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El propulsor Falcon 9 Block 5 B1081 [ 1 ] aterriza en LZ-4 después de lanzar la misión TRACERS el 23 de julio de 2025.

Un propulsor de primera etapa Falcon 9 es un propulsor de cohete reutilizable utilizado en los vehículos de lanzamiento orbital Falcon 9 y Falcon Heavy fabricados por SpaceX . La fabricación del propulsor de primera etapa constituye aproximadamente el 60% del precio de lanzamiento de un solo Falcon 9 agotado [ 2 ] (y tres de ellos más del 80% del precio de lanzamiento de un Falcon Heavy agotado), lo que llevó a SpaceX a desarrollar un programa dedicado a la recuperación y reutilización de estos propulsores. Después de múltiples intentos, algunos ya en 2010, de controlar la reentrada de la primera etapa después de su separación de la segunda etapa, el primer aterrizaje controlado exitoso de una primera etapa ocurrió el 22 de diciembre de 2015, en el primer vuelo de la versión Full Thrust . Desde entonces, los propulsores de primera etapa Falcon 9 se han aterrizado y recuperado 639 veces de 652 intentos, incluidas las recuperaciones sincronizadas de los propulsores laterales de la mayoría de los vuelos del Falcon Heavy.

En total, 55 propulsores recuperados han sido reacondicionados y posteriormente volados al menos una segunda vez, con un récord de 36 lanzamientos y aterrizajes realizados por un solo propulsor. SpaceX limitó intencionalmente los propulsores Block 3 y Block 4 a volar solo dos misiones cada uno, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] pero la compañía indicó en 2018 que esperaban que las versiones Block 5 lograran al menos diez vuelos, con solo reacondicionamiento menor entre misiones. El hito de diez vuelos fue logrado por primera vez por el propulsor B1051 en la misión Starlink 27 en 2021. [ 5 ] El hito de veinte vuelos fue logrado por primera vez por el propulsor B1062 en la misión Starlink Grupo 6-49 en 2024. El hito de treinta vuelos fue logrado por primera vez por el propulsor B1067 en la misión Starlink Grupo 10-11 en 2025.

Todos los cohetes propulsores del Bloque 4 y anteriores han sido retirados, agotados o perdidos. El último vuelo de un cohete propulsor del Bloque 4 tuvo lugar en junio de 2018. Desde entonces, todos los cohetes propulsores de la flota activa son del Bloque 5.

Los nombres de los propulsores comienzan con una B seguida de un número de cuatro dígitos. La primera versión del Falcon 9, la v1.0, tenía los propulsores del B0001 al B0007. Todos los propulsores posteriores se numeraron secuencialmente a partir del B1001, donde el número 1 representa el propulsor de la primera etapa.

Lista de potenciadores

v1.0 y v1.1

SpaceX intentó el lanzamiento en paracaídas de la primera etapa del Falcon 9 v1.0 en los vuelos 1 y 2; sin embargo, en ambos intentos los propulsores se desintegraron durante la reentrada, y se abandonaron los planes en favor de aterrizajes propulsados. Los propulsores B0002 ( Grasshopper ) y B1002 ( F9R Dev1 ) fueron modificados para realizar breves saltos propulsados ​​en sitios de prueba para demostrar las tecnologías de aterrizaje, y no se utilizaron en misiones orbitales. Tres propulsores lograron aterrizajes suaves en el océano durante vuelos orbitales, pero no fueron recuperados.

Empuje máximo hasta el Bloque 4

El Falcon 9 Full Thrust (versión 1.2 / Bloque 3) fue la primera versión del Falcon 9 en aterrizar con éxito. Entre las modificaciones se incluyeron un tanque de combustible más grande, motores mejorados y propelente y oxidante superenfriados para aumentar el rendimiento. Los Bloques 3 y 4 se encuentran en esta lista, mientras que el Bloque 5, que está en funcionamiento, se lista por separado. El Bloque 4 fue una versión de prueba que incluía nuevo hardware, como aletas de rejilla de titanio , que posteriormente se incorporaron al actual Bloque 5. Los vuelos de todos los cohetes Falcon 9 hasta el Bloque 4 se limitaron a dos vuelos, con un total de 14 segundos de vuelo de estas variantes. Los propulsores se retiraban o se agotaban después de ese segundo lanzamiento.

Los propulsores B1023 y B1025 eran originalmente propulsores del Falcon 9 que fueron convertidos en propulsores laterales del Falcon Heavy para el vuelo de prueba del Falcon Heavy .

Bloque 5

Existen tres tipos de propulsores: Falcon 9 (F9), Falcon Heavy core (FH core) y Falcon Heavy side (FH side). Los propulsores Falcon 9 y Falcon Heavy side son reconfigurables entre sí. Un propulsor Falcon Heavy core se fabrica con soportes estructurales para los propulsores laterales y no se puede convertir en un propulsor Falcon Heavy side, aunque sí se puede convertir en un propulsor Falcon 9 core de menor rendimiento. El hardware de montaje entre etapas se modificó después de la versión B1056. El nuevo diseño de la etapa intermedia presenta menos pines de sujeción, lo que reduce el trabajo necesario para convertir un propulsor Falcon 9 en un propulsor Falcon Heavy side. [ 83 ]

El Bloque 5 es la última versión de los propulsores Falcon 9 y Falcon Heavy. Entre las mejoras se incluyen un escudo térmico más resistente , motores optimizados, nuevas secciones de material compuesto de carbono (patas de aterrizaje, secciones de motor, conductos de admisión , propulsores RCS y sección intermedia), patas de aterrizaje retráctiles, aletas de rejilla de titanio y otras adiciones que simplifican la renovación y facilitan su reutilización.

Los propulsores Block 5 fueron certificados inicialmente para 10 lanzamientos [ 84 ] , lo que se incrementó a 15. Se realizó un examen exhaustivo de los Falcon 9 B1058 y B1060 después de su decimoquinto vuelo [ 85 ] , y SpaceX certificó los propulsores Falcon 9 para 20 misiones. SpaceX ha aumentado aún más la certificación de re-vuelo del Falcon a 40 vuelos por propulsor, ya que algunos propulsores alcanzan los 20 vuelos [ 86 ] [ 87 ] .

B1058 , lanzado por primera vez el 30 de mayo de 2020 ( Crew Dragon Demo-2 ), fue el único propulsor con logotipos de la NASA. El 11 de septiembre de 2022, durante una misión Starlink, se convirtió en el primero en completar catorce lanzamientos y aterrizajes para convertirse en el líder de la flota. Con otras 5 misiones Starlink, B1058 logró entre 15 y 19 lanzamientos y aterrizajes, el primero en hacerlo. B1062 había sido el primero en lograr entre 20 y 23 lanzamientos y aterrizajes de un propulsor. Poseedor del récord mundial Guinness con calcomanía de corona , [ 88 ] B1067 , es el actual líder de la flota después de completar entre 24 y 36 lanzamientos y aterrizajes, el primero en hacerlo. [ 89 ] Entre todos los propulsores B5, el B1071 ostenta el récord de mayor número de naves espaciales (1145) lanzadas a órbita, mientras que el récord de mayor masa de nave espacial lanzada a órbita por un solo propulsor lo ostenta el B1069 , apodado OG Tippy Rocket , [ 90 ] es decir, ( 472 640 kg (1 041 990 lb) ) . El B1063 es actualmente y de todos los tiempos, el propulsor superviviente más antiguo de la flota Falcon 9.  

A fecha de 1 de agosto de 2026  SpaceX ha puesto en servicio un total de 56 nuevos propulsores B5, de los cuales 32 han sido destruidos (23 se han agotado, seis se han perdido debido a aterrizajes fallidos y tres se han perdido durante la recuperación).

Destruido, gastado o perdido

Se presume activo

Estadística

Los cohetes de la familia Falcon 9 tienen una tasa de éxito de99,56% y se han lanzado 683 veces en 16  años, lo que resultó en 680 éxitos completos, dos fallas en vuelo ( SpaceX CRS-7 y Starlink Grupo 9-3), una falla previa al vuelo ( AMOS-6 mientras se preparaba para una prueba de encendido estático en la plataforma ) y una falla parcial ( SpaceX CRS-1 , que entregó su carga a la Estación Espacial Internacional (ISS), pero una carga útil secundaria quedó varada en una órbita más baja de lo planeado). La versión activa del cohete, el Falcon 9 Block 5 , ha volado 614 veces con éxito y falló una vez (Starlink Grupo 9-3), lo que resultó en unaTasa de éxito del 99,84%.

In 2022, the Falcon 9 set a new record with 60 successful launches by the same launch vehicle type in a calendar year. This surpassed the previous record held by Soyuz-U, which had 47 launches (45 successful) in 1979.[239] In 2023, the Falcon family of rockets (including the Falcon Heavy) had 96 successful launches, surpassing the 63 launches (61 successful) of the R-7 rocket family in 1980.[a][240] In 2024, SpaceX broke their own record with 134 total Falcon flights (133 successful) accounting for over half of all orbital launches that year.

The Falcon 9 has evolved through several versions: v1.0 was launched five times from 2010 to 2013, v1.1 launched 15 times from 2013 to 2016, Full Thrust launched 36 times from 2015 to 2018. The most recent version, Block 5, was introduced in May 2018.[241] With each iteration, the Falcon 9 boosters have become more powerful and capable of vertical landing, while fairings simultaneously performing water landing, before being scouped out of water. As vertical landings and fairing recovery operations became more commonplace, SpaceX focused on streamlining the refurbishment process for boosters and fairings, making it faster and more cost-effective.[5]

The Falcon Heavy derivative is a heavy-lift launch vehicle composed of three Falcon 9 first-stage boosters. The central core is reinforced, while the side boosters feature aerodynamic nosecone instead of the usual interstage.[242]

Falcon 9 first-stage boosters landed successfully in 639 of 652 attempts (98.01%), with 614 out of 620 (99.03%) for the Falcon 9 Block 5 version. A total of 611 re-flights of first stage boosters have all successfully launched their second stages and, all but one, their payloads.

Rocket configurations

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Booster turnaround time

This chart displays the turnaround time, in months, between two flights of each booster. As of July 30, 2026, the shortest turnaround time was 9 days, 3 hours, 39 minutes and 28 seconds, for the fourth flight of B1088. Boosters that are still likely to be re-used (active fleet) are highlighted in bold.

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  1. ↑There was also an on-pad explosion of an R-7 family rocket; sometimes it is counted as a launch, resulting in 64 launches.
  2. ↑Controlled descent; ocean touchdown control failed; no recovery
  3. ↑Passive reentry failed before parachute deployment
  4. ↑Controlled descent; soft vertical ocean touchdown; no recovery
  5. ↑Full Thrust Boosters B1023 and B1025 were converted to side boosters for the Falcon Heavy test flight of February 2018. This configuration will never fly again, as future Falcon Heavy missions have used a modified variant of Block 5 modules as side boosters.

Full Thrust booster flight counts

Este gráfico muestra la frecuencia de vuelo de los propulsores. Se limita a las versiones Full Thrust, ya que las versiones anteriores nunca se recuperaron intactas. Las entradas del Bloque 5 incluyen propulsores activos que pueden realizar vuelos adicionales en el futuro. Los Bloques 1 a 3 realizaron 27 vuelos con 18 propulsores (1,5 vuelos por propulsor), el Bloque 4 realizó 12 vuelos con 7 propulsores (1,7 vuelos por propulsor). Al 30 de julio de 2026 , el Bloque 5 había realizado 615 vuelos con 39 propulsores ( 15,8 vuelos por propulsor) con Falcon 9.

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Este gráfico muestra cuántos propulsores Block 5 han tenido N vuelos y su estado: si siguen activos, agotados (es decir, no se intentó recuperarlos) o destruidos (es decir, la recuperación del propulsor falló).

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El propulsor F9 que se agotó tras un solo uso fue el B1054 (GPS III SV01 a MEO, diciembre de 2018). Los tres propulsores destruidos en su primer vuelo incluyen dos núcleos FH  : B1055 (se desprendió de la nave en abril de 2019) y B1057 (fallo en el aterrizaje del ADS en junio de 2019).

Cronograma del cohete propulsor Falcon 9 FT

Esta línea de tiempo muestra todos los lanzamientos de los propulsores Falcon 9, comenzando con el primer lanzamiento de Full Thrust. Los propulsores activos que se espera que realicen vuelos adicionales en el futuro están marcados con un asterisco. Los vuelos individuales están marcados con líneas verticales. Un pequeño espacio en blanco indica la conversión entre los formatos laterales Falcon 9 y Falcon Heavy. Para los propulsores que han realizado varios lanzamientos, las barras de colores indican el tiempo de preparación para cada vuelo.

Recuperaciones sincronizadas de potenciadores laterales

La mayoría de los vuelos del Falcon Heavy incluyen el aterrizaje simultáneo de los dos propulsores laterales en tierra:

  1. Vuelo de prueba del Falcon Heavy
  2. Arabsat-6A
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  5. USSF-67
  6. Júpiter-3 (EchoStar XXIV)
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Impulsores destacados

Saltamontes

Saltamontes realizando un vuelo de 325 metros (1066 pies) 

Grasshopper consistía en "un tanque de primera etapa Falcon 9, un solo motor Merlin-1D" con una altura de 32 m (105 pies) . [ 243 ] El propulsor utilizado para Grasshopper tenía el número de serie 0002.  

Grasshopper began flight testing in September 2012 with a brief, three-second hop, followed by a second hop in November 2012 with an 8-second flight that took the testbed approximately 5.4 m (18 ft) off the ground, and a third flight in December 2012 of 29 seconds duration, with extended hover under rocket engine power, in which it ascended to an altitude of 40 m (130 ft) before descending under rocket power to come to a successful vertical landing.[244]Grasshopper made its eighth, and final, test flight on October 7, 2013, flying to an altitude of 744 m (2,441 ft) before making its eighth successful vertical landing.[245]Grasshopper is retired.[12]

Booster 1019

Booster 1019 immediately before touchdown at Landing Zone 1

Falcon 9 B1019 was the first Full Thrust booster, and was first launched on December 22, 2015, for Falcon 9 flight 20 and landed on the Landing Zone 1 (LZ‑1) at Cape Canaveral. It became the first orbital-class rocket booster to perform a successful return to launch site and vertical landing.[246][247][248]

SpaceX decided not to fly the booster again.[249] Rather, the rocket was moved a few miles north, refurbished by SpaceX at the adjacent Kennedy Space Center, to conduct a static fire test. This test aimed to assess the health of the recovered booster and the capability of this rocket design to fly repeatedly in the future.[250][246] The historic booster is on display outside SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California.

Booster 1021

Booster 1021 aboard the Of Course I Still Love You drone ship after landing from the SpaceX CRS-8 mission

Falcon 9 B1021 was the first booster to be re-flown and the first to land on a droneship. It was first launched on April 8, 2016, carrying a Dragon spacecraft and Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) on the SpaceX CRS-8 mission and landed on an autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS). After recovery, inspections and refurbishing, it was launched again on March 30, 2017, for the SES-10 mission and recovered successfully a second time. This event marks a milestone in SpaceX's drive to develop reusable rockets and reduce launch costs.[29][251][252][253][254] Following the second flight, SpaceX stated that they plan to retire this booster and donate it to Cape Canaveral for public display.[255][256] It was later put on public display outside Dish Network's headquarters in Littleton, Colorado in October 2023.[31]

Boosters 1023 and 1025

Boosters 1023 (left) and 1025 (right) landing simultaneously at Landing Zones 1 and 2 after completing the Falcon Heavy Demonstration Mission

B1023 became the third orbital-class rocket to land on a droneship after launching Thaicom 8 into a geostationary transfer orbit on May 27, 2016. It was an unusually hard landing that crushed the energy absorbers on at least one of the landing legs, causing the booster to "walk" across the droneship and lean over,[257][258] but the rocket arrived safely at Port Canaveral.[259] B1025[260] successfully launched the CRS-9 resupply mission on its maiden flight on July 18, 2016, and landed on LZ-1, being the first after B1019 to do so.[261] The mission carried a new docking adapter specifically designed for autonomous spacecraft to the ISS in preparation for Dragon 2 resupply and Commercial Crew missions.[262]

B1023 y B1025 fueron asignados como propulsores laterales para el vuelo de prueba del Falcon Heavy en 2017, después del cual se sometieron a pruebas de encendido estático por separado. Los propulsores se acoplaron a un núcleo Falcon Heavy de nueva construcción, B1033, para el vuelo. [ 263 ] El vuelo inaugural del Falcon Heavy el 6 de febrero de 2018, lanzó el Tesla Roadster del CEO de SpaceX, Elon Musk , y un astronauta maniquí a una órbita heliocéntrica que cruza Marte. Los propulsores se separaron con éxito del núcleo y realizaron aterrizajes sincronizados en LZ-1 y LZ-2. [ 264 ] B1033 no pudo aterrizar en la plataforma flotante debido a que se agotó el fluido de ignición, lo que provocó que dos de los tres motores no se encendieran para su combustión de aterrizaje. La plataforma flotante sufrió daños menores.

El B1023 se exhibe en el Complejo de Visitantes del Centro Espacial Kennedy en su configuración de propulsor lateral Falcon Heavy. [ 38 ]

Refuerzo 1046

El cohete propulsor 1046 se encuentra sobre la pancarta "Solo lee las instrucciones" después de haber sido lanzado y aterrizado con éxito tres veces.

B1046 fue el primer Block 5, la versión final del SpaceX Falcon 9. Fue lanzado por primera vez el 11 de mayo de 2018, transportando Bangabandhu-1 , el primer satélite de comunicaciones geoestacionario de Bangladesh. Este fue el vuelo número 54 del Falcon 9 y el primer vuelo del Falcon 9 Block 5. [ 265 ] Después de completar un ascenso exitoso, B1046 aterrizó en el barco no tripulado Of Course I Still Love You . Después de una inspección y reacondicionamiento, B1046 fue lanzado por segunda vez el 7 de agosto de 2018, transportando el satélite Telkom-4 (Merah Putih) . La misión Telkom-4 marcó la primera vez que un cohete propulsor de clase orbital lanzó dos misiones GTO. Este fue también el primer re-vuelo de un propulsor Block 5. [ 266 ] Cuatro meses después de la misión Telkom-4, el B1046 llegó a la Base de la Fuerza Aérea Vandenberg para apoyar la misión SSO-A . Después de retrasos para verificaciones adicionales del satélite, [ 267 ] el despegue ocurrió desde SLC-4E el 3 de diciembre de 2018. Esta fue la primera vez que el mismo propulsor de clase orbital voló tres veces. [ 268 ] Su cuarta y última misión lanzó una cápsula Crew Dragon hasta el punto de presión dinámica máxima , donde se separó del cohete para probar su sistema de aborto en vuelo para validar la seguridad del sistema para las tripulaciones. Después de la separación de Falcon y Dragon, el B1046 fue destruido por fuerzas aerodinámicas.

Refuerzo 1048

B1048 was the third Falcon 9 Block 5 to fly and the second Block 5 booster to re-fly, and the first booster ever to be launched four, then five times. During the last launch, an engine shut down seconds before the planned shutdown, becoming only the second time a Merlin engine failed since the failure during the SpaceX CRS-1 in October 2012. The primary mission was unaffected and the Starlink payload deployed successfully,[269] further confirming the reliability of the rocket due to redundancy of the engines. With reduced thrust, B1048 was unable to sufficiently slow down its descent, and thus was unable to land.[270]

Booster 1049

B1049 was the oldest Falcon 9 booster on active duty until its last flight on November 22, 2022, after which this title went to B1052. It was the first to successfully launch and land six, then seven times, and the second to launch and land eight, nine, and then ten times respectively. It launched two commercial payloads, Telstar 18V and the eighth Iridium NEXT batch, and eight internal Starlink batches.[271] B1049 was seen with its landing legs and grid fins removed indicating that it would be expended on its next flight. The final flight of B1049 was originally thought to be O3b mPower 4-6 but a regrouping of the launches meant that an expendable booster was no longer required. It was then planned that B1049's last flight would be the launch of Nilesat-301 however, those plans changed and the mission was flown with a recoverable booster (B1062.7). B1049 flew the Eutelsat-10B communications satellite with a Test/Spare Block 4 interstage on November 22, 2022. This mission was its last flight.[83][105][272]

Booster 1050

B1050 launched for the first time on December 5, 2018.[273][274] A grid fin malfunction occurred shortly after the entry burn, resulting in the booster performing a controlled landing in the ocean instead of the planned ground pad landing.[275]

No future flights for B1050 were planned, and it was scrapped due to its damage,[276] with some parts being recycled into the Starhopper test vehicle.

Booster 1051

B1051 was the sixth Falcon 9 Block 5 booster built. On its maiden flight on March 2, 2019, it carried a Crew Dragon into orbit on the Demo-1 mission. It then flew its second mission out of Vandenberg AFB launching the Radarsat constellation. It then flew 4 Starlink missions and launched SXM-7, totaling 5 flights in 2020 alone, and becoming the first Falcon 9 to launch a commercial payload on its seventh flight. On December 18, 2021, it flew for a record 11th time.[277] It was the first booster to be used eight, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve times respectively. It flew for the final time on November 12, 2022, for the Intelsat G-31/G-32 mission, and was expended.

Booster 1056

B1056 first launched on May 4, 2019, carrying a Cargo Dragon to the ISS. Because of the failure of the static test fire of Crew Dragon C204's Super-Draco abort engines on LZ-1, it landed on a drone ship instead.[278] It flew three more times. On February 17, 2020, B1056 was planned to perform the 50th orbital-class rocket landing, just 27 days after its previous launch.[279] The booster soft-landed in the Atlantic Ocean and was severely damaged after launching Starlink satellites into orbit, becoming the first flight-proven Block 5 booster to fail landing.[140]

Booster 1058

Booster 1058 and Crew Dragon Endeavour rolling out to the launch pad, bearing the NASA "worm" logo

Falcon 9 B1058 was first launched on May 30, 2020, from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A (Apollo 11 launch site). It carried NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the International Space Station. It was the first crewed orbital spaceflight launched from the United States since the final Space Shuttle mission, and the first crewed flight test of Dragon 2. It was the first crewed orbital spaceflight by a private company. The booster was the first and only Falcon 9 booster to feature NASA's worm logo and meatball insignia, which was reintroduced after last being used in 1992.[280]

El 11 de septiembre de 2022, voló por decimocuarta vez y se convirtió en el primer propulsor en ser recuperado 14 veces. [ 281 ] El 17 de diciembre de 2022, también fue el primer propulsor en volar y aterrizar por decimoquinta vez. [ 282 ] El 10 de julio de 2023, rompió el récord de reutilización de volar y aterrizar un propulsor de cohete de clase orbital por decimosexta vez y posteriormente se convirtió en el primero en completar 17, 18 y 19 lanzamientos en el mismo año. [ 283 ]

A pesar del exitoso aterrizaje en su decimonoveno vuelo, el propulsor se volcó durante el tránsito debido al fuerte oleaje y los vientos intensos. SpaceX ya ha equipado los nuevos propulsores Falcon con patas de aterrizaje mejoradas que tienen la capacidad de autonivelarse y mitigar este tipo de problemas. [ 284 ]

Booster 1060

El B1060 realizó su primer vuelo el 30 de junio de 2020, un mes después de la misión Demo-2. Otras misiones en las que participó incluyen lanzamientos de Starlink v1, v1.5 y v2 Mini, dos misiones de transporte compartido Transporter y tres grandes satélites comerciales. Tras convertirse en el cohete principal en servicio de SpaceX el 25 de diciembre de 2023, se le asignó la que sería la primera misión comercial exitosa de aterrizaje lunar: el propulsor lanzó la misión IM-1 el 15 de febrero de 2024. Esta fue su decimoctava misión. [ 285 ]

Refuerzo 1061

El Falcon 9 B1061 lanzó por primera vez la misión Crew-1 a la ISS el 16 de noviembre de 2020, el primer vuelo operativo de Crew Dragon, y aterrizó en un barco no tripulado. [ 286 ] Se convirtió en el primer propulsor en transportar tripulación dos veces, así como en el primer propulsor reutilizado en transportar tripulación como parte de la misión Crew-2 . [ 287 ] Esta primera etapa continuó completando misiones adicionales. [ 171 ] El B1061 es el único propulsor que aterrizó en todas las diferentes zonas de aterrizaje y barcos no tripulados de SpaceX (sin incluir LZ-2). Fue desperdiciado en el lanzamiento de la ESA Hera el 7 de octubre de 2024. El propulsor 1061 voló un total de 23 vuelos, lo que lo empata con el B1062 como el propulsor Falcon 9 más volado que se desperdició.

Refuerzo 1062

Falcon 9 B1062 launched Inspiration4 in 2021, operated by SpaceX on behalf of Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Isaacman.[288] The mission launched the Crew DragonResilience on September 16, 2021, at 00:02:56 UTC[a] from the Florida Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A atop a Falcon 9launch vehicle, placed the Dragon capsule into low Earth orbit,[265] and ended successfully on September 18, 2021, at 23:06:49 UTC,[289] when the Resilience splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean. B1062 held the record for the fastest booster turnaround time at 21 days and 4 hours between April 8, 2022 (Axiom-1) and April 29, 2022 (Starlink Group 4–16) beating the previous record of 27 days and 6 hours held by B1060. This was the first time a booster had flown twice in the same calendar month. According to the SpaceX webcast of the Starlink Group 4-16 mission, the booster spent just nine days in refurbishment. This record withstood until B1080 broke it by launching within 14 days between November 11–24, 2024. This booster was the first booster to achieve 20 launches and landings. This booster completed 22 successful launch and landings, before tipping over on its 23rd landing on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas during the Starlink 8-6 mission.[290]

Booster 1069

Falcon 9 B1069, dubbed as OG Tippy Rocket,[291] launched SpaceX CRS-24 to ISS in December 2021 for NASA. SpaceX achieved the feat of 100 successful orbital rocket booster landings in this mission, coinciding with the sixth anniversary of its first booster landing. The rough seas led to the Octagrabber robot not being able to secure the booster to the deck, leading to both the booster, droneship and the Octagrabber robot being heavily damaged in transit.[292] It took months for SpaceX to refurbish B1069, returning into service only on Group 4-23 mission in August 2022.

On its next flight for EutelsatHotbird 13F, B1069 included a hosted promotional payload by FIFA, that was a box powered by Starlink containing two Adidas Al Rihla (the Journey) balls, that were to be used in 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[293] These match balls were launched and brought back by landing on the drone-ship surviving the stresses of re-entry. Later, they were taken out and shipped back to Qatar for the World Cup. This was the first payload on a Falcon 9 booster itself and demonstrated the reusability.[294] The balls' flight by SpaceX was, in part, a promotion for the company's Starlink satellite internet service. An associated website invited World Cup attendees to visit the Starlink office in Doha.[295]

Reuse and recovery records

  • B1012 featured the first recovery attempt on a drone-ship on January 10, 2015. The attempt was unsuccessful.
  • B1019 became the first orbital booster ever to be recovered after a launch. After it landed at LZ-1 on December 22, 2015, it was retired and put on display at SpaceX Headquarters in Hawthorne, California.
  • B1021 became the first booster ever to land on a drone-ship. On April 8, 2016, B1021 touched down on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You, marking SpaceX's second successful landing.
  • B1021 became the first booster to fly a second time, on F9 Flight 32 when it launched the SES-10 satellite on March 30, 2017. After its second successful landing, it was retired and put on display at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.[256]
  • B1023 and B1025 achieved the first synchronized landings when they touched down together at LZ-1 and LZ-2 respectively after the Falcon Heavy Test Flight on February 6, 2018.
  • B1046 (the first Block 5 booster) became the first to launch three times, carrying Spaceflight SSO-A on December 3, 2018.
  • B1048 was the first booster to be recovered four times on November 11, 2019, and the first to perform a fifth flight on March 18, 2020, but the booster was lost during re-entry.
  • B1049 was the first booster to be recovered five times on June 4, 2020, six times on August 18, 2020, and seven times on November 25, 2020.
  • B1051 became the first booster to be recovered eight times on January 20, 2021, nine times on March 14, 2021, and ten times on May 9, 2021, achieving one of SpaceX's milestone goals for reuse. It then became the first booster to be recovered 11 times on December 18, 2021, and 12 times on March 19, 2022.[296][297][298][299]
  • B1060 became the first booster to fly 13 times on June 17, 2022.
  • B1088 holds the record for fastest turnaround at 9 days, 3 hours, 39 minutes and 28 seconds. It launched on 12 March and again on March 21, 2025. First booster to launch and land thrice in 23 days, achieved on April 4, 2025.
  • B1023 holds the record for the farthest downrange drone-ship landing from Falcon 9 at 681 km on May 27, 2016, and B1055 holds the record of 1236 km downrange from Falcon Heavy.[300]
  • B1058 became the first booster to fly 14 times on September 11, 2022, 15 times on December 17, 2022, 16 times on July 10, 2023, 17 times on September 20, 2023, 18 times on November 4, 2023, and 19 times on December 23, 2023.
  • B1069 launched and returned a hosted box containing two FIFA2022 World CupAdidas Al Rihla on October 15, 2022, for a sub-orbital flight, the first payload on a Falcon 9 booster.[301]
  • B1061 became the only booster on December 30, 2022, to launch from all SpaceX's different launch sites and on all of SpaceX's different landing zones and drone ships (except rarely used LZ-2 that is located nearby LZ-1).
  • B1080 became the first booster to land onshore after launching a crewed mission (Ax-2) on May 21, 2023. Before, all boosters of Dragon 2 missions, crew and cargo, landed on ships. As of May 2026, since Ax-2 all boosters of Dragon 2 missions landed onshore, except for Polaris Dawn and Fram2, which were launched to much higher orbit and higher inclination orbit respectively than usual.
  • The fastest return of a droneship from the landing site to Port Canaveral is 50 hours achieved by A Shortfall of Gravitas, on the Starlink Group 6-46 mission.
  • B1062 became the first booster to fly 20 times on April 13, 2024, 21 times on May 18, 2024, 22 times on June 27, 2024, and 23 times on August 28, 2024.
  • The fastest landing-to-landing turnaround of a droneship is 84 hours achieved by A Shortfall of Gravitas, between the Starlink Group 6-60 and Group 6-64 missions.[302]
  • B1067 became the first booster to be recovered 23 times on November 11, 2024, and flown and recovered 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36 times on December 4, 2024, January 10, 2025, February 15, 2025, April 14, 2025, May 13, 2025, July 2, 2025, August 28, 2025, October 19, 2025, December 8, 2025, February 22, 2026, March 30, 2026, June 8, 2026, and July 9, 2026 respectively.
  • B1085 became the first booster to fly ten times in one calendar year on December 5, 2024.
  • B1071 became the first booster to launch 1000 cumulative spacecraft on November 28, 2025.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑September 15, 2021, 20:02:56 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

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