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39 missions

  1. Photo: U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Spencer Contreras / Public domain

    Bandwagon-5

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  2. Photo: SpaceX / CC0

    CRS-35

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  3. Photo: NASA Kennedy Space Center / NASA/John Kraus / Public domain

    SpaceX CRS-35

    The last two roll-out solar arrays for the space station

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    SpaceX's 35th commercial resupply mission launched an uncrewed cargo Dragon on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral on 13 October 2026, carrying more than 6,000 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station. Among it were the final two iROSA roll-out solar arrays.

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  4. Photo: U.S. Space Force photo by Gwendolyn Kurzen / Public domain

    Starlink 15-25

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  5. Photo: U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Alyssa Bankston / Public domain

    Crew-13

    Dragon Grace takes over the station crew

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    Crew-13 launched on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 on 1 October 2026 in the Dragon Grace capsule, carrying Jessica Watkins, Luke Delaney, Joshua Kutryk and cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov to the International Space Station. NASA said the capsule was on course to dock in under eight hours, a record pace for Dragon.

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  6. Photo: U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Alyssa Bankston / Public domain

    SpaceX Crew-13

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  7. Photo: Osunpokeh / CC BY-SA 4.0

    Starship Flight 14

    The first Starship to reach orbit

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    Starship Flight 14 lifted off from Starbase in South Texas on 28 September 2026 with Booster 21 and Ship 41, and the ship reached orbit for the first time. It deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites, all of which made contact, and then came back to a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

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  8. Photo: Jenny Hautmann / CC BY-SA 4.0

    Starship Flight 13

    The second V3 flight, with 20 Starlink V3 satellites

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    Starship Flight 13 launched from Pad 2 at Starbase on 24 July 2026 with Booster 20 and Ship 40, after an earlier attempt aborted at engine start. The booster splashed down in the Gulf, and the ship's six engines shut down with a call-out of nominal orbit insertion.

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  9. Photo: U.S. Space Force photo by Gwendolyn Kurzen / Public domain

    ViaSat-3 F3

    Falcon Heavy flies again after a gap of nearly 18 months

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    SpaceX launched a Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A with the Boeing-built ViaSat-3 F3 satellite, the 12th Falcon Heavy flight and the first since October 2024. Both side boosters landed, and the second stage made a nominal orbit insertion.

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  10. Tranche 1 Transport Layer C

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  11. Photo: Steve Jurvetson / CC BY 2.0

    Starship Flight 10

    A run through the objectives

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    Starship's tenth flight test lifted off from Starbase, Texas, on 26 August 2025 at 6:30 in the evening Central time. SpaceX states that every major objective was met, which gave data for the next generation of Starship and Super Heavy.

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  12. Photo: GOES imagery: CSU/CIRA & NOAA / Public domain

    Starship Flight 8

    Booster caught, ship lost on ascent

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    Starship's eighth flight test lifted off from Starbase, Texas, at the top of its window, about 5:30 in the evening Central time, with all 33 booster engines lit. The Super Heavy booster was caught at the tower, but the ship lost several engines near the end of its ascent burn, lost attitude control and contact with it was lost.

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