SpaceX flies Falcon 9 booster B1063 a 35th time on Starlink launch
Booster B1063 launched 27 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, two flights short of SpaceX's Falcon 9 reuse record.
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what happened
A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 1:42 a.m. PDT on September 2, deploying 27 Starlink satellites. The first-stage booster, B1063, landed on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You for its 35th flight, two flights short of SpaceX's current Falcon 9 reuse record.
why it matters
Each additional flight on an aging booster is a data point on how far Falcon 9's reuse economics stretch, relevant to launch buyers benchmarking SpaceX's per-flight costs against newer reusable entrants.
signal-to-noise
WIDELY REPORTED
4/5
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calculation
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quick facts
- Companies
- SpaceX
- Category
- launch
- Impact
- noise
- SNR
- 4 / 5
- Event date
- 2026-09-02
- Published
- 2026-09-04 05:32 UTC