Date (UTC) |
Mission |
Target(s) |
Type |
Recovered? |
Reused on |
2023-05-20 |
Iridium-9 / OneWeb F19 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
UNCLEAR |
? |
- Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 752 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. This was the sixth flight for one of them and third for the other.
- GO Beyond was deployed for the first time but it’s unclear whether the fairings were recovered intact or not.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to Iridium-9 / OneWeb F19 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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2023-05-19 |
Starlink 6-3 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
- Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 681 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. This was the eighth flight for both of them.
- Doug was deployed for this mission.
- Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean and brought to Port Canaveral.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to Starlink 6-3 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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Recovered fairings from the Starlink 6-3 mission (Credit: @astrogeo)
|
2023-05-14 |
Starlink 5-9 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2023-05-10 |
Starlink 2-9 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2023-05-04 |
Starlink 5-6 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
- Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 630 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. This was the eighth flight for one of them and ninth for the other.
- Bob was deployed for this mission.
- Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean and brought to Port Canaveral.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to Starlink 5-6 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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Recovered fairings from the Starlink 5-6 mission (Credit: NASA Spaceflight)
|
2023-05-01 |
Viasat-3 Americas |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2023-04-29 |
O3b mPOWER 2 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2023-04-27 |
Starlink 3-5 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / UNCLEAR |
? |
- Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 635 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. This was the seventh flight for one of them and second for the other.
- NRC Quest was deployed but it’s unclear if both fairings were recovered intact, only one half was photographed at port.
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Presumed booster B1061.13 and fairings from the Starlink 3-5 mission in port before being shipped to the launch pad (Credit: @LBCAirSeaSpace)
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2023-04-19 |
Starlink 6-2 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2023-04-15 |
Transporter-7 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
UNCLEAR |
? |
- Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 543 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. This was the fifth flight for one of them and second for the other.
- NRC Quest was deployed but it’s unclear whether the fairings were recovered intact or not.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to Transporter-7 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
|
2023-04-07 |
Intelsat 40e |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
- Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 872 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. This was the eighth flight for one of them and the second for the other.
- Bob was deployed for this mission.
- Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean and brought to Port Canaveral.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to Intelsat 40e launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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Recovered fairings from the Intelsat 40e mission (Credit: @SaltySailor28)
|
2023-04-02 |
SDA Tranche 0 L1 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
UNCLEAR |
? |
- Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 490 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. This was the fourth flight for one of them and sixth for the other.
- NRC Quest was deployed but it’s unclear whether the fairings were recovered intact or not.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to SDA Tranche 0 L1 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
|
2023-03-29 |
Starlink 5-10 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
- Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 660 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. This was the seventh flight for both of them.
- Bob was deployed for this mission.
- Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean and brought to Port Canaveral.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to Starlink 5-10 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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Recovered fairings from the Starlink 5-10 mission (Credit: NASA Spaceflight)
|
2023-03-24 |
Starlink 5-5 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2023-03-17 |
SES-18/SES-19 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
- Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 788 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. One half flew for the seventh time and the other for the third time.
- Bob was deployed for this mission.
- Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean and brought to Port Canaveral.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to SES-18/SES-19 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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Recovered fairings from the SES-18/SES-19 mission (Credit: NASA Spaceflight)
|
2023-03-17 |
Starlink 2-8 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
UNCLEAR |
? |
- Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 660 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. This was the fifth flight for both of them. Photos show that one of the halves had previously flown on SARah-1.
- NRC Quest was deployed but it’s unclear whether the fairings were recovered intact or not.
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Presumed booster B1071.8 and fairings for the Starlink 2-8 mission in port before being shipped to the launch pad (Credit: Jack Beyer)
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to Starlink 2-8 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
|
2023-03-09 |
OneWeb F17 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2023-03-03 |
Starlink 2-7 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
UNCLEAR |
? |
- Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 661 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. This was the fifth flight for one half and the second flight for the other half. Photos show that one of the halves had previously flown on NROL-108.
- NRC Quest was deployed but it’s unclear whether the fairings were recovered intact or not.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to Starlink 2-7 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
|
2023-02-28 |
Starlink 6-1 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
- Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 637 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. This was the second flight for both of them.
- Doug was deployed for this mission.
- Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean and brought to Port Canaveral.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to Starlink 6-1 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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Recovered fairings from the Starlink 6-1 mission (Credit: NASA Spaceflight)
|
2023-02-18 |
Inmarsat-6 F2 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
- Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 795 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused but SpaceX didn’t specify the number of previous flights.
- Bob was deployed for this mission.
- Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean and brought to Port Canaveral.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to the Inmarsat-6 F2 launch (Credit: Inmarsat)
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Recovered fairings from the Inmarsat-6 F2 mission (Credit: NASA Spaceflight)
|
2023-02-17 |
Starlink 2-5 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
UNCLEAR |
? |
- Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 664 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. This was the fifth flight for one half and the sixth flight for the other half.
- NRC Quest was deployed but it’s unclear whether the fairings were recovered intact or not.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to Starlink 2-5 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
|
2023-02-12 |
Starlink 5-4 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2023-02-07 |
Amazonas Nexus |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
- Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 777 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. This was the fifth flight for one half and the sixth flight for the other half.
- Bob was deployed for this mission.
- Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean and brought to Port Canaveral along with fairings from the Starlink 5-3 mission.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to the Amazonas Nexus launch (Credit: John Kraus)
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Recovered fairings from the Amazonas Nexus mission (Credit: NASA Spaceflight)
|
2023-02-02 |
Starlink 5-3 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
- Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 660 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. This was the sixth flight for one half and the seventh flight for the other half.
- Bob was deployed for this mission.
- Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean and brought to Port Canaveral along with fairings from the Amazonas Nexus mission.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to the Starlink 5-3 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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Recovered fairings from the Starlink 5-3 mission (Credit: NASA Spaceflight)
|
2023-01-31 |
Starlink 2-6 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
UNCLEAR |
? |
- Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 647 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. This was the fifth flight for one half and the third flight for the other half.
- NRC Quest was deployed but it’s unclear whether the fairings were recovered intact or not.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to Starlink 2-6 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
|
2023-01-26 |
Starlink 5-2 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
- Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 660 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. This was the fifth flight for one half and the sixth flight for the other half.
- Bob was deployed for this mission.
- Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean and brought to Port Canaveral.
-
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to Starlink 5-2 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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Recovered fairings from the Starlink 5-2 mission (Credit: NASA Spaceflight)
|
2023-01-19 |
Starlink 2-4 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
UNCLEAR |
? |
- Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 662 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused but SpaceX didn’t specify the number of previous flights. But it’s clearly visible that at least one fairing half previously flew on SARah-1.
- NRC Quest was deployed but it’s unclear whether the fairings were recovered intact or not.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to Starlink 2-4 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
|
2023-01-18 |
GPSIII-SV06 |
ocean |
v2.5 |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2023-01-15 |
USSF-67 |
ocean |
v2.5 |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2023-01-10 |
OneWeb F16 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
- Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 608 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. One half flew for the sixth time and the other for the seventh time.
- Doug was deployed for this mission.
- Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean and brought to Port Canaveral.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to OneWeb F16 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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Recovered fairings from the OneWeb F16 mission (Credit: NASA Spaceflight)
|
2023-01-03 |
Transporter-6 |
ocean |
v2.5 |
YES / YES |
? |
- Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 604 km downrange.
- It’s unclear whether the fairings were new or reused. I’m assuming new, but it’s unconfirmed.
- Bob was deployed for this mission.
- Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean and brought to Port Canaveral.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to the Transporter-6 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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Recovered fairings from the Transporter-6 mission (Credit: NASA Spaceflight)
|
2022-12-30 |
EROS C-3 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
UNCLEAR |
? |
- Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 388 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused but SpaceX didn’t specify the number of previous flights.
- NRC Quest was deployed but it’s unclear whether the fairings were recovered intact or not.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to EROS C-3 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
|
2022-12-28 |
Starlink 5-1 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
- Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 660 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused but SpaceX didn’t specify the number of previous flights.
- Doug was deployed for this mission.
- Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean and brought to Port Canaveral.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to Starlink 5-1 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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Recovered fairings from the Starlink 5-1 mission (Credit: NASA Spaceflight)
|
2022-12-17 |
Starlink 4-37 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
- Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 655 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused but SpaceX didn’t specify the number of previous flights.
- Doug was deployed for this mission.
- Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean and brought to Port Canaveral.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to Starlink 4-37 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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Recovered fairings from the Starlink 4-37 mission (Credit: NASA Spaceflight)
|
2022-12-16 |
O3b mPOWER 1 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / NO |
? |
|
2022-12-16 |
SWOT |
ocean |
v2.5 |
UNCLEAR |
? |
|
2022-12-11 |
HAKUTO-R Mission 1 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2022-12-08 |
OneWeb F15 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2022-11-23 |
Eutelsat 10B |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺? |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2022-11-12 |
Intelsat Galaxy 31/32 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
- Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 958 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. This was the fifth flight for both of them.
- Bob was deployed for this mission.
- Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean and brought to Port Canaveral.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to Intelsat Galaxy 31/32 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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2022-11-03 |
Eutelsat Hotbird 13G |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2022-11-01 |
USSF-44 |
ocean |
v2.5 |
YES / YES |
? |
- Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 1439 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were new.
- Doug was deployed for this mission.
- Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean and brought to Port Canaveral.
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Falcon Heavy fairing prior to USSF-44 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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Recovered fairing from the USSF-44 mission (Credit: @virtualperson4)
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2022-10-28 |
Starlink 4-31 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
UNCLEAR |
? |
- Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 673 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused but SpaceX didn’t specify the number of previous flights.
- NRC Quest was deployed but it’s unclear whether the fairings were recovered intact or not.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to Starlink 4-31 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
|
2022-10-20 |
Starlink 4-36 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / NO |
? |
|
2022-10-15 |
Eutelsat Hotbird 13F |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
- Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 781 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. This was the fourth flight for both of them.
- Doug was deployed for this mission.
- Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean and brought to Port Canaveral.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to Eutelsat Hotbird 13F launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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Recovered fairings from the Eutelsat Hotbird 13F mission (Credit: NASA Spaceflight)
|
2022-10-09 |
Intelsat Galaxy 33/34 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2022-10-05 |
Starlink 4-29 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
UNCLEAR |
? |
- Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 665 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused but SpaceX didn’t specify the number of previous flights.
- NRC Quest was deployed but it’s unclear whether the fairings were recovered intact or not.
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Starlink 4-29 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
|
2022-09-25 |
Starlink 4-35 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2022-09-19 |
Starlink 4-34 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
- Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 666 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. This was the fourth flight for one half and third for the other.
- Doug was deployed for this mission.
- Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean and brought to Port Canaveral.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to Starlink 4-34 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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Recovered fairings from the Starlink 4-34 mission (Credit: Jerry Pike)
|
2022-09-11 |
Starlink 4-2 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2022-09-05 |
Starlink 4-20 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2022-08-31 |
Starlink 3-4 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
UNCLEAR |
? |
- Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 640 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. This was their third launch. One of the halves flew for the first time on SARah-1.
- NRC Quest was deployed but it’s unclear whether the fairings were recovered intact or not.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to Starlink 3-4 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
|
2022-08-28 |
Starlink 4-23 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2022-08-19 |
Starlink 4-27 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
- Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 656 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. This was the fifth flight for one of them and the sixth flight for the other one.
- Doug was deployed for this mission.
- Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean and brought to Port Canaveral.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to Starlink 4-27 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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Recovered fairings from the Starlink 4-27 mission (Credit: NASA Spaceflight)
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2022-08-12 |
Starlink 3-3 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
UNCLEAR |
? |
- Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 636 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. This was their fourth launch.
- NRC Quest was deployed but it’s unclear whether the fairings were recovered intact or not.
|
2022-08-10 |
Starlink 4-26 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2022-08-05 |
KPLO |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2022-07-24 |
Starlink 4-25 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
no attempt |
– |
- Both fairing halves were reused.
- SpaceX didn’t attempt fairing recovery on this mission.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to Starlink 4-25 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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2022-07-22 |
Starlink 3-2 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
UNCLEAR |
? |
- Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 635 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. This was the third launch for one half and fifth launch for the other.
- NRC Quest was deployed but it’s unclear whether the fairings were recovered intact or not.
|
2022-07-17 |
Starlink 4-22 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
- Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 668 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. This was the third flight for both of them.
- Bob was deployed for this mission.
- Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean and brought to Port Canaveral.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to Starlink 4-22 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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Recovered fairings from the Starlink 4-22 mission (Credit: NASA Spaceflight)
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2022-07-11 |
Starlink 3-1 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
Starlink 3-4? |
|
2022-07-07 |
Starlink 4-21 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / NO |
? |
|
2022-06-29 |
SES-22 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
- Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 782 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. This was their second launch.
- Doug was deployed for this mission.
- Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean and brought to Port Canaveral intact.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to SES-22 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to SES-22 launch (Credit: Zachary Shaul Adventure)
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2022-06-19 |
Globalstar FM15 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2022-06-18 |
SARah-1 |
ocean |
v2.5 |
YES / YES |
Starlink 3-1? |
- Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 391 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were new.
- NRC Quest was deployed for this mission.
- Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean and brought to Port of Long Beach seemingly intact.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to SARah-1 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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NRC Quest with fairings recovered from the SARah-1 mission (Credit: Sam Sun)
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2022-06-17 |
Starlink 4-19 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2022-06-08 |
Nilesat-301 |
ocean |
v2.5 |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2022-05-25 |
Transporter-5 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2022-05-18 |
Starlink 4-18 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2022-05-14 |
Starlink 4-15 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2022-05-13 |
Starlink 4-13 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
UNCLEAR |
? |
- Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 654 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused.
- NRC Quest was deployed for this mission.
- It’s unclear whether the recovery was successful or not because nobody took pictures when the ship returned to port.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to Starlink 4-13 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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2022-05-06 |
Starlink 4-17 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2022-04-29 |
Starlink 4-16 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2022-04-21 |
Starlink 4-14 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2022-04-17 |
NROL-85 |
ocean |
v2.5 |
UNCLEAR |
? |
- Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 430 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were new.
- NRC Quest was deployed for this mission.
- It’s unclear whether the recovery was successful or not because nobody took pictures when the ship returned to port.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to NROL-85 launch (Credit: Jack Beyer)
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2022-04-01 |
Transporter-4 |
ocean |
v2.5 |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2022-03-19 |
Starlink 4-12 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2022-03-09 |
Starlink 4-10 |
ocean |
v2.5 |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2022-03-03 |
Starlink 4-9 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
|
2022-02-25 |
Starlink 4-11 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
UNCLEAR |
? |
- Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 657 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. One of them previously flew on NROL-108 and Starlink 2-1, while the other one previously flew on two unspecified missions.
- NRC Quest was deployed for this mission.
- It’s unclear whether the recovery was successful or not because nobody took pictures when the ship returned to port.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to Starlink 4-11 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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2022-02-21 |
Starlink 4-8 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
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2022-02-03 |
Starlink 4-7 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
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2022-02-02 |
NROL-87 |
ocean |
v2.5 |
UNCLEAR |
? |
- Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 362 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were new.
- NRC Quest was deployed for this mission.
- It’s unclear whether the recovery was successful or not because nobody took pictures when the ship returned to port.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to NROL-87 launch (Credit: NRO)
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to NROL-87 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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2022-01-31 |
CSG-2 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
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2022-01-19 |
Starlink 4-6 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
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2022-01-13 |
Transporter-3 |
ocean |
v2.5 |
YES / YES |
? |
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2022-01-06 |
Starlink 4-5 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
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2021-12-19 |
Türksat 5B |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
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2021-12-18 |
Starlink 4-4 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
- Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 646 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. One half previously flew on Sentinel 6A and Starlink v1-20, while the other one previously flew on three unspecified missions.
- NRC Quest was deployed for this mission.
- Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean and brought to Port of Long Beach seemingly intact.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to the Starlink 4-4 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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2021-12-09 |
IXPE |
ocean |
v2.5 |
YES / YES |
Starlink 4-14 |
- Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 787 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were new.
- Bob was deployed for this mission.
- Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean and brought to Port Canaveral in seemingly good condition.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to IXPE launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft, begins rollout to Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 7, 2021 (Credit: SpaceX)
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft, begins rollout to Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 7, 2021 (Credit: SpaceX)
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft, rolls out to Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 7, 2021. IXPE is scheduled to launch no earlier than 1 a.m. EST Thursday, Dec. 9. NASA’s Launch Services Program is managing this launch. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, manages the IXPE mission. Ball Aerospace, headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, manages spacecraft operations with support from the University of Colorado at Boulder. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, manages the Explorers Program for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The U.S. Space Force’s Space Launch Delta 45 provides range support for this launch. SpaceX is providing the launch vehicle for this mission. The IXPE spacecraft includes three space telescopes with sensitive detectors capable of measuring the polarization of cosmic X-rays, allowing scientists to answer fundamental questions about extremely complex environments in space where gravitational, electric, and magnetic fields are at their limits. The project is a collaboration between NASA and the Italian Space Agency.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to IXPE launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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Bob with two recovered fairing halves from the IXPE mission (Credit: LabPadre)
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Bob with two recovered fairing halves from the IXPE mission (Credit: LabPadre)
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2021-12-02 |
Starlink 4-3 |
ocean |
v2.5 |
YES / YES |
? |
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2021-11-24 |
DART |
ocean |
v2.5 |
YES / YES |
? |
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2021-11-13 |
Starlink 4-1 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
- Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 682 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. One half previously flew on GPSIII-SV04 and Starlink v1-27, while the other one flew on Starlink v1-25.
- Bob was deployed for this mission (for the first time ever).
- Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean and brought to Port Canaveral.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to the Starlink 4-1 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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Bob with two recovered fairings from the Starlink 4-1 mission (Credit: NASA Spaceflight)
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2021-09-14 |
Starlink 2-1 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
Starlink 4-4 / Starlink 4-11 |
- Landing took place in the Pacific approximately 688 km downrange.
- Both fairing halves were reused. One half previously flew on GPSIII-SV03 and Türksat 5A, while the other one flew on NROL-108.
- NRC Quest was deployed for this mission.
- Both fairing halves were recovered from the ocean and brought to Port of Long Beach seemingly intact.
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Starlink satellites being encapsulated into the fairing prior to the Starlink 2-1 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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NRC Quest with two recovered fairings from Starlink 2-1 (Credit: Sam Sun)
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2021-06-16 |
Transporter-2 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
CSG-2 |
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2021-06-16 |
GPSIII-SV05 |
ocean |
v2.5 |
YES / YES |
Türksat 5B |
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2021-06-06 |
SXM-8 |
ocean |
v2.5 |
YES / YES |
? |
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2021-05-26 |
Starlink v1-28 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
Starlink 4-7 |
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2021-05-15 |
Starlink v1-26 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / NO |
Starlink 4-8 |
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2021-05-09 |
Starlink v1-27 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
Starlink 4-1 / Starlink 4-8 |
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2021-05-04 |
Starlink v1-25 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺* |
YES / NO |
Starlink 4-1 |
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2021-04-07 |
Starlink v1-24 |
ocean |
v2.5 |
YES / YES |
Starlink 4-6 |
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2021-04-07 |
Starlink v1-23 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / NO |
Starlink 4-5 |
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2021-03-24 |
Starlink v1-22 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
? |
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2021-03-14 |
Starlink v1-21 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
Starlink v1-28 / Transporter-2 |
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2021-03-11 |
Starlink v1-20 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
Starlink 4-5 / Starlink 4-4 |
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2021-03-04 |
Starlink v1-17 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
Starlink v1-28 / ? |
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2021-02-16 |
Starlink v1-19 |
ocean |
v2.5 |
YES / NO |
? |
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2021-02-04 |
Starlink v1-18 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES? |
Transporter-2 / ? |
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2021-01-24 |
Transporter-1 |
ocean |
v2.5 |
YES / YES |
Starlink v1-21 |
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2021-01-20 |
Starlink v1-16 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
NO / NO |
– |
- Landing took place in the Atlantic approximately 707 km downrange.
- One fairing was previously used on a Starlink mission and the other one on two Starlink missions. SpaceX didn’t specify which missions the fairings previously flew on, but they might have been from Starlink v1-9 and Starlink v1-10.
- Interestingly, the fairings didn’t have the usual thermal protection on the tip.
- Ms. Chief and Ms. Tree were deployed but didn’t attempt to catch the fairings.
- The ships didn’t manage to recover either of the fairings.
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Falcon 9 fairing prior to the Starlink v1-16 launch (Credit: SpaceX)
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Ms. Chief returning to port without any fairings after the Starlink v1-16 mission (Credit: NASA Spaceflight)
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2021-01-08 |
Türksat 5A |
Ms. Chief / ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
NO / YES |
Starlink 2-1 |
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2020-12-19 |
NROL-108 |
ocean |
v2.5 |
YES / YES |
Starlink v1-26 / Starlink 2-1 |
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2020-12-13 |
SXM-7 |
Ms. Tree? / ocean |
v2.5 ♺* |
YES / YES |
Starlink v1-20 / Starlink v1-26 |
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2020-11-25 |
Starlink v1-15 |
ocean |
v2.5 ♺ |
YES / YES |
Starlink v1-23 / Starlink v1-17? |
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2020-11-21 |
Sentinel-6A |
ocean |
v2.5 |
YES / YES |
Starlink v1-20 / Starlink v1-22 |
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2020-11-05 |
GPSIII-SV04 |
ocean |
v2.5 |
YES / YES |
Starlink v1-27 |
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2020-10-24 |
Starlink v1-14 |
ocean |
v2.5 |
YES? / YES? |
Starlink v1-22? |
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2020-10-18 |
Starlink v1-13 |
Ms. Chief / Ms. Tree |
v2.5 ♺ |
NO / NO |
? |
- 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 they didn’t end up being reused again.
- 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.
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Fairing catch by Ms. Tree during the Starlink v1-13 mission. The net gave way. (Credit: SpaceX)
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