SpaceSpaceX flies a Falcon 9 booster for a record 36th time
SpaceX launched its most-flown Falcon 9 booster for a 36th time on July 9, carrying 29 more Starlink satellites and landing at sea.
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SpaceSpaceX set a new reusability record on July 9, launching its most-flown Falcon 9 first-stage booster for a 36th time. The mission, Starlink 10-42, added 29 broadband internet satellites to the company’s low Earth orbit constellation.
The rocket lifted off at 5:25 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The booster, designated B1067, first flew in June 2021 and has previously carried the Crew-3 and Crew-4 astronaut missions along with two dozen Starlink batches.
About eight minutes after launch, the booster landed on the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean — the 160th landing for that vessel and the 635th booster landing overall for SpaceX.
Following the deployment, SpaceX had more than 10,700 Starlink satellites in orbit, underscoring the pace of a launch cadence built on reusing hardware many times over.
Sources: SpaceX (mission operator); Spaceflight Now.
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