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Template:Launching/Falcon (Canaveral)

This is a list of missions, historic and planned, for the SpaceX Falcon 9 family of launch vehicles. The four versions of the rocket are the Falcon 9 v1.0, Falcon 9 v1.1 (both retired), the currently-operational Falcon 9 full thrust, and the in-development Falcon Heavy.

Falcon 9 flight 16 night launch from Cape Canaveral on March 2, 2015

Notable missions

Maiden launch

Launch of Falcon 9 Flight 1 with a boilerplate Dragon
Main article: Falcon 9 Flight 1

The Falcon 9 maiden launch occurred on June 4, 2010 and was deemed a success, placing the test payload within 1 percent of the intended orbit. The second stage engine performed a short second burn to demonstrate its multiple firing capability.[1]

The rocket experienced, “a little bit of roll at liftoff” as Ken Bowersox from SpaceX put it.[2] This roll had stopped prior to the craft reaching the top of the tower. The second stage began to slowly roll near the end of its burn, which was not expected.[1]

The halo from the venting of propellant from the Falcon 9 second stage as it rolled in space could be seen from all of Eastern Australia and some believed it to be a UFO.[3][4]

COTS demo missions

Main articles: COTS Demo Flight 1 and Dragon C2+

The second launch of Falcon 9 was called COTS Demo Flight 1, aiming to test an operational Dragon capsule. The launch took place on December 8, 2010.[5] The booster placed the Dragon spacecraft in a roughly 300-kilometer (190 mi) orbit. After two orbits, the capsule re-entered the atmosphere to be recovered off the coast of Mexico.[6] This flight tested the pressure vessel integrity, attitude control using the Draco thrusters, telemetry, guidance, navigation, control systems, the PICA-X heat shield, and parachutes at speed. The "secret" test payload on this mission was a wheel of cheese.

The NASA COTS qualification program included two more test flights Demo 2 and Demo 3 whose objectives were combined into a single Dragon C2+ mission, on condition that all Demo 2 milestones would be validated in space before proceeding with the ultimate demonstration goal: berthing Dragon to the International Space Station and delivering its cargo. After clearing a few readiness delays and a launch abort, the Dragon capsule was propelled to orbit on May 22 and tested its positioning system, solar panels, grapple fixture and proximity navigation sensors. Over the next two days, the spacecraft performed a series of maneuvers to catch up to the ISS orbit and prove its rendezvous capabilities at safe distances. On May 24, all the Demo 2 milestones had been successfully cleared and NASA approved the extended mission. On May 25, Dragon performed a series of close approach maneuvers until reaching its final hold position a mere 9 meters away from the Harmony nadir docking port.[7] Astronaut Don Pettit subsequently grabbed the spacecraft with the station's robotic arm. On the next day, May 26 at 09:53 UTC, Pettit opened the hatch and remarked that Dragon "smells like a brand new car."[8] Over the next few days, ISS crew unloaded the incoming cargo and filled Dragon with Earth-bound items such as experiment samples and unneeded hardware. The spacecraft was released on May 31 at 09:49 UTC and successfully completed all the return procedures: unberthing, maneuvering away from the ISS, deorbit burn, trunk jettison, atmospheric reentry, parachute deployment and ocean splashdown.[9]

With successful completion of these demo missions, Falcon 9 became the first fully commercially developed launcher to deliver a payload to the International Space Station, paving the way for SpaceX and NASA to sign the first Commercial Resupply Services agreement[10] for 12 cargo deliveries starting in October 2012. The historic Dragon C2+ capsule is now on display hanging from the ceiling at SpaceX headquarters.

CRS-1

Dragon CRS-1 berthed to the ISS on 14 October 2012, photographed from the Cupola
Main article: SpaceX CRS-1

The first operational cargo resupply mission to ISS was launched on October 7, 2012 at 8:35 PM EST. At 76 seconds after liftoff, engine 1 of the first stage suffered a loss of pressure which caused an automatic shutdown of that engine. The remaining eight first-stage engines continued to burn and the Dragon capsule reached orbit successfully. Due to safety regulations required by NASA, the secondary Orbcomm-2 satellite payload was released into a lower-than-intended orbit, and subsequently declared a total loss.[11]

Engine anomaly on one of the nine engines on the Falcon 9 first stage during the ascent after 1 min 19 sec flight resulted in automatic engine shutdown and a longer first-stage burn on the remaining eight engines to complete orbital insertion. This was the first demonstration of SpaceX Falcon 9 "engine out" capability in flight.[12][13] NASA requires a greater-than-99% estimated probability that the stage of any secondary payload on a similar orbital inclination to the Station will reach it's orbital goal above the station. Due to the original engine failure, the Falcon 9 used more fuel than intended, bringing this estimate down to around 95%. Because of this, the second stage did not attempt another burn, and Orbcomm-G2 was deployed into a rapidly decaying orbit[11] and burned up in Earth's atmosphere within 4 days after the launch.[11][14] The mission continued to rendezvous and berth the Dragon capsule with the ISS where the ISS crew unloaded its payload and reloaded it with cargo for return to Earth.

Maiden flight of Falcon 9 v1.1

Main article: Falcon 9 Flight 6
SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 launch from Vandenberg with CASSIOPE

SpaceX launched the maiden flight of the Falcon 9 v1.1—an essentially new launch vehicle, much larger and with greater thrust than Falcon 9 v1.0—on September 29, 2013, a demonstration launch.[15] Although the rocket carried CASSIOPE as a primary payload, CASSIOPE had a payload mass that is very small relative to the rocket's capability, and it did so at a discounted rate—approximately 20% of the normal published price for SpaceX Falcon 9 LEO missions—because the flight was a technology demonstration mission for SpaceX.[16][17][18]

After the second stage separated from the booster stage, SpaceX conducted a novel high-altitude, high-velocity flight test, wherein the booster attempted to reenter the lower atmosphere in a controlled manner and decelerate to a simulated over-water landing. The test was successful, but the booster stage was not recovered.

Loss of CRS-7 mission

SpaceX CRS-7 disintegrating two minutes after liftoff, as seen from a NASA tracking camera
Main article: SpaceX CRS-7

On 28 June 2015, Falcon 9 Flight 19 carried a Dragon capsule on the seventh Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station. The second stage disintegrated due to an internal helium tank failure while the first stage was still burning normally. This was the first mission loss for any Falcon 9 rocket.[19] In addition to ISS consumables and experiments, this mission carried the first International Docking Adapter (IDA-1), whose loss delayed preparedness of the stations's US Orbital Segment for future crewed missions.

Performance was nominal until T+140 seconds into launch when a cloud of white vapor appeared, followed by rapid loss of second-stage LOX tank pressure. The booster continued on its trajectory until complete vehicle breakup at T+150 seconds. The Dragon capsule was ejected from the disintegrating rocket and continued transmitting data until impact with the ocean. SpaceX officials stated that the capsule could have been recovered if the parachutes had deployed; however, the Dragon software did not include any provisions for parachute deployment in this situation. Subsequent investigation traced cause of the accident to the failure of a strut which secured a helium bottle inside the second-stage LOX tank. With the helium pressurization system integrity breached, excess helium quickly flooded the tank, eventually causing it to burst from overpressure.[20][21]

Full-thrust version and first booster landing

Main article: Falcon 9 Flight 20
Falcon 9 Flight 20 historic first-stage landing at CCAFS Landing Zone 1, 22 December 2015

On December 22, 2015, SpaceX launched the highly anticipated return-to-flight mission after the loss of CRS-7, inaugurating a new Falcon 9 full thrust version of its flagship rocket featuring increased performance, notably thanks to subcooling of the propellants. This first mission of the upgraded vehicle launched a constellation of 11 Orbcomm-OG2 second-generation satellites.[22] Performing a Falcon 9 booster controlled-descent and landing test for the 8th time, SpaceX managed to return the first stage successfully to the Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral, marking the first successful recovery of a rocket first stage that launched a payload to orbit.[23]

Launch history

Flight № Date and time (UTC) Type Launch Complex Payload Orbit Customer Outcome

2010 to 2013

1 June 4, 2010, 18:45 v1.0[24] CC LC40 Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit LEO United States SpaceX Success
1st flight of Falcon 9 v1.0[1]
2 December 8, 2010, 15:43[25] v1.0[24] CC LC40 NASA COTS – Demo 1, 2 Cubesats[26] LEO United States NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services, National Reconnaissance Office Success
Maiden flight of Dragon Capsule; 3 hours, testing of maneuvering thrusters and reentry[27]
3 May 22, 2012, 07:44[28] v1.0[24] CC LC40 NASA COTS – Demo C2+[29] LEO United States NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Success[30]
Launch was scrubbed on first attempt,[31] second launch attempt was successful.[32]
4 October 8, 2012, 00:34[33] v1.0[24] CC LC40 Primary payload: SpaceX CRS-1[34] LEO United States NASA Commercial Resupply Services Success
Secondary payload: Orbcomm-OG2[35] LEO United States Orbcomm Failure[14][36]
CRS-1 successful, but the secondary payload was inserted into abnormally low orbit and lost due to Falcon 9 boost stage engine failure, ISS visiting vehicle safety rules, and the primary payload owner's contractual right to decline a second ignition of the second stage under some conditions.[11][14]
5 March 1, 2013, 15:10[37] v1.0[24] CC LC40 SpaceX CRS-2[38][39] LEO United States NASA Commercial Resupply Services Success
Final scheduled flight of Falcon 9 v1.0 vehicle.[40]
6 September 29, 2013, 16:00[18] v1.1[24] VAFB SLC-4E CASSIOPE[41] Polar orbit Canada MDA Corp Success[18]
Commercial mission and first Falcon 9 v1.1 flight, with improved 13-tonne to LEO capacity.[40] Following second-stage separation from the first stage, SpaceX attempted to perform a propulsive-return over-water test and simulated landing of the discarded booster vehicle. The exercise provided good test data on the experiment—its primary objective—but as the booster neared the ocean, aerodynamic forces caused an uncontrollable roll. The center engine, depleted of fuel by centrifugal force, shut down resulting in the impact and destruction of the vehicle.[18]
7 December 3, 2013, 22:41[42] v1.1 CC LC40 SES-8[43][44] GTO Luxembourg SES Success[45]
First GTO launch for Falcon 9.[43]

2014

8 January 6, 2014, 22:06[46] v1.1 CC LC40 Thaicom 6 GTO Thailand Thaicom Success[47]
Second GTO launch for Falcon 9.
The USAF later evaluated launch data from this flight as part of a separate certification program for SpaceX to qualify to fly US military payloads and found that the Thaicom 6 launch had "unacceptable fuel reserves at engine cutoff of the stage 2 second burnoff".[48]
9 April 18, 2014, 19:25[49] v1.1 CC LC40 SpaceX CRS-3[38][39] LEO United States NASA Commercial Resupply Services Success
Following second-stage separation, SpaceX conducted a second controlled-descent test of the discarded booster vehicle and achieved the first successful controlled ocean soft touchdown of a liquid-rocket-engine orbital booster.[50][51]

This was the first Falcon 9 booster to fly with the extensible landing legs, and the first Dragon mission with the Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle.

10 July 14, 2014, 15:15 v1.1 CC LC40 OG2 Mission 1
6 OG2 satellites 		LEO United States Orbcomm Success[52]
Second Falcon 9 booster with landing legs. Following second-stage separation, SpaceX conducted a controlled-descent test of the discarded booster vehicle. In the event, the first stage successfully decelerated from hypersonic velocity in the upper atmosphere, made a successful reentry, landing burn, deployment of its landing legs and touched down on the ocean surface. The first stage was not recovered however, as the hull integrity breached when the rocket tipped over as intended following the soft-landing.[53]
11 August 5, 2014, 08:00 v1.1 CC LC40 AsiaSat 8[54][55][56] GTO Hong Kong AsiaSat Success[57]
12 September 7, 2014, 05:00 v1.1 CC LC40 AsiaSat 6[54][55][58] GTO Hong Kong AsiaSat Success[59]
13 September 21, 2014, 05:52[60][61] v1.1 CC LC40 SpaceX CRS-4[39] LEO United States NASA Commercial Resupply Services Success[62]

2015

14 January 10, 2015, 09:47[63] v1.1 CC LC40 SpaceX CRS-5[54] LEO United States NASA Commercial Resupply Services Success[64]

Following second stage separation, SpaceX did a test flight and attempted to return the first stage of the Falcon 9 through the atmosphere and land it on an approximately 90-by-50-meter (300 ft × 160 ft) floating platform—called the autonomous spaceport drone ship. Many of the test objectives were achieved, including precision control of the rocket's descent to land on the platform at a specific point in the Atlantic ocean, and a large amount of test data was obtained from the first use of grid fin control surfaces used for more precise reentry positioning. The grid fin control system ran out of hydraulic fluid a minute before landing and the landing itself resulted in a crash.[65][66]

15 February 11, 2015, 23:03[67] v1.1 CC LC40 DSCOVR[68] L1 United States U.S. Air Force / NASA / NOAA Success
First launch under USAF's OSP 3 launch contract.[69] First SpaceX launch to put a satellite to an orbit with an orbital altitude many times the distance to the Moon: Sun-Earth libration point L1. The first stage made a test flight descent to an over-ocean landing within 10 m (33 ft) of its intended target.[70]
16 March 2, 2015, 03:50[71][72] v1.1 CC LC40 ABS-3A,
Eutelsat 115 West B (ex-Satmex 7)[54] 		GTO Bermuda Asia Broadcast Satellite,
France Eutelsat (Mexico Satmex) 		Success
The launch was Boeing's first-ever conjoined launch of a lighter-weight dual-commsat stack that was specifically designed to take advantage of the lower-cost SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle.[73][74] Per satellite, launch costs were less than $30 million.[75] The ABS satellite reached its final destination ahead of schedule and started operations on September 10.[76]
17 April 14, 2015, 20:10[71] v1.1 CC LC40 SpaceX CRS-6[54] LEO United States NASA Commercial Resupply Services Success
Following the first-stage boost, SpaceX attempted a controlled-descent test of the first stage. The first stage contacted the ship, but soon tipped over due to excess lateral velocity caused by a stuck throttle valve resulting in a later-than-designed downthrottle.[77][78]
18 April 27, 2015, 23:03[79] v1.1 CC LC40 TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSAT [80] GTO Turkmenistan Turkmenistan National Space Agency[81] Success
19 June 28, 2015, 14:21[71][82] v1.1 CC LC40 SpaceX CRS-7[54] LEO United States NASA Commercial Resupply Services Failure[19]
Launch performance was nominal until an overpressure incident in the second-stage LOX tank, leading to vehicle breakup at T+150 seconds. The Dragon capsule survived the explosion but was lost upon splashdown because its parachutes did not deploy. (more details above)
20 December 22, 2015, 01:29[83] F9 FT CC LC40 OG-2 Mission 2[83]

11 OG2 satellites

LEO United States Orbcomm Success
First launch of the upgraded Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle (now called Falcon 9 full thrust), with a 30 percent power increase.[84] Orbcomm had originally agreed to be the third flight of the enhanced-thrust rocket,[85] but the change to the maiden flight position was announced in October 2015.[84] SpaceX applied to the FAA for permission to land the booster on solid ground at Cape Canaveral;[86] this landing attempt was successful.[87]

2016

21 January 17, 2016, 18:42[71] v1.1 VAFB SLC-4E Jason-3[88] LEO United States NASA, NOAA,
France CNES 		Success
First launch of NASA and NOAA joint science mission under the NLS II launch contract (not related to NASA CRS or USAF OSP3 contracts). Last launch of the original Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket. The Jason-3 satellite was successfully deployed to target orbit.[89] SpaceX again attempted a recovery of the first stage booster by landing on an autonomous drone ship; this time located in the Pacific Ocean. The first stage did achieve a soft-landing on the ship, but a lockout on one of the landing legs failed to latch and it fell over and exploded.[90][91]
22 March 4, 2016, 23:35[92] F9 FT CC LC40 SES-9[93][94] GTO Luxembourg SES Success
Second launch of the enhanced Falcon 9 full thrust launch vehicle.[84] Following the launch, SpaceX attempted an experimental landing test to a droneship,[95] although a successful landing was not expected[96] because launch mass exceeded previously indicated limit for a GTO there was little fuel left. As predicted, booster recovery failed: the spent first stage “landed hard”,[97] but the controlled-descent, atmospheric re-entry and navigation to the drone ship were successful and returned significant test data on bringing back high-energy Falcon 9's.[98]


23[99] April 8, 2016, 20:43[100][101] F9 FT CC LC40 SpaceX CRS-8[94] LEO United States NASA Commercial Resupply Services Success of secondary objective. Primary in progress.[102]
Dragon will carry the inflatable Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) to the ISS for two years of in-orbit tests.[103] The first stage of Falcon 9 successfully landed on SpaceX's Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship

Future launches

Future missions are listed in order of launch when firm launch planning dates are in place, and reliably sourced. The order of the later launches is much less certain, as the official SpaceX manifest does not include a schedule. Tentative launch dates are picked from a compilation not derived from Wikipedia[100] or from individual sources for each launch. Launches are expected to take place "no earlier than" (NET) the listed date.

2016

SpaceX has indicated it has "well over a dozen" launches planned for 2016,[104] and expects to sustain a faster launch cadence. On February 3, company president and COO Gwynne Shotwell said “You should see us fly every two to three weeks.”[105] At a satellite industry panel on 9 March, she forecast a total of 18 launches for 2016 including two already flown, and a 30-50% yearly growth.[106][107]

Flight № Date and time (UTC) Type Launch Complex Payload Orbit Customer Status
24[99] April 2016[100][101] F9 FT CC LC40 JCSAT-14[108] GTO Japan JSAT Corporation
25[99] May 3, 2016[100] F9 FT CC LC40 ABS-2A,
Eutelsat 117 West B (ex-Satmex 9) 		GTO Bermuda Asia Broadcast Satellite,
France Eutelsat (Mexico Satmex)
One year after pioneering this technique on flight 16, Falcon will again launch two Boeing 702SP electric-propulsion satellites in a dual-stack configuration,[76] with the same customers sharing the rocket and mission costs.
26 May 2016[100] F9 FT VAFB SLC-4E FormoSat-5[109][110][111]
SHERPA 		SSO Taiwan NSPO
United States Spaceflight Industries
June 2016[100][112] F9 FT CC LC40 Thaicom 8[113] GTO Thailand Thaicom
June 24, 2016[100][disputed – discuss] F9 FT CC LC40 SpaceX CRS-9[114] LEO United States NASA Commercial Resupply Services
Among other cargo, an International Docking Adapter (IDA-2) will be carried to the ISS, IDA-1 was lost with CRS-7 and will be replaced by IDA-3.
July 2016[100] F9 FT CC LC40 Amos-6[115] GTO Israel Spacecom
July 2016[116][117] F9 FT VAFB SLC-4E Iridium NEXT flight 1[118][119] LEO United States Iridium Communications
Each Falcon mission will carry 10 Iridium NEXT satellites, with a goal to complete deployment of the 72-satellite constellation by the end of 2017.[117] The first two Iridium qualification units were supposed to ride a Dnepr rocket in April but got delayed, so Iridium will qualify this first batch of 10 satellites instead.[116]
August 1, 2016[100] F9 FT CC LC40 SpaceX CRS-10[114] LEO United States NASA Commercial Resupply Services
This mission will deliver the SAGE III and Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) Earth-observation instruments to the ISS.
September 2016[100] F9 FT CC LC40 or LC39A[106] SES-10[93][120] GTO Luxembourg SES
2016 F9 FT CC LC40 BulgariaSat-1[121] GTO Bulgaria Bulsatcom
2016 F9 FT CC LC40 JCSAT-16[122] GTO Japan JSAT Corporation
October 2016[100][117] F9 FT VAFB SLC-4E Iridium NEXT flight 2[118][119] LEO United States Iridium Communications
October 2016[100] F9 FT CC LC40 or LC39A[106] SES-11[120][123] / EchoStar 105 GTO Luxembourg SES /
United States EchoStar
November 2016[124] Heavy KSC LC39A Falcon Heavy Demo[125] TBD United States SpaceX
Maiden flight of Falcon Heavy. No payload announced yet.
Q4, 2016[126] F9 FT[127] CC LC40 EuropaSat / Hellas Sat 3[128][129] GTO United Kingdom Inmarsat / Greece Hellas Sat
Q4, 2016[130] F9 FT CC LC40 Es’hail 2[130] GTO Qatar Es’hailSat
Late 2016[131] F9 FT VAFB SLC-4E Crew Dragon in-flight abort test[132] Suborbital United States SpaceX
A special Falcon first stage with just 3 engines will propel the Dragon V2 test capsule in a sub-orbital flight to conduct a separation and abort scenario in the transonic regime at Max Q, i.e. under the worst structural stress conditions of a real flight.[132] The spacecraft will then splash down in the ocean with traditional parachutes, possibly with assistance of its integrated thrusters.
Late 2016[117] F9 FT VAFB SLC-4E Iridium NEXT flight 3[118][119] LEO United States Iridium Communications
December 2016[133] F9 FT VAFB SLC-4E SAOCOM 1A[134] SSO Argentina CONAE

2017

January 13, 2017[100] F9 FT CC LC40 SpaceX CRS-11[114] LEO United States NASA Commercial Resupply Services
This mission will deliver the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) to the ISS, along with two other unspecified payloads.[135]
Early 2017[117] F9 FT VAFB SLC-4E Iridium NEXT flight 4[118][119] LEO United States Iridium Communications
Early 2017[117] F9 FT VAFB SLC-4E Iridium NEXT flight 5[118][119] LEO United States Iridium Communications
March 2017[136] Heavy KSC LC39A DSX, FormoSat-7 A/B/C/D/E/F, LightSail 2,[137] GPIM,[138] DSAC[139] LEO / MEO United States U.S. Air Force
USAF Space Test Program Flight 2 (STP-2)[69]
April 8, 2017[100] F9 FT CC LC40 SpaceX CRS-12[114] LEO United States NASA Commercial Resupply Services
Among other cargo, a second International Docking Adapter (IDA-3) will be carried to the ISS, replacing the lost one from CRS-7.
May 2017[100][131] F9 FT KSC LC39A SpX-DM1[140] LEO United States NASA Commercial Crew Development
Demonstration mission to ISS for NASA with an uncrewed Dragon V2 capsule.
Q2, 2017[120] F9 FT Boca Chica
(tentative)[141] 		SES-16 / GovSat-1[142] GTO Luxembourg SES
Mid 2017[131] F9 FT KSC LC39A SpX-DM2[140] LEO United States NASA Commercial Crew Development
Dragon V2 will carry its first crew of NASA astronauts on a 14-day mission to the ISS. Unless Boeing's CST-100 Starliner flies first, they will be the first people to ride an American spacecraft since the last Shuttle flight in 2011.
H1, 2017[143] Heavy KSC LC39A Inmarsat 5-F4[129] GTO United Kingdom Inmarsat
H1, 2017[143] Heavy KSC LC39A TBD GTO Luxembourg Intelsat
2017 F9 FT CC LC40 Koreasat 5A[144] GTO South Korea KT Corporation
2017 F9 FT CC LC40 (TBC) PSN-6[145] / co-payload TBA GTO Indonesia PSN / TBA
2017 F9 FT CC LC40 (TBC) ABS-8[146] GTO Bermuda Asia Broadcast Satellite
Q4, 2017[120] F9 FT Boca Chica
(tentative)[141] 		SES-14[142] with GOLD[147] GTO Luxembourg SES
United States UCF / NASA
The SES-14 communications satellite will carry the GOLD Earth-observation instrument as a guest payload under contract with University of Central Florida and NASA.[148]
Late 2017[114] F9 FT CC LC40 SpaceX CRS-13[114] LEO United States NASA Commercial Resupply Services
Late 2017[117] F9 FT VAFB SLC-4E Iridium NEXT flight 6[118][119] LEO United States Iridium Communications
Late 2017[117] F9 FT VAFB SLC-4E Iridium NEXT flight 7[118][119] LEO United States Iridium Communications
Late 2017 F9 FT CC LC40 Hispasat 1F[149] or Amazonas 5[150] GTO Spain Hispasat[151]
Late 2017 F9 FT ? Google Lunar X Prize / SpaceIL lander[152] and a dozen small satellites to be announced[153] SSO[154] + TLI United States Spaceflight Industries[154]
Israel SpaceIL
A Falcon 9 booked by Spaceflight Industries will deliver a 500-kg Moon lander built by Israeli project SpaceIL. This is the first launch contract officially verified by Google Lunar X Prize, allowing the competition to continue until the end of 2017.[152] The launch customer plans to share the mission with a dozen other payloads from 50 to 575 kg.[153]
December 2017[155] F9 FT VAFB SLC-4E SAOCOM 1B[134] SSO Argentina CONAE

2018

Early 2018 F9 FT ? TelStar 18V[156] GTO Canada Telesat
Early 2018 F9 FT ? TelStar 19V[156] GTO Canada Telesat
2018[114] F9 FT CC LC40 Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)[157] HEO United States NASA
2018[114] F9 FT ? SpaceX CRS-14[114] LEO United States NASA Commercial Resupply Services
2018[114] F9 FT ? SpaceX CRS-15[114] LEO United States NASA Commercial Resupply Services
2018[114] F9 FT ? SpaceX CRS-16[114] LEO United States NASA Commercial Resupply Services
2018 F9 FT VAFB SLC-4E RCM 1/2/3[158] SSO Canada CSA
2018 Heavy KSC LC39A ArabSat 6A[159] GTO Saudi Arabia ArabSat

2019 and beyond

2019[114] F9 FT ? SpaceX CRS-17[114] LEO United States NASA Commercial Resupply Services
2019[114] F9 FT ? SpaceX CRS-18[114] LEO United States NASA Commercial Resupply Services
2019[114] F9 FT ? SpaceX CRS-19[114] LEO United States NASA Commercial Resupply Services
2019[114] F9 FT ? SpaceX CRS-20[114] LEO United States NASA Commercial Resupply Services
2019 F9 FT VAFB SLC-4E SARah 1[160] SSO Germany Bundeswehr
2019 F9 FT VAFB SLC-4E SARah 2/3[160] SSO Germany Bundeswehr
2020[161] Heavy KSC LC39A ViaSat-3[161][162][163] GTO United States ViaSat

See also

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