On Saturday local time, SpaceX completed two launches, during which its most “hard-working” Falcon 9 rocket booster completed its 33rd round trip to space, just two and a half months after its last launch. This milestone marks the company’s steady progress toward its goal of 40 reuses.
The booster, designated B1067, lifted off from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 11:47 a.m. Beijing time today, carrying out the Starlink 6-104 mission, which will send 28 internet satellites into low Earth orbit.
Approximately 8 and a half minutes after launch, B1067 successfully landed on the Ala Silence ( ASOG ) unmanned recovery vessel in the Atlantic Ocean. This was the 143rd recovery of the unmanned vessel to date, and the company’s 575th rocket booster recovery mission in total.
This record-breaking booster has an impressive track record. Its previous 32 flights included four NASA launches and 20 batches of Starlink satellites, as well as the European Space Agency’s Galileo L13 mission.
On the same day, another Falcon 9 rocket, designated B1063, launched from Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carrying out its 31st mission and sending 25 Starlink satellites into orbit before landing on the OCISLY unmanned recovery ship in the Pacific Ocean.
According to IT Home’s research, these two missions will be the company’s 21st and 22nd Falcon 9 rocket launches in 2026. With these launches, SpaceX will have over 9,700 Starlink internet satellites in orbit.
