SpaceX flies Falcon 9 booster B1067 for a record 36th time on Starlink 10-42
Booster B1067 extends the Falcon 9 reuse record to 36 flights, a month after setting it at 35.
what happened
A Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral at 5:25 a.m. EDT on July 9, deploying 29 Starlink broadband satellites on the Starlink 10-42 mission. First stage B1067, flying for the 36th time, landed on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas, per Spaceflight Now the company's 635th booster landing.
why it matters
The single-booster reuse record is the operating data point behind Falcon 9's cost floor, and it moved from 35 to 36 inside a month. B1067 has been in service since June 2021 across Dragon cargo, crew and Starlink missions, so the record also measures how long one first stage stays in revenue service, the benchmark every reusable-vehicle business case is priced against.
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quick facts
- Companies
- SpaceX
- Category
- launch
- Impact
- noise
- SNR
- 4 / 5
- Event date
- 2026-07-09
- Published
- 2026-07-12 08:22 UTC