Space @lemmy.world threelonmusketeers @sh.itjust.works 4 wk. ago

SpaceX completes 300th Falcon booster landing during Starlink mission – Spaceflight Now

spaceflightnow.com SpaceX completes 300th Falcon booster landing during Starlink mission – Spaceflight Now

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/18279792

The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, tail number B1078, made its ninth launch on this flight. It previously launched NASA’s Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station, USSF-124 and five Starlink flights.

About eight and a half minutes after liftoff, B1078 landed on the SpaceX droneship, ‘Just Read the Instructions.’ In addition to this being the 300th Falcon booster landing overall, it was the 79th landing for JRTI and the 233rd droneship landing to date.

SpaceX @sh.itjust.works threelonmusketeers @sh.itjust.works 4 wk. ago

spaceflightnow.com /2024/04/23/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-starlink-satellites-on-falcon-9-flight-from-cape-canaveral/

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that is wild I feel like we just saw the first reusable rocket landing just a few long months ago
- Time certainly does fly. The first Falcon 9 booster landing was over 8 years ago (December 2015). At the time it was an unprecedented acheivement. Now it's just another Tuesday.