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[Orionid]

SpaceX Launches Year’s 70th Falcon 9, Continues Record-Breaking Year
by Ben Evans, October 18, 2023 [AS]


B1062 powers aloft on her record-tying 16th launch on Tuesday evening. Photo Credit: Jeff Seibert/AmericaSpace

(...) Flying yesterday’s mission was B1062, a dedicated “East Coast Falcon” which becomes only the third “single-stick” Falcon 9 core to reach a life-leading 16th flight. She now sits in joint first place on the league table with her sisters B1058—the one-time ride of “Bob and Doug”—and B1060, both of which passed 16 launches in July and then each logged a 17th within days of each other, just last month. (...)
https://www.americaspace.com/2023/10/18/spacex-launches-years-70th-falcon-9-continues-record-breaking-year/

SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket on 47th Starlink launch of 2023
October 17, 2023 Will Robinson-Smith [SFN]


The plume of the Falcon 9’s Merlin Vacuum engine was illuminated by the setting sun, following a liftoff at 8:39 p.m. EDT (0039 UTC) on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. Image: Michael Cain
https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/10/17/live-coverage-spacex-prepares-falcon-9-rocket-launch-of-47th-starlink-launch-of-2023/

Farewell to the “Old Guard”: Bob & Doug’s Booster Lost at Sea
December 26, 2023 by Ben Evans [AS]


B1058 launches into a cloudy early morning winter sky for what would be the final mission of her 19-flight career. Photo Credit: Jeff Seibert/AmericaSpace

(...) Early 26 December, SpaceX revealed the news of B1058’s demise, noting that “The Falcon fleet’s life-leading rocket completed its 19th and final launch and landing on 23 December.” It added that across almost 37 months of service the old booster had lifted two astronauts safely into orbit, as well as more than 860 satellites, totaling over 573,000 pounds (260,000 kilograms). (...)
https://www.americaspace.com/2023/12/26/farewell-to-the-old-guard-19x-flown-falcon-9-booster-lost-at-sea/

Historic SpaceX Falcon 9 booster topples over and is lost at sea
December 27, 2023 Will Robinson-Smith


The remains of Falcon 9 booster 1058 arrive at Port Canaveral after the vehicle toppled over and broke apart in bad weather. Image: Steven Young/Spaceflight Now.

A piece of America’s space history is now on the ocean’s floor. During its return voyage to Port Canaveral in Central Florida, a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage booster toppled over and broke in half.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/12/27/historic-spacex-falcon-9-booster-topples-over-and-is-lost-at-sea/
https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/12/23/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-falcon-9-rocket-from-cape-canaveral-with-23-starlink-satellites-2/

History-making SpaceX booster mostly destroyed in post-flight topple

December 26, 2023 — The first U.S. commercial rocket to launch astronauts into orbit has met its end after being destroyed during its latest post-flight recovery.

Referred to by SpaceX by its serial number, B1058, the Falcon 9 first stage was being transported back to shore after its record-setting 19th flight when "the booster tipped over "due to high winds and waves," the company reported on X, the social network previously known as Twitter, on Sunday (Dec. 25). Two days earlier, the stage had helped launch 23 of SpaceX's Starlink broadband satellites before successfully touching down on the company's droneship "Just Read the Instructions," which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Florida. (...)

With the loss of 1058, SpaceX is believed to have 16 flight-proven, active Falcon 9 first stages still remaining and three pending their first use. (...)
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-122623a-spacex-falcon-9-first-stage-1058-lost-recovery.html

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[Orionid]

SpaceX Launches June’s Sixth Falcon 9 Mission, Deploys 1,000th Starlink of Year
by Ben Evans , June 23, 2024 [AS]


In a launch previously denied to her sister B1073, the 11-times-used B1078 rises atop a pillar of flame at 1:15 p.m. EDT Sunday for the sixth Falcon 9 mission of June. Photo Credit: Jeff Seibert/AmericaSpace

(...) This particular mission has been waiting in the wings for almost two weeks, having originally been earmarked to ride the B1073 booster—already a 15-launch veteran—on 12 June. However, after falling foul to a pair of back-to-back weather scrubs, the mission finally suffered a nail-biting pad abort at T-0 on 14 June and SpaceX elected to temporarily set B1073 aside for inspections and reassigned B1078 in her stead.

It would be B1078’s fifth mission of 2024 and the 11th of her career. And with this unexpected reassignment, she has been rotated in only three and a half weeks since her most recent flight in late May, marking this as her quickest-yet turnaround: only 26 days. (...)
https://www.americaspace.com/2024/06/23/spacex-launches-junes-sixth-falcon-9-mission-deploys-1000th-starlink-of-year/

https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/06/22/live-coverage-spacex-swaps-falcon-9-boosters-ahead-of-starlink-launch-from-cape-canaveral/
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/science-technology/spacex-launches-1-000th-starlink-satellite-of-2024/3257077
https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/space/2024/06/22/spacex-starlink-10-2-another-attempt
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1804927092175630746
https://x.com/HlavsaDennis/status/1794796688269594834

[Orionid]

Prawdopodobnie nie ma już na orbicie żadnego satelity z misji Starlink 9-3.
Kolejny przykład, że rakieta może być niezawodna w 100% tylko w określonej jednostce czasu.

Starlink satellites lost on Falcon 9 upper stage failure
Jeff Foust July 12, 2024 [SN]


A screenshot of the July 11 Falcon 9 launch shows ice buildup on the second stage engine (right) not seen on typical launches. Credit: SpaceX webcast

TOKYO — SpaceX says it will not be able to recover the 20 Starlink satellites left in a very low orbit after a malfunction of a Falcon 9 upper stage on a July 11 launch. (...)

Near-term missions facing delays include the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission, a pair of communications satellites that had been expected to launch this month on a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, along with the Transporter-11 rideshare mission on another Falcon 9 in July from Vandenberg.

Also on hold is Polaris Dawn, a private astronaut mission that will send four people on a Crew Dragon to test high-altitude operations and a new SpaceX-developed spacesuit. That mission was scheduled to launch as soon as July 31 from Florida. (...)
https://spacenews.com/starlink-satellites-lost-on-falcon-9-upper-stage-failure/

https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/07/11/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-20-starlink-satellites-on-falcon-9-rocket-from-vandenberg-space-force-base/
https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/12/spacex-falcon-9-suffers-rare-failure-on-orbit-during-starlink-deployment/
https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-launch-anomaly-occurs-on-falcon-9-starlink-satellite-mission/