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Taking what it’s learned from the Falcon 9, SpaceX has designed its next-generation and much more powerful Starship rocket to also be fully reusable. It’s already demonstrated the ability to bring home the Starship first stage, though the vehicle still has much testing to undergo before it becomes operational.
An early Sunday morning SpaceX launch marked the 60th orbital mission from the Space Coast from all companies for the year, but also the 500th successful mission for the workhorse Falcon 9 rocket.
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The slate of upcoming rocket launches would be the first in about two weeks following routine maintenance at the launch complex where SpaceX missions get off the ground from the Vandenberg Space Force Base.
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Space.com on MSNSpaceX rocket sets reuse record on 500th Falcon 9 launchSpaceX conducted its 500th Falcon 9 rocket launch early this morning (July 2) and broke its own reuse record in the process. The milestone mission lifted off with 27 Starlink satellites at 2:28 a.m. EDT (0628 GMT) today from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
SpaceX conducted its 500th successful Falcon 9 mission on Sunday, marking an impressive achievement for the company, which launched in 2002. The Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 1:04 a.m. ET on Sunday, on the Commercial GTO-1 mission to deploy the Dror 1 geostationary communication satellite.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launches with 27 Starlink satellites from Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39-A on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (Courtesy/SpaceX)
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is revolutionizing space flight with its reusability, setting new records for successful launches and reducing costs."We have been paying somewhere in the neighborhood of ...