The company launched 23 of its Starlink internet satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket that had flown 18 times before, breaking its own record for the most flights by a single booster.
SpaceX has achieved a new milestone in its quest to reuse rockets and reduce the cost of spaceflight. The company launched 23 Starlink internet satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket that had flown 18 times before, breaking its record for the most flights by a single booster.
Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, completing the first 19th launch and landing of a booster pic.twitter.com/WoVx0R0Esj — SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 23, 2023
The historic launch occurred from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday (December 23) at 12:33 am EST (0533 GMT). The Falcon 9’s first stage, which debuted in May 2020 on the Demo-2 Crew Dragon mission that carried astronauts for the first time, still bore the faded NASA ‘worm’ logo from that occasion.
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