
Post-scrub, SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches on record-breaking flight from Cape Canaveral
- by The Cincinnati Enquirer
- May 13, 2025
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 first-stage booster landed for a record 28th time.
The booster carried 28 Starlink satellites into orbit from Kennedy Space Center.
The next launch from Cape Canaveral is scheduled for no earlier than May 14.
The first-stage of a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off and landed for a record-breaking 28th time early Tuesday, May 13, leaving many to wonder just how many flights SpaceX will eventually get out of a single Falcon 9.
The weather had been poor for days, with the mission originally scrubbing on May 12 and then being postponed until the early hours of May 13. The bad weather finally moved offshore, and the Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 1:02 a.m. from NASA's Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A with 28 Starlink internet satellites.
"Fleet leading Falcon booster completes its 28th launch and landing," a post by SpaceX on X stated after the liftoff.
SpaceX continues to push the limits of this particular Falcon 9 booster. Previous flights included 16 Starlink missions, CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, O3B mPOWER-A, PSN SATRIA, Telkomsat Merah Putih 2, Galileo L13, and Koreasat-6A.
To date, SpaceX is the only company to have been successful at landing a rocket's first-stage on a seafaring vessel, referred to as 'drone ships,' for retrieval and reuse. Blue Origin hopes to eventually achieve the same with the first-stage of its New Glenn rocket. Landing the first-stage booster on a vessel allows the company to reuse the booster, thereby reducing the cost of launches.
No Space Coast sonic booms were heard. Just over eight minutes past liftoff the record-breaking booster landed on the Just Read the Instructions drone ship, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
This launch marked the 29th Starlink launch of the year from Florida. Overall, it was the 41st orbital mission of the year from the Florida launch pads. While the majority of these missions were SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets, Blue Origin's New Glenn and ULA's Atlas V have also each seen a launch this year.
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