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Watch SpaceX set new rocket reuse record with 35th launch — and landing — of a Falcon 9 booster (video)

Watch SpaceX set new rocket reuse record with 35th launch — and landing — of a Falcon 9 booster (video) Liftoff occurred at 6:13 a.m. EDT on Monday (June 8). SpaceX has again broken its own rocket reuse record, launching a first stage booster for its 35th time. The Falcon 9 rocket, carrying 29 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit, launched on Monday (June 8).

China launches debut mission of Falcon 9-like rocket with no advance notice (video)

China launches debut mission of Falcon 9-like rocket with no advance notice (video) A partially reusable Chinese rocket just made a surprise debut. China launched its Long March 12B vehicle for the first time ever on Monday (June 1), sending it up from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert. The liftoff occurred without warning: China did not issue airspace closure notices ahead of time, eschewing a safety practice commonly employed by launch operators.

A Falcon 9 booster turns 5 years old—and just set a remarkable reuse record

A little more than five years ago, a shiny white Falcon 9 rocket made its debut flight, boosting a Cargo Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. Over the next year, it would launch a pair of astronaut missions and a handful of commercial spacecraft. But since then, this first stage booster, designated B 1067, has mostly flown Starlink missions.

Another Falcon 9 lookalike joins China's growing roster of rockets

The race to field China's first reusable launch vehicle is far less predictable than a similar competition that played out in the United States a decade ago. There was never any real question of which company would develop and demonstrate the first orbital-class rocket in the United States. SpaceX landed a Falcon 9 booster for the first time in 2015, and a little more than a year later, it launched it back into space.

SpaceX sends 29 Starlink satellites into orbit on Falcon 9 rocket launch from Florida

SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink missions from both coasts 19 hours apart (photos)

SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink missions from both coasts 19 hours apart (photos) More than 50 new Starlink satellites are now in orbit after launches from California and Florida. SpaceX now has 53 more Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit after two successful launches in less than 19 hours from opposite U.S. coasts. A pair of Falcon 9 rockets lifted off within hours of each other on missions to expand the private spaceflight company's broadband internet relay megaconstellation.

Chinese, HK Investors Banned From SpaceX IPO on Security Grounds

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - MARCH 14: (EDITOR'S NOTE: This Handout image was provided by a third-party organization and may not adhere to Getty Images' editorial policy.) In this NASA handout, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station takes off at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on March 14, 2025 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

SpaceX IPO Draws Billions in Orders From Middle Eastern Funds

A SpaceX Falcon 9 reusable rocket booster on display outside the company's facilities in Hawthorne, California. Photographer: Ethan Swope/Bloomberg

SpaceX Seeks $75 Billion in Record IPO Plan to Fund AI, Launch

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is launched at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Photographer: Joel Kowsky/NASA/Getty Images

SpaceX Seeks $75 Billion in Record IPO Plan to Fund AI, Launch

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is launched at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Photographer: Joel Kowsky/NASA/Getty Images