Wednesday’s early morning launch on Space Coast marked the 500th time that SpaceX fleet-leading its Falcon 9 Rocket and reused its fleet-leading first-stage booster for a record 29th time.
The latest flight with payloads of 27 Starlink satellites has appeared for over nine hours since the release of the 499 from the nearby Kennedy Space Center, which sent European weather satellites, and was lifted to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40, appearing just nine hours at 2:28am.
The booster first flew in 2021 and was then used in two human spaceflights in 28 previous missions, resulting in a 29 flight downstairs on the droneship completing a shortage of Gravitas.
Falcon Fleet leader lands at 29th release and landing pic.twitter.com/4ypdmyjqts
– SpaceX (@Spacex) July 2, 2025
The first Falcon 9 was released in 2010, with only two of the 500 releases finished with a complete failure.
Elon Musk’s company made its first successful trajectory launch with the Falcon 1 Rocket in 2008, but only flew one more time before switching to the Falcon 9.
The launch was SpaceX’s No. 83rd Falcon 9 mission in 2025 from all facilities in Florida and California. Falcon Heavy has not been released yet this year.
On the Space Coast, it marked the 58th orbital mission, all three flying on SpaceX.
