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SpaceX Readies 500th Falcon 9 Launch as Starlink Tops 7,900 Satellites

Booster B1067 will make its 29th flight under a 90 percent favorable weather forecast, aiming for another droneship recovery.

the first stage of the Falcon rockets (boosters B1092 and B1088) flew back to the droneship

Overview

  • On June 28 two Falcon 9 rockets lifted off from Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg, deploying 27 and 26 Starlink satellites to push the network beyond 7,900 active units.
  • Boosters B1092 and B1088 completed their fifth and eighth flights, respectively, and landed on the droneships A Shortfall of Gravitas and Of Course I Still Love You.
  • So far this year SpaceX has flown 42 Falcon 9 missions, including 28 dedicated Starlink deployments by mid-June to build out its global broadband constellation.
  • Mission Starlink 10-25 is set to launch at 1:29 a.m. EDT from SLC-40 on the 500th Falcon 9 mission, with B1067 poised for a record 29th flight.
  • A successful recovery of B1067 on A Shortfall of Gravitas would mark the vessel’s 116th droneship landing and the 472nd overall booster touchdown.