate from the second stage.(more details) 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.