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notablelaunch2026-10-31

SpaceX flies Falcon 9 for the 700th time

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SpaceX launched 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9's 700th flight overall, with booster B1093 landing for the 675th time.

Image: spaceflightnow.com
// sources · 2 attached
  1. [1]trade pressspaceflightnow.com↗
  2. [2]informal · corroborationbasenor.com↗

what happened

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 carrying 27 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 04:04 UTC on Oct. 31, the 700th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket to date, per SpaceflightNow. Booster B1093 flew its 18th mission, following Transporter-16, two Space Development Agency launches and 14 prior Starlink flights, and landed on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You for the 231st time on that vessel, the 675th Falcon booster landing overall.

why it matters

The milestone marks Falcon 9 passing 700 flights since its 2010 debut, the figure operators and regulators use as shorthand for the vehicle's launch cadence and reliability record when weighing it against newer entrants.

signal-to-noise

WIDELY REPORTED
4/5
leadtier 3 of 5 on its owncorrob+1 earned from 1 rule
calculation
3base tier 3 from lead source class "trade" (Spaceflight Now) spaceflightnow.com+12 distinct sources (>=2)
= 4current score, recomputed by the engine on every change
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quick facts

Companies
SpaceX
Category
launch
Impact
notable
SNR
4 / 5
Event date
2026-10-31
Published
2026-10-31 05:33 UTC
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