Fairing Recovery Attempts

by scr00chy · Published 2020-03-21 · Updated 2020-11-22

Payload fairing landing in Ms. Tree’s net during the Starlink v1-10 mission (Credit: SpaceX)

SpaceX has been working for years towards recovering and reusing payload fairings. Fairing is a two-piece protective shell made of aluminum and carbon composite at the tip of the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets. Its purpose is to protect the payload from acoustic and atmospheric effects during launch. A Falcon fairing is almost 14 meters tall. Due to its size and the materials used, fairing production is time-consuming and costly (SpaceX produces the fairings in-house and the total cost for two fairing halves is 5 or 6 million dollars). So it is no wonder that the company would like to recover the fairings in order to use them repeatedly, just as it does with its rocket boosters.

Each fairing half is equipped with a steerable parafoil and small thrusters which allow the fairings to reenter the atmosphere intact and guide them toward a recovery zone. They then attempt to land in the ocean or on modified ships Ms. Tree and Ms. Chief equipped with large nets. Landing in the net is preferable because contact with salt water makes reusing the fairings harder (but still possible).

This list of fairing recovery attempts recognizes three generations of fairings: v1.0, v2.0 and v2.5. These are unofficial designations and there might actually be fewer or more fairing types. Version 1.0 was used until early 2018 with only one fairing half containing parachutes. Version 2.0 was used for most of 2018, was slightly wider and both of its halves could be recovered. Version 2.5 is the most recent type which added metal thermal protection on the tip of the fairing.

» Much more detailed article about fairing recovery and the ships Ms. Tree and Ms. Chief «

Changelog:

Nov 22, 2020 – Added information about the Sentinel-6A fairing recovery + photos
Nov 11, 2020 – Added more photos of farirings recovered during the GPSIII-SV04 mission
Nov 7, 2020 – Ms. Chief successfully recovered the GPSIII-SV04 fairings
Nov 6, 2020 – Added preliminary information about GPSIII-SV04 fairing recovery
Oct 27, 2020 – More photos of fairings from Starlink v1-13 + video of recovered fairings from Starlink v1-14
Oct 24, 2020 – Added information about the Starlink v1-14 fairing recovery + new photo from Starlink v1-13
Oct 21, 2020 – Added more information and photos to Starlink v1-13 fairing recovery
Oct 18, 2020 – Added information about the catch attempts during the Starlink v1-13 mission (plus I later changed the part about which missions the fairings previously flew on)
Oct 8, 2020 – Added more information and photos to Starlink v1-12 fairing recovery
Oct 6, 2020 – Added information about the catch attempt during the Starlink v1-12 mission
Sep 4, 2020 – Added information about the unsuccessful catch attempt during the Starlink v1-11 mission
Sep 1, 2020 – Added information and photos from the SAOCOM 1B fairing recovery; added a pink color indicator for fairings that missed the net but were recovered from water afterwards; added a counter of successful fairing catches; added an indicator for missions with reused fairings (♺)

Number of fairing halves that successfuly landed in the net: 9

Legend: YES means the fairing successfully landed in the net. YES means the fairing missed the net but was then recovered from the ocean intact. YES means the fairing was recovered intact after a PLANNED ocean landing. NO means that the fairing wasn’t recovered intact (regardless of planned landing method). ♺ indicates a reused fairing.

Date (UTC)	Mission	Target(s)	Type	Recovered?	Reused on
2020-11-21	Sentinel-6A	ocean	v2.5	YES + YES	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 445 km downrange. SpaceX doesn’t have any ships equipped with nets on the East Coast anymore so the company sent out NRC Quest to scoop up the fairings from the ocean instead. NRC Quest used to be utilized for Dragon recovery in the past. NRC Quest returned to Port of Los Angeles with both fairing halves in seemingly good condition. Falcon 9 fairing prior to the launch of Sentinel-6A (Credit: Sentinel6.blog) Falcon 9 being rolled out to the pad prior to the launch of Sentinel-6A (Credit: ESA) Falcon 9 fairing prior to the launch of Sentinel-6A (Credit: ESA) Recovered fairings from the Sentinel-6A mission (Credit: @SLC4_LZ2) Recovered fairings from the Sentinel-6A mission (Credit: Code Curmudgeon) Recovered fairings from the Sentinel-6A mission (Credit: Code Curmudgeon) Recovered fairings from the Sentinel-6A mission (Credit: Code Curmudgeon) Recovered fairings from the Sentinel-6A mission (Credit: Code Curmudgeon) Recovered fairings from the Sentinel-6A mission (Credit: Code Curmudgeon) Recovered fairings from the Sentinel-6A mission (Credit: Code Curmudgeon) Recovered fairings from the Sentinel-6A mission (Credit: Code Curmudgeon) Recovered fairings from the Sentinel-6A mission (Credit: Code Curmudgeon) Recovered fairings from the Sentinel-6A mission (Credit: Code Curmudgeon) Recovered fairings from the Sentinel-6A mission (Credit: Code Curmudgeon) Recovered fairings from the Sentinel-6A mission (Credit: Code Curmudgeon) Recovered fairings from the Sentinel-6A mission (Credit: Code Curmudgeon) Recovered fairings from the Sentinel-6A mission (Credit: Code Curmudgeon) Recovered fairings from the Sentinel-6A mission (Credit: Code Curmudgeon)
2020-11-05	GPSIII-SV04	ocean	v2.5	YES + YES	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 725 km downrange. Ms. Tree wasn’t available for this mission so Ms. Chief went out to scoop up the fairings with the assistance of a chartered vessel called Big Stone Leader. Ms. Chief returned to port with both fairing halves in seemingly good condition. GPS III SV04 encapsulation into the fairing (Credit: U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center) GPS III SV04 encapsulation into the fairing (Credit: U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center) Fairing for GPSIII-SV04 being transported before the launch (Credit: @_SpaceGal_ / Twitter) Fairing for GPSIII-SV04 being transported before the launch (Credit: @_SpaceGal_ / Twitter) Fairing for GPSIII-SV04 being transported before the launch (Credit: Julia Bergeron) Falcon 9 fairing before the GPSIII-SV04 launch (Credit: SpaceX) Ms. Chief with two fairing halves recovered from the GPSIII-SV04 mission (Credit: Trevor Mahlmann) Ms. Chief with two fairing halves recovered from the GPSIII-SV04 mission (Credit: Trevor Mahlmann) Ms. Chief with two fairing halves recovered from the GPSIII-SV04 mission (Credit: Trevor Mahlmann) Ms. Chief with two fairing halves recovered from the GPSIII-SV04 mission (Credit: Trevor Mahlmann) Ms. Chief with two fairing halves recovered from the GPSIII-SV04 mission (Credit: Trevor Mahlmann)
2020-10-24	Starlink v1-14	ocean	v2.5	YES + YES	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 725 km downrange. Ms. Chief and Ms. Tree needed maintenance after their previous mission and couldn’t make it in time to the landing zone before the launch. SpaceX chartered a vessel called Big Stone Leader to babysit the fairings after landing in the ocean, while Ms. Chief was on its way from Morehead City. Ms. Chief arrived several hours after launch but still managed to recover both fairing halves from the water. They both seemed to be intact (video). Since both fairings spent several hours in the ocean, it’s unclear if they can still be reused.. Falcon 9 fairing before the Starlink v1-14 launch (Credit: SpaceX) Ms. Chief on its way to the landing area right before the Starlink v1-14 launch (Credit: SpaceX) Ms. Chief with two recovered fairings from Starlink v1-14 (Credit: NASA Spaceflight)
2020-10-18	Starlink v1-13	Ms. Chief / Ms. Tree	v2.5 ♺	YES / YES	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 725 km downrange. Both fairing halves were used twice before. They were likely the ones that previously flew separately on Starlink v1-2 and JCSAT-18 and later together on Starlink v1-8. However, SpaceX hasn’t confirmed this. Both fairings were caught by Ms. Chief and Ms. Tree but there were some issues. The net on Ms. Tree gave away and the fairing dropped to the deck. And when Ms. Chief returned to port, one of its antennas was damaged and the fairing was upside down. Both crews are fine and the fairings seemed undamaged but it’s unclear if they can be reused. The fairings were unloaded in Morehead City and then Ms. Tree transported them to Port Canaveral, while Ms. Chief was recovering fairings from the Starlink v1-14 mission. Falcon 9 fairing prior to the Starlink v1-13 launch (Credit: Greg Scott) Fairing catch by Ms. Tree during the Starlink v1-13 mission. The net gave way. (Credit: SpaceX) Fairing recovered by Ms. Tree during Starlink v1-13 (Credit: Chris Endeavor) Fairing recovered by Ms. Tree during Starlink v1-13 (Credit: Channel Marker Media) Damaged Ms. Chief after Starlink v1-13 (Credit: Channel Marker Media) Fairing recovered by Ms. Chief during Starlink v1-13 (Credit: Channel Marker Media) Fairing recovered by Ms. Chief during Starlink v1-13 (Credit: Channel Marker Media) Fairing recovered by Ms. Chief during Starlink v1-13 (Credit: Channel Marker Media) Fairing recovered by Ms. Chief during Starlink v1-13 (Credit: Chris Endeavor) Ms. Tree transporting two recovered fairings from Starlink v1-13 to Port Canaveral (Credit: @DougFotos) Ms. Tree transporting fairings recovered from the Starlink v1-13 mission to Port Canaveral (Credit: Greg Scott) Ms. Tree transporting fairings recovered from the Starlink v1-13 mission to Port Canaveral (Credit: Greg Scott) Ms. Tree transporting fairings recovered from the Starlink v1-13 mission to Port Canaveral (Credit: Greg Scott) Ms. Tree transporting fairings recovered from the Starlink v1-13 mission to Port Canaveral (Credit: Stephen Marr) Ms. Tree transporting fairings recovered from the Starlink v1-13 mission to Port Canaveral (Credit: Stephen Marr) Ms. Tree transporting fairings recovered from the Starlink v1-13 mission to Port Canaveral (Credit: Stephen Marr) Ms. Tree transporting fairings recovered from the Starlink v1-13 mission to Port Canaveral (Credit: Stephen Marr) Recovered fairings from the Starlink v1-13 mission in Port Canaveral (Credit: Richard Angle) Recovered fairings from the Starlink v1-13 mission in Port Canaveral (Credit: Richard Angle) Recovered fairings from the Starlink v1-13 mission in Port Canaveral (Credit: Richard Angle) Recovered fairings from Starlink v1-13 (Credit: @FarryFaz) Recovered fairings from Starlink v1-13 (Credit: @FarryFaz)
2020-10-06	Starlink v1-12	Ms. Chief / Ms. Tree	v2.5 ♺	YES / YES	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 715 km downrange. One fairing half was reused, if previously flew on Starlink v0.9 and Starlink v1-5. The reused fairing half landed successfully in Ms. Tree’s net. The other half’s catch attempt had to be aborted but the fairing was successfully recovered from the ocean by Ms. Chief. Falcon 9 fairing prior to the Starlink v1-12 launch (Credit: Adam Bernstein) Successful fairing catch during the Starlink v1-12 mission (Credit: Adam Bernstein) Ms. Chief with a recovered fairing half from the Starlink v1-12 mission (Credit: Trevor Mahlmann) Ms. Chief with a recovered fairing half from the Starlink v1-12 mission (Credit: Kyle Montgomery) Ms. Tree with a recovered fairing half from the Starlink v1-12 mission (Credit: Kyle Montgomery) Recovered fairing from Starlink v1-12 on the deck of Ms. Chief (Credit: Kyle Montgomery) Recovered fairing from Starlink v1-12 on the deck of Ms. Tree (Credit: Kyle Montgomery) Recovered fairing from Starlink v1-12 (Credit: Stephen Marr) Recovered fairing from Starlink v1-12 (Credit: Stephen Marr) Recovered fairing from Starlink v1-12 (Credit: Greg Scott) Recovered fairing from Starlink v1-12 (Credit: Greg Scott) Recovered fairing from Starlink v1-12 (Credit: Greg Scott) Recovered fairings from Starlink v1-12 (Credit: Stephen Marr) Recovered fairings from Starlink v1-12 (Credit: Stephen Marr) Recovered fairings from Starlink v1-12 (Credit: Stephen Marr) Recovered fairing from Starlink v1-12 (Credit: Greg Scott) Recovered fairing from Starlink v1-12 (Credit: Greg Scott) Recovered fairing from Starlink v1-12 (Credit: Greg Scott) Recovered fairing from Starlink v1-12 (Credit: Greg Scott) Recovered fairing from Starlink v1-12 (Credit: Trevor Mahlmann)
2020-09-03	Starlink v1-11	Ms. Chief / Ms. Tree	v2.5	NO / NO	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 705 km downrange. It’s unclear if there was an attempt made to catch the fairings but both fairing halves were damaged. Falcon 9 fairing before the Starlink v1-11 launch (Credit: John Kraus) Damaged fairing from Starlink v1-11 on the deck of Ms. Chief (Credit: Kyle Montgomery) Damaged fairing from Starlink v1-11 on the deck of Ms. Chief (Credit: Kyle Montgomery) Damaged fairing from Starlink v1-11 on the deck of Ms. Tree (Credit: Kyle Montgomery) Damaged fairing from Starlink v1-11 on the deck of Ms. Tree (Credit: Kyle Montgomery) Damaged fairing from Starlink v1-11 on the deck of Ms. Tree (Credit: Kyle Montgomery)
2020-08-31	SAOCOM 1B	ocean / ocean	v2.5	YES / YES	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 541 km downrange. Only Ms. Chif was available to recover the fairings because Ms. Tree was positioned in the Starlink v1-11 landing zone. There was no attempt made to catch the fairings. Both fairing halves landed in the ocean and were recovered seemingly intact. Falcon 9 fairing prior to the SAOCOM 1B launch (Credit: SpaceX) Both recovered fairings from SAOCOM 1B on the deck of Ms. Chief (Credit: Julia Bergeron) Recovered fairing from SAOCOM 1B on the deck of Ms. Chief (Credit: Julia Bergeron) Recovered fairing from SAOCOM 1B being trucked away out of Port Canaveral (Credit: Stephen Marr) Recovered fairing from SAOCOM 1B being trucked away out of Port Canaveral (Credit: Stephen Marr) Recovered fairings from SAOCOM 1B being trucked away out of Port Canaveral (Credit: Ken Kremer)
2020-08-18	Starlink v1-10	Ms. Chief / Ms. Tree	v2.5 ♺	YES / YES	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 717 km downrange. One fairing half landed in the net while the other landed in the water and should be recovered. Video of Ms. Tree’s fairing catch Falcon 9 fairing before the Starlink v1-10 launch (Credit: Trevor Mahlmann) Ms. Tree symbol on a reused fairing before the Starlink v1-10 launch (Credit: Trevor Mahlmann) Payload fairing landing in Ms. Tree’s net during the Starlink v1-10 mission (Credit: SpaceX) Recovered fairing from Starlink v1-10 on the deck of Ms. Tree (Credit: Trevor Mahlmann) Recovered fairing from Starlink v1-10 on the deck of Ms. Tree (Credit: Trevor Mahlmann) Recovered fairing from Starlink v1-10 on the deck of Ms. Chief (Credit: Kyle Montgomery)
2020-08-07	Starlink v1-9	Ms. Chief / Ms. Tree	v2.5	YES / YES	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 695 km downrange. Neither fairing managed to land in the net but both were then recovered from the water in seemingly good condition. Falcon 9 fairing before the Starlink v1-6 launch (Credit: Trevor Mahlmann) Ms. Chief with a recovered fairing half from the Starlink v1-9 mission (Credit: Kyle Montgomery) Ms. Chief with a recovered fairing half from the Starlink v1-9 mission (Credit: Kyle Montgomery) Ms. Tree with a recovered fairing half from the Starlink v1-9 mission (Credit: Kyle Montgomery) Fairing half from the Starlink v1-9 mission recovered by Ms. Tree (Credit: Kyle Montgomery) Fairing half from the Starlink v1-9 mission recovered by Ms. Tree (Credit: Kyle Montgomery) Fairing half from the Starlink v1-9 mission recovered by Ms. Tree (Credit: @7Carter24 / Twitter) Fairing half from the Starlink v1-9 mission recovered by Ms. Chief (Credit: Kyle Montgomery) Fairing half from the Starlink v1-9 mission recovered by Ms. Chief (Credit: Kyle Montgomery) Fairing half from the Starlink v1-9 mission recovered by Ms. Chief (Credit: Julia Bergeron) Recovered fairings from the Starlink v1-9 missionf (Credit: Ken Kremer)
2020-07-20	ANASIS-II	Ms. Chief / Ms. Tree	v2.5	YES / YES	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 778 km downrange. First time both fairing halves have landed in the nets during the same mission. Videos of the double fairing catch Falcon 9 fairing prior to the ANASIS-II launch (Credit: SpaceX) Falcon 9 fairing prior to the ANASIS-II launch (Credit: SpaceX) Recovered fairing from the ANASIS-II mission (Credit: Ken Kremer) Recovered fairing from the ANASIS-II mission (Credit: Greg Scott) Recovered fairing from the ANASIS-II mission (Credit: Ken Kremer) Recovered fairing from the ANASIS-II mission (Credit: Greg Scott) Recovered fairing from the ANASIS-II mission (Credit: Greg Scott) Recovered fairing from the ANASIS-II mission (Credit: Greg Scott) Recovered fairing from the ANASIS-II mission (Credit: Greg Scott) Recovered fairing from the ANASIS-II mission (Credit: Greg Scott) Recovered fairing from the ANASIS-II mission (Credit: Greg Scott)
2020-06-30	GPSIII-SV03	ocean / ocean	v2.5	YES / YES	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 634 km downrange. Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean by Ms. Chief and Ms. Tree and appeared to be intact. Falcon 9 fairing for the GPSIII-SV03 mission (Credit: SpaceX) Falcon 9 fairing for the GPSIII-SV03 mission (Credit: SpaceX) Falcon 9 fairing for the GPSIII-SV03 mission (Credit: SpaceX) Falcon 9 fairing for the GPSIII-SV03 mission (Credit: @_SpaceGal_)) Recovered fairings from the GPSIII-SV03 mission (Credit: @Booster_Buddies) Recovered fairing from the GPSIII-SV03 mission (Credit: Miguel Cruz)
2020-06-13	Starlink v1-8	Ms. Chief / Ms. Tree	v2.5 ♺	YES / YES	Starlink v1-13?
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 697 km downrange. First launch with fairings reused from two different missions. One half originally flew on the JCSAT-18/Kacific-1 mission and the other half flew on Starlink v1-2. It is assumed that SpaceX attempted to catch the fairings but it hasn’t been confirmed. Both fairing halves were recovered by Ms. Chief and Ms. Tree and seemed to be in good condition. Payload fairing before the Starlink v1-8 launch (Credit: Next Horizons Spaceflight) Ms. Chief and Ms. Tree returning from the Starlink v1-8 mission (Credit: Ken Kremer) Ms. Chief with recovered fairing from the Starlink v1-8 mission (Credit: Next Horizons Spaceflight) Ms. Tree with recovered fairing from the Starlink v1-8 mission (Credit: Ken Kremer) Ms. Chief with recovered fairing from the Starlink v1-8 mission (Credit: Next Horizons Spaceflight) Ms. Tree with recovered fairing from the Starlink v1-8 mission (Credit: Next Horizons Spaceflight)
2020-06-04	Starlink v1-7	ocean / ocean	v2.5	YES / NO	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 697 km downrange. It’s unclear whether SpaceX actually attempted to catch the fairings on this attempt or not. Both fairing halves were recovered by Ms. Chief and Ms. Tree. One half seemed to be in good shape but the other one was damaged. SpaceX published a cool video showing fairing separation (presumably from this launch) Falcon 9 fairing prior to the Starlink v1-7 launch (Credit: Greg Scott) Damaged fairing half recovered from the Starlink v1-7 mission (Credit: Miguel Cruz) Damaged fairing half recovered from the Starlink v1-7 mission (Credit: Miguel Cruz) Recovered fairing half from the Starlink v1-7 mission (Credit: Miguel Cruz) Recovered fairing half from the Starlink v1-7 mission (Credit: Miguel Cruz)
2020-04-22	Starlink v1-6	ocean / ocean	v2.5 ♺	YES / YES	?
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 711 km downrange. Third launch with reused fairings. They originally flew on the Amos-17 mission. Fairings didn’t attempt to land in the nets due to the ships’ guiding software being updated. Both fairing halves landed in the ocean and were recovered from the water by Ms. Chief and Ms. Tree. Both halves appeared to be in good shape. First mission during which both reused fairing halves were recovered again. Falcon 9 fairing before the Starlink v1-6 launch (Credit: Supercluster) Recovered fairing half from the Starlink v1-6 mission aboard Ms. Tree (Credit: Kyle Montgomery) Recovered fairing half from the Starlink v1-6 mission aboard Ms. Tree (Credit: Kyle Montgomery) Recovered fairing half from the Starlink v1-6 mission aboard Ms. Chief (Credit: Julia Bergeron) Recovered fairing half from the Starlink v1-6 mission aboard Ms. Tree (Credit: Julia Bergeron)
2020-03-18	Starlink v1-5	Ms. Tree / Ms. Chief	v2.5 ♺	YES / NO	Starlink v1-12
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 704 km downrange. Second launch with reused fairings. They originally flew on the Starlink v0.9 mission in May 2019. Both fairing halves missed the nets but were quickly recovered from the water. However, only one of them was intact. Falcon 9 fairing before the Starlink v1-5 launch (Credit: Supercluster) Shot of a fairing half recovered from the ocean during the Starlink v1-5 mission (Credit: SpaceX) Ms. Tree brings back an intact fairing from the Starlink v1-5 launch (Credit: Miguel Cruz) Damaged fairing half recovered by Ms. Chief during the Starlink v1-5 mission (Credit: Greg Scott) Successfully recovered fairing half aboard Ms. Tree after the Starlink v1-5 mission (Credit: Greg Scott) Recovered fairing from the Starlink v1-5 mission being transported from Port Canaveral (Credit: Greg Scott)
2020-02-17	Starlink v1-4	Ms. Tree / Ms. Chief	v2.5	NO / NO	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 700 km downrange. Third attempt at catching both fairing halves at once. Both fairing halves missed the nets and were recovered severely damaged. First damaged fairing half from the Starlink v1-4 mission (Credit: Greg Scott) Second damaged fairing half from the Starlink v1-4 mission (Credit: Greg Scott)
2020-01-29	Starlink v1-3	Ms. Tree / Ms. Chief	v2.5	YES / YES	Starlink v1-10
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 741 km downrange. Second attempt at catching both fairing halves at once. Landing in Ms. Tree’s net was successful (video). Second fairing half missed Ms. Chief’s net but was recovered intact after landing in the ocean. Both fairings were then reused on Starlink v1-10 in August 2020. Falcon 9 fairing before the Starlink v1-3 launch (Credit: Stephen Marr) Fairing half after successfully landing in Ms. Tree’s net (Credit: SpaceX) Ms. Tree with a recovered fairing half from the Starlink v1-3 mission (Credit: Greg Scott) Ms. Tree with a recovered fairing half from the Starlink v1-3 mission (Credit: John Kraus) Ms. Chief with a recovered fairing half from the Starlink v1-3 mission (Credit: Farrielle Mohan) Recovered fairing half from the Starlink v1-3 mission (Credit: @Astrogeo) Recovered fairing half from the Starlink v1-3 mission (Credit: @Astrogeo)
2020-01-07	Starlink v1-2	Ms. Tree / ocean	v2.5	NO / YES	Starlink v1-8
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 741 km downrange. First fairing half narrowly missed the net (the parachute actually got entangled in the net) but the fairing wasn’t recovered afterwards. Second fairing half landed in the ocean as planned and was recovered by GO Navigator. Falcon 9 fairing before the Starlink v1-2 launch (Credit: Stephen Marr) Tangled fairing parachute in Ms. Tree’s net after the Starlink v1-2 mission (Credit: /u/ChannelMarkerMedia) GO Navigator with a recovered fairing half from the Starlink v1-2 mission (Credit: Greg Scott) GO Navigator with a recovered fairing half from the Starlink v1-2 mission (Credit: Julia Bergeron) Recovered fairing from the Starlink v1-2 mission (Credit: @Gibibbles)
2019-12-17	JCSAT-18/Kacific-1	Ms. Chief / Ms. Tree	v2.5	YES / YES	Starlink v1-8 / ?
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 790 km downrange. First attempt at catching both fairing halves at once. First time Ms. Chief attempted to catch a fairing. Both fairing halves missed the nets and were then recovered from the ocean seemingly intact. Falcon 9 fairing before the JCSAT-18/Kacific-1 launch (Credit: Kacific) Recovered fairing from the JCSAT-18/Kacific-1 mission (Credit: Kyle Montgomery) Recovered fairing from the JCSAT-18/Kacific-1 mission (Credit: Kyle Montgomery) Recovered fairing from the JCSAT-18/Kacific-1 mission (Credit: Kyle Montgomery)
2019-08-06	Amos-17	Ms. Tree / ocean	v2.5	YES / YES	Starlink v1-6
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 923 km downrange. First fairing half successfully landed in Ms. Tree’s net (video). Second half landed in the ocean as planned and was recovered by GO Navigator undamaged. Falcon 9 fairing before the Amos-17 launch (Credit: Spacecom) Falcon 9 fairing before the Amos-17 launch (Credit: Spacecom) Falcon 9 fairing before the Amos-17 launch (Credit: Spacecom) Fairing half landing in the Ms. Tree’s net during the Amos-17 mission (Credit: SpaceX) Recovered fairing half aboard Ms. Tree after the Amos-17 mission (Credit: Greg Scott) Recovered fairing half aboard GO Navigator after the Amos-17 mission (Credit: Marek Cyzio)
2019-06-25	STP-2	Ms. Tree / ocean	v2.5	YES / NO	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 1346 km downrange. First mission after Mr. Steven was renamed to Ms. Tree. First successful fairing catch ever (video 1, video 2). Second fairing half was recovered by GO Navigator after intentionally landing in the ocean, but was damaged. Falcon Heavy fairing before the STP-2 launch (Credit: Pauline Acalin) Fairing half after landing in Ms. Tree’s net during the STP-2 mission (Credit: SpaceX) Recovered fairing half from the STP-2 mission aboard Ms. Tree (Credit: Jack Beyer) Recovered fairing half from the STP-2 mission (Credit: Jack Beyer) Recovered fairing half from the STP-2 mission (Credit: Jack Beyer) Recovered fairing half from the STP-2 mission (Credit: Jack Beyer) Damaged fairing half from the STP-2 mission aboard GO Navigator (Credit: Kyle Montgomery)
2019-05-24	Starlink v0.9	ocean / ocean	v2.5	YES / YES	Starlink v1-5
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 724 km downrange. Both fairing halves were successfully recovered by GO Searcher and GO Navigator and later reused on Starlink v1-5. Falcon 9 fairing before the Starlink v0.9 launch (Credit: Marcus Cote) First recovered fairing half during the Starlink v0.9 mission (Credit: Elon Musk) Second recovered fairing half during the Starlink v0.9 mission (Credit: Elon Musk) GO Searcher with a recovered fairing half after the Starlink v0.9 mission (Credit: Greg Scott) GO Navigator with a recovered fairing half after the Starlink v0.9 mission (Credit: Ken Kramer) Recovered fairing half after the Starlink v0.9 mission (Credit: We Report Space) Recovered fairings being unloaded after the Starlink v0.9 mission (Credit: Ken Kremer) Recovered fairing being unloaded after the Starlink v0.9 mission (Credit: Greg Scott) Recovered fairing being transported from the port after the Starlink v0.9 mission (Credit: Greg Scott)
2019-04-12	Arabsat 6A	ocean / ocean	v2.5	YES / YES	Starlink v1-1
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 1029 km downrange. Video of fairing deployment Both fairing halves were successfully recovered by GO Searcher and GO Navigator. First fairings to be reused (on Starlink v1-1). Falcon Heavy fairing before the Arabsat 6A launch (Credit: Michael Baylor) First recovered fairing half during the Arabsat 6A mission (Credit: Elon Musk) Second recovered fairing half during the Arabsat 6A mission (Credit: Elon Musk) First recovered fairing half after the Arabsat 6A mission (Credit: Matt Haskell) Second recovered fairing half after the Arabsat 6A mission (Credit: Matt Haskell) First recovered fairing half from the Arabsat 6A mission being unloaded (Credit: @lake_sea_mtns) Second recovered fairing half from the Arabsat 6A mission being unloaded (Credit: Kyle Montgomery)
2018-12-03	SSO-A	Mr. Steven / ocean	v2.0	YES / YES	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 344 km downrange. Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean by Mr. Steven. The plan was to reuse these fairings but it never happened. Falcon 9 fairing before the SSO-A launch (Credit: Jack Beyer) Recovered fairings from the SSO-A mission aboard Mr. Steven (Credit: Pauline Acalin)
2018-07-25	Iridium-7	Mr. Steven / ocean	v2.0	NO / YES	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 593 km downrange. First attempt at catching a fairing using Mr. Steven’s larger net. Mr. Steven’s crew used IR cameras to track the fairing in the dark, but didn’t manage to catch it. One fairing half was recovered from the water intact but the other one broke apart. Falcon 9 fairing before the Iridium-7 launch (Credit: Teslarati) The SpaceX fairing recovery vehicle Mr Steven made it’s way back from off the coast of Mexico and it’s attempt at recovering the fairing from the SpaceX Iridium 7 launch that took place early July 25, 2018. Mr Steven didn’t catch the fairing as hoped but recovered it from the water landing. (Photo by Charles Bennett)
2018-07-22	Telstar 19V	ocean	v1.0	NO	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 773 km downrange. GO Pursuit brought back to port a damaged fairing half. Falcon 9 fairing before the Telstar 19V launch (Credit: Teslarati) Damaged recovered fairing from the Telstar 19V mission (Credit: John Kraus) Damaged recovered fairing from the Telstar 19V mission (Credit: John Kraus)
2018-06-04	SES-12	ocean	v1.0	YES	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 927 km downrange. GO Pursuit brought back to port a seemingly intact fairing half (video). Falcon 9 fairing before the SES-12 launch (Credit: Tom Cross)
2018-05-22	Iridium-6/GRACE-FO	Mr. Steven / ocean	v2.0	YES / YES	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 887 km downrange. The fairing missed the net by about 50 meters. Both fairing halves were recovered from the water intact. Falcon 9 fairing before the Iridium-6/GRACE-FO launch (Credit: NASA) Fairing half right before landing in the ocean during the Iridium-6/GRACE-FO mission (Credit: SpaceX) Fairing half right before landing in the ocean during the Iridium-6/GRACE-FO mission (Credit: SpaceX) Fairing half after landing in the ocean during the Iridium-6/GRACE-FO mission (Credit: SpaceX) Mr. Steven returns to port with two recovered fairing halves from the Iridium-6/GRACE-FO mission (Credit: Chuck Bennett) Recovered fairing aboard Mr. Steven after the Iridium-6/GRACE-FO mission (Credit: Chuck Bennett) Recovered fairing aboard Mr. Steven after the Iridium-6/GRACE-FO mission (Credit: Chuck Bennett)
2018-05-11	Bangabandhu-1	ocean	v1.0	UNCLEAR	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 927 km downrange. GO Pursuit brought back to port a fairing half in unknown condition. Falcon 9 fairing before the Bangabandhu-1 launch (Credit: Stephen Clark) Recovered fairing from the Bangabandhu-1 mission (Credit: Julia Bergeron)
2018-04-19	TESS	ocean / ocean	v2.0	NO / NO	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 585 km downrange. GO Pursuit brought back to port one damaged fairing half (video). Falcon 9 fairing before the TESS launch (Credit: NASA) Falcon 9 fairing before the TESS launch (Credit: SpaceX) Fairing with a parafoil prior to landing during the TESS mission (Credit: Elon Musk) GO Pursuit with a recovered fairing from the TESS mission (Credit: Marek Cyzio)
2018-03-30	Iridium-5	Mr. Steven	v1.0	YES	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 673 km downrange. Elon Musk: “GPS guided parafoil twisted, so fairing impacted water at high speed. Air wake from fairing messing with parafoil steering.” Fairing landed in the ocean intact and was recovered by Mr. Steven. Falcon 9 fairing before the Iridium-5 launch (Credit: SpaceX) Fairing half after landing in the ocean during the Iridium-5 mission (Credit: SpaceX) Mr. Steven returns to port with a recovered fairing (Credit: Chuck Bennett)
2018-02-22	Paz	Mr. Steven / ocean	v2.0	NO / YES	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 486 km downrange. First mission with “Fairing 2.0” which is slightly wider and better equipped for recovery. First catch attempt with Mr. Steven. Fairing missed Mr. Steven’s net “by a few hundred meters”, but fairing landed intact in water. However, the fairing half experienced catastrophic cracking while being hoisted from the ocean onto Mr. Steven’s deck. Second fairing half was brought back to port intact by Mr. Steven. Falcon 9 fairing before the Paz launch (Credit: Gene Blevins) Fairing half after landing in the ocean during the Paz mission (Credit: SpaceX) Recovered fairing from the Paz mission (Credit: Teslarati) Recovered fairing from the Paz mission (Credit: Teslarati) Recovered fairing from the Paz mission (Credit: Teslarati) Recovered fairing from the Paz mission (Credit: Teslarati)
2018-01-31	SES-16 / GovSat-1	ocean	v1.0	NO	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 799 km downrange. GO Searcher didn’t manage to recover the fairing.
2017-10-30	KoreaSat 5A	ocean	v1.0	UNCLEAR	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 794 km downrange. Mr. Steven brought back to part a fairing in unknown condition. Falcon 9 fairing before the KoreaSat 5A launch (Credit: Robin Seemangal) Recovered fairing from the KoreaSat 5A mission (Credit: @BoringSled)
2017-10-12	SES-11	ocean	v1.0	NO	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 765 km downrange. GO Searcher brought back to port a damaged fairing half. Falcon 9 fairing before the SES-11 mission (Credit: SpaceX) GO Searcher with a damaged fairing after the SES-11 mission (Credit: America Space)
2017-06-23	Bulgariasat-1	ocean	v1.0	NO	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 790 km downrange. According to Elon Musk, they had some problems with the steerable parachute. GO Searcher was the fairing recovery ship for this mission.
2017-05-01	NROL-76	ocean	v1.0	YES	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic. According to unofficial information, the fairing missed its target by 4 miles (6.5 km) and was then recovered intact. Falcon 9 fairing before the NROL-76 launch (Credit: NRO) Falcon 9 fairing before the NROL-76 launch (Credit: Robin Seemangal) Recovered fairings from the SES-10 and NROL-76 missions stored by the old Spacehab building (Credit: leetdan / NASA Spaceflight)
2017-03-31	SES-10	ocean	v1.0	NO	–
» Show details « Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 927 km downrange. First time a fairing was recovered. The fairing landed intact, according to Elon Musk. GO Searcher brought back the fairing covered with a tarp. A damaged fairing, presumed to be from this mission, was later photographed by the old Spacehab building at Port Canaveral. SpaceX released a video of this fairing floating in space before reentry. Falcon 9 fairing before the SES-10 launch (Credit: SES) Recovered damaged fairing from the SES-10 mission (Credit: Steve Marr) Damaged fairing from the SES-10 mission stored by the old Spacehab building (Credit: Rocket Rancher / NASA Spaceflight)

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Jeff

2020-10-10 12:51

Thanks for the effort. Suggestion for improvement: for the Recovered column, instead of using colored YES, use the following:
NET: recovered by the NET
SEA: planned and recovered from the sea
N->S: Planned by the net, missed and recovered from the sea

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