Booster Landing Attempts
| Date (UTC) | Mission | Success? | Target | Videos | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-18 | Starlink v1-5 | NO | OCISLY | – | According to Elon Musk, one of the Merlin engines on the first stage shut down early during ascent |
| 2020-03-07 | CRS-20 | YES | LZ-1 | 1 | According to Elon Musk, the rocket landed in highest winds ever at Cape Canaveral |
| 2020-02-17 | Starlink v1-4 | NO | OCISLY | – | the booster intentionally landed in the water next to OCISLY due to winds being different than predicted |
| 2020-01-29 | Starlink v1-3 | YES | OCISLY | 1 | impact on landing was higher than usual |
| 2020-01-07 | Starlink v1-2 | YES | OCISLY | 1 | |
| 2019-12-17 | JCSAT-18/Kacific-1 | YES | OCISLY | 1 | |
| 2019-12-05 | CRS-19 | YES | OCISLY | 1 | OCISLY landing due to a longer S1 burn to support a 6-hour S2 thermal test |
| 2019-11-11 | Starlink v1-1 | YES | OCISLY | 1 | due to high payload mass, there was no boostback burn even though this was a LEO mission; record payload mass of 15 600 kg |
| 2019-07-25 | CRS-18 | YES | LZ-1 | 1 | |
| 2019-06-25 | STP-2 (center) | NO | OCISLY | 1 | the booster landed in the water next to OCISLY because the landing engine’s TVC failed |
| 2019-06-25 | STP-2 (side boosters) | YES | LZ‑1/LZ‑2 | 1 | first Falcon Heavy side boosters landing at night |
| 2019-06-12 | RADARSAT Constellation | YES | LZ-4 | 1 | first landing on LZ-4 in daylight |
| 2019-05-24 | Starlink-1 | YES | OCISLY | – | due to high payload mass, there was no boostback burn even though this was a LEO mission |
| 2019-05-04 | CRS-17 | YES | OCISLY | 1 | OCISLY was positioned only 20 km off-shore because LZ-1 was unavailable due to the April 20 Crew Dragon anomaly |
| 2019-04-11 | Arabsat 6A (center) | YES | OCISLY | 1 | first successful Falcon Heavy center core landing; landing with highest velocity at MECO so far; booster was lost after successfully landing due to rough sea conditions |
| 2019-04-11 | Arabsat 6A (side boosters) | YES | LZ‑1/LZ‑2 | 1, 2 | first Block 5 Falcon Heavy side booster landing |
| 2019-03-02 | Crew Dragon DM-1 | YES | OCISLY | 1 | |
| 2019-02-22 | Nusantara Satu | YES | OCISLY | 1 | |
| 2019-01-11 | Iridium-8 | YES | JRTI-2 | 1 | |
| 2018-12-05 | CRS-16 | NO | LZ-1 | 1, 2, 3 | first failed land landing attempt (emergency landing in ocean due to a hydraulic pump valve issue which caused grid fins to become uncontrollable) |
| 2018-12-03 | SSO-A | YES | JRTI-2 | 1 | third landing for booster B1046; JRTI was just 44 km offshore |
| 2018-11-15 | Es’hail-2 | YES | OCISLY | 1 | |
| 2018-10-08 | SAOCOM 1A | YES | LZ-4 | 1, 2 | first landing attempt on LZ-4; first Block 5 land landing |
| 2018-09-10 | Telstar 18V (APStar-5C) | YES | OCISLY | 1 | |
| 2018-08-07 | Merah Putih | YES | OCISLY | 1 | first landing of a reused Block 5 booster |
| 2018-07-25 | Iridium-7 | YES | JRTI-2 | 1 | first landing of a Block 5 booster on JRTI |
| 2018-07-22 | Telstar 19V | YES | OCISLY | 1 | |
| 2018-05-11 | Bangabandhu-1 | YES | OCISLY | 1 | first Block 5 landing |
| 2018-04-18 | TESS | YES | OCISLY | 1 | last Block 4 landing |
| 2018-04-02 | CRS-14 | YES? | ocean | – | booster had legs and grid fins but only landed in the ocean |
| 2018-03-30 | Iridium-5 | YES? | ocean | – | booster had legs and grid fins but only landed in the ocean |
| 2018-03-06 | Hispasat 30W-6 | YES? | ocean | – | booster had legs and titanium grid fins but only landed in the ocean due to bad weather preventing OCISLY from being present in the landing area |
| 2018-02-06 | FH Demo (center) | NO | OCISLY | 1 | outer Merlins failed to reignite which caused the booster to crash into ocean next to OCISLY |
| 2018-02-06 | FH Demo (MY) | YES | LZ-2 | 1, 2, 3 | first LZ-2 landing |
| 2018-02-06 | FH Demo (PY) | YES | LZ-1 | 1, 2, 3 | first Falcon Heavy side booster landing |
| 2018-01-31 | SES-16 (GovSat-1) | YES | ocean | – | booster had legs and grid fins but only landed in the ocean and surprisingly survived in one piece (had to be scuttled) |
| 2018-01-08 | Zuma | YES | LZ-1 | – | |
| 2017-12-23 | Iridium-4 | YES? | ocean | – | booster had grid fins but not legs and only landed in the ocean |
| 2017-12-15 | CRS-13 | YES | LZ-1 | 1 | first land landing of a reused booster |
| 2017-10-30 | KoreaSat 5A | YES | OCISLY | 1 | |
| 2017-10-11 | SES-11 (EchoStar 105) | YES | OCISLY | 1 | |
| 2017-10-09 | Iridium-3 | YES | JRTI-2 | 1 | |
| 2017-09-07 | OTV-5 | YES | LZ-1 | 1 | |
| 2017-08-24 | Formosat-5 | YES | JRTI-2 | 1 | booster landed only 70 cm off-center |
| 2017-08-14 | CRS-12 | YES | LZ-1 | 1, 2 | first Block 4 landing |
| 2017-06-25 | Iridium-2 | YES | JRTI-2 | 1 | first landing with titanium grid fins |
| 2017-06-23 | BulgariaSat-1 | YES | OCISLY | 1 | first time OctaGrabber was used |
| 2017-06-03 | CRS-11 | YES | LZ-1 | 1 | |
| 2017-05-01 | NROL-76 | YES | LZ-1 | 1, 2 | |
| 2017-03-30 | SES-10 | YES | OCISLY | 1 | first time any booster landed twice |
| 2017-02-19 | CRS-10 | YES | LZ-1 | 1, 2 | first land landing in daylight |
| 2017-01-14 | Iridium-1 | YES | JRTI-2 | 1 | first successful landing after launching from the West Coast; first successful JRTI landing |
| 2016-08-14 | JCSAT-16 | YES | OCISLY | 1 | |
| 2016-07-18 | CRS-9 | YES | LZ-1 | 1, 2 | |
| 2016-06-15 | ABS-2A / Eutelsat 117W B | NO | OCISLY | 1, 2 | booster ran out of oxygen right before landing and hit the deck too hard |
| 2016-05-27 | Thaicom-8 | YES | OCISLY | 1, 2, 3 | radar issue lead to a somewhat hard landing, crush cores in the legs were used up and booster was sliding around the deck a lot until it could be secured |
| 2016-05-06 | JCSAT-14 | YES | OCISLY | 1 | first successful GTO landing |
| 2016-04-08 | CRS-8 | YES | OCISLY | 1, 2, 3, 4 | first successful droneship landing |
| 2016-03-04 | SES-9 | NO | OCISLY | – | booster landed so hard it punched a hole through the deck |
| 2016-01-17 | Jason-3 | NO | JRTI-2 | 1 | booster landed fine but one of the legs failed to lock properly and the rocket toppled |
| 2015-12-22 | Orbcomm-2 | YES | LZ-1 | 1, 2 | first ever successful landing, first land landing |
| 2015-04-14 | CRS-6 | NO | JRTI-1 | 1, 2, 3 | landing failed due to an issue with “stiction in the biprop throttle valve, resulting in control system phase lag” |
| 2015-02-11 | DSCOVR | YES | ocean | – | JRTI had to be called of before the launch due to bad weather at the landing area, booster landed in the ocean successfully |
| 2015-01-10 | CRS-5 | NO | JRTI-1 | 1, 2 | first droneship landing attempt, first booster with grid fins, landing failed because the grid fins ran out of hydraulic fluid (open cycle system) |
| 2014-09-21 | CRS-4 | NO | ocean | 1 | booster ran out of oxygen |
| 2014-07-14 | Orbcomm-1 | YES | ocean | 1, 2 | |
| 2014-04-18 | CRS-3 | YES | ocean | 1 | first successful ocean landing, first booster with landing legs |
| 2013-09-29 | CASSIOPE | NO | ocean | 1 | booster began to roll as it descended, centrifuging the fuel, and so starving the landing engine, the landing burn terminated early, and the booster impacted the ocean hard |
OCISLY = Of Course I Still Love You (Marmac 304), JRTI-1 = Just Read the Instructions (Marmac 300), JRTI-2 = Just Read the Instructions (Marmac 303), ASOG = A Shortfall of Gravitas, LZ = Landing Zone, MY = minus Y axis side booster, PY = positive Y axis side booster
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