List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches (2010–2019)

From June 2010, to the end of 2019, Falcon 9 was launched 77 times, with 75 full mission successes, one partial failure and one total loss of the spacecraft. In addition, one rocket and its payload were destroyed on the launch pad during the fueling process before a static fire test was set to occur. Falcon Heavy was launched three times, all successful.

The first Falcon 9 version, Falcon 9 v1.0, was launched five times from June 2010, to March 2013, its successor Falcon 9 v1.1 15 times from September 2013, to January 2016, and the Falcon 9 Full Thrust (through Block 4) 36 times from December 2015, to June 2018. The latest Full Thrust variant, Block 5, was introduced in May 2018, and launched 21 times before the end of 2019.

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2010 to 2013

Flight No. Date andtime (UTC) Version,booster Launchsite Payload Payload mass Orbit Customer Launchoutcome Boosterlanding 1 4 June 201018:45 F9v1.0B0003 Cape Canaveral, SLC40 Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit LEO SpaceX (parachute) First flight of Falcon 9 v1.0. Used a boilerplate version of Dragon capsule which was not designed to separate from the second stage.(more details) Attempted to recover the first stage by parachuting it into the ocean, but it burned up on reentry, before the parachutes could deploy. 2 8 December 201015:43 F9v1.0B0004 Cape Canaveral, SLC40 SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1 (Dragon C101) LEO NASA (COTS) (parachute) Maiden flight of SpaceX's Dragon capsule, consisting of over 3 hours of testing thruster maneuvering and then reentry. Second flight of Falcon 9 v1.0. Attempted to recover the first stage by parachuting it into the ocean, but it disintegrated upon reentry, again before the parachutes were deployed.(more details) It also included eight CubeSats, and a wheel of Brouère cheese. Before the launch, SpaceX discovered that there was a crack in the nozzle of the 2nd stage's Merlin vacuum engine. SpaceX cut off the end of the nozzle and got NASA's approval to fly in this configuration. 3 22 May 201207:44 F9 v1.0B0005 Cape Canaveral, SLC40 SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2(Dragon C102) (excl. Dragon mass) LEO (ISS) NASA (COTS) The Dragon spacecraft demonstrated a series of tests before it was allowed to approach the International Space Station. Two days later, it became the first commercial spacecraft to board the ISS. (more details) 4 8 October 201200:35 F9 v1.0B0006 Cape Canaveral, SLC40 SpaceX CRS-1(Dragon C103) (excl. Dragon mass) LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) Orbcomm-OG2(secondary payload) LEO Orbcomm CRS-1 was successful, but the secondary payload was inserted into an abnormally low orbit and subsequently lost. This was due to one of the nine Merlin engines shutting down during the launch, and NASA declining a second reignition, as per ISS visiting vehicle safety rules, the primary payload owner is contractually allowed to decline a second reignition. NASA stated that this was because SpaceX could not guarantee a high enough likelihood of the second stage completing the second burn successfully which was required to avoid any risk of secondary payload's collision with the ISS. 5 1 March 201315:10 F9 v1.0B0007 Cape Canaveral, SLC40 SpaceX CRS-2(Dragon C104) (excl. Dragon mass) LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) Last launch of the original Falcon 9 v1.0 launch vehicle, first use of the unpressurized trunk section of Dragon. 6 29 September 201316:00 F9 v1.1B1003 Vandenberg, SLC4E CASSIOPE Polar orbit LEO MDA (ocean) First commercial mission with a private customer, first launch from Vandenberg, and demonstration flight of Falcon 9 v1.1 with an improved 13-tonne to LEO capacity. After separation from the second stage carrying Canadian commercial and scientific satellites, the first stage booster performed a controlled reentry, and an ocean touchdown test for the first time. This provided good test data, even though the booster started rolling as it neared the ocean, leading to the shutdown of the central engine as the roll depleted it of fuel, resulting in a hard impact with the ocean. This was the first known attempt of a rocket engine being lit to perform a supersonic retro propulsion, and allowed SpaceX to enter a public-private partnership with NASA and its Mars entry, descent, and landing technologies research projects. (more details) This was also the first orbital launch using SpaceX's upgraded Merlin 1D rocket engine. 7 3 December 201322:41 F9 v1.1B1004 Cape Canaveral, SLC40 SES-8 GTO SES First geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) launch for Falcon 9, and first successful reignition of the second stage. SES-8 was inserted into a supersynchronous transfer orbit of in apogee with an inclination of 20.55° to the equator.

2014 With six launches, SpaceX became the second most prolific American company in terms of 2014 launches, behind Atlas V launch vehicle.

Flight No. Date andtime (UTC) Version,booster Launchsite Payload Payload mass Orbit Customer Launchoutcome Boosterlanding 8 6 January 201422:06 F9 v1.1B1005 Cape Canaveral, SLC40 Thaicom 6 GTO Thaicom The Thai communication satellite was the second GTO launch for Falcon 9. The USAF evaluated launch data from this flight as part of a separate certification program for SpaceX to qualify to fly military payloads, but found that the launch had "unacceptable fuel reserves at engine cutoff of the stage 2 second burnoff". Thaicom-6 was inserted into a supersynchronous transfer orbit of in apogee with an inclination of 22.46° to the equator. 9 18 April 201419:25 F9 v1.1B1006 Cape Canaveral, SLC40 SpaceX CRS-3(Dragon C105) (excl. Dragon mass) LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) (ocean) Following second-stage separation, SpaceX conducted a second controlled-descent test of the discarded booster vehicle and achieved the first successful controlled ocean touchdown of a liquid-rocket-engine orbital booster. Following the soft touchdown, the first stage tipped over as expected and was destroyed. This was the first Falcon 9 booster to fly with extensible landing legs and the first Dragon mission with the Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle. This flight also launched the ELaNa 5 mission for NASA as a secondary payload. 10 14 July 201415:15 F9 v1.1B1007 Cape Canaveral, SLC40 Orbcomm-OG2-1(6 satellites) LEO Orbcomm (ocean) Payload included six satellites weighing each and two mass simulators. Equipped for the second time with landing legs, the first-stage booster successfully conducted a controlled-descent test consisting of a burn for deceleration from hypersonic velocity in the upper atmosphere, a reentry burn, and a final landing burn before soft-landing on the ocean surface. 11 5 August 201408:00 F9 v1.1B1008 Cape Canaveral, SLC40 AsiaSat 8 GTO AsiaSat First time SpaceX managed a launch site turnaround between two flights of under a month (22 days). GTO launch of the large communication satellite from Hong Kong did not allow for propulsive return-over-water and controlled splashdown of the first stage. 12 7 September 201405:00 F9 v1.1B1011 Cape Canaveral, SLC40 AsiaSat 6 GTO AsiaSat Launch was delayed for two weeks for additional verifications after a malfunction observed in the development of the F9R Dev1 prototype. GTO launch of the heavy payload did not allow for controlled splashdown. 13 21 September 201405:52 F9 v1.1B1010 Cape Canaveral, SLC40 SpaceX CRS-4(Dragon C106.1) (excl. Dragon mass) LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) (ocean) Fourth attempt of a soft ocean touchdown, but the booster ran out of liquid oxygen. Detailed thermal imaging infrared sensor data was collected however by NASA, as part of a joint arrangement with SpaceX as part of research on retropropulsive deceleration technologies for developing new approaches to Martian atmospheric entry.

2015 With seven launches in 2015, Falcon 9 was the second most launched American rocket behind Atlas V.

Flight No. Date andtime (UTC) Version,booster Launchsite Payload Payload mass Orbit Customer Launchoutcome Boosterlanding 14 10 January 201509:47 F9 v1.1B1012 Cape Canaveral, SLC40 SpaceX CRS-5(Dragon C107) (excl. Dragon mass) LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) (JRTI) Following second-stage separation, SpaceX attempted to return the first stage for the first time to a floating platform — called the autonomous spaceport drone ship. The test achieved many objectives and returned a large amount of data, but the grid-fin control surfaces used for the first time for more precise reentry positioning ran out of hydraulic fluid for its control system a minute before landing, resulting in a landing crash. 15 11 February 201523:03 F9 v1.1B1013 Cape Canaveral, SLC40 DSCOVR Sun–Earth L1 insertion (ocean) First launch under USAF's OSP 3 launch contract. First SpaceX launch to put a satellite beyond a geostationary transfer orbit, first SpaceX launch into interplanetary space, and first SpaceX launch of an American research satellite. The first stage made a test flight descent to an over-ocean landing within of its intended target. The satellite launched into a 187 km x 1,241,000 km insertion orbit toward the Sun-Earth L1 point. 16 2 March 201503:50 F9 v1.1B1014 Cape Canaveral, SLC40 GTO The launch was Boeing's first 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. Per satellite, launch costs were less than US$30 million. The ABS satellite reached its final destination ahead of schedule and started operations on 10 September 2015. 17 14 April 201520:10 F9 v1.1B1015 Cape Canaveral, SLC40 SpaceX CRS-6(Dragon C108.1) (excl. Dragon mass) LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) (JRTI) After second-stage separation, a controlled-descent test was attempted with the first stage. After the booster contacted the ship, it tipped over due to excess lateral velocity caused by a stuck throttle valve that delayed downthrottle at the correct time. 18 27 April 201523:03 F9 v1.1B1016 Cape Canaveral, SLC40 TürkmenÄlem 52°E / MonacoSAT GTO Turkmenistan NationalSpace Agency Original intended launch was delayed over a month after an issue with the helium pressurisation system was identified on similar parts in the assembly plant. Subsequent launch successfully positioned this first Turkmen satellite at 52.0° east. 19 28 June 201514:21 F9 v1.1B1018 Cape Canaveral, SLC40 SpaceX CRS-7(Dragon C109) (excl. Dragon mass) LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS) Precluded Launch performance was nominal until an overpressure incident in the second-stage LOX tank, leading to vehicle breakup at T+150 seconds. Dragon capsule survived the explosion but was lost upon splashdown as its software did not contain provisions for parachute deployment on launch vehicle failure.(more details) The drone ship Of Course I Still Love You was towed out to sea to prepare for a landing test so this mission was its first operational assignment. 20 22 December 201501:29 F9 FTB1019 Cape Canaveral, SLC40 Orbcomm-OG2-2(11 satellites) LEO Orbcomm (LZ1) Payload included eleven satellites weighing each, and a mass simulator. First launch of the upgraded v1.1 version, with a 30% power increase. Orbcomm had originally agreed to be the third flight of the enhanced-thrust rocket, but the change to the maiden flight position was announced in October 2015. SpaceX received a permit from the FAA to land the booster on solid ground at SpaceX Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral and succeeded for the first time ever in its history on this maiden ground landing attempt. This booster, serial number B1019, is now on permanent display outside SpaceX's headquarters in Hawthorne, California, at the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and Jack Northrop Avenue. (more details)

2016 With eight successful launches for 2016, SpaceX equalled Atlas V for most American rocket launches for the year.