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SpaceX Reaches 700th Falcon 9 Mission
SpaceX reached its 700th Falcon 9 mission. The Friday launch, from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, placed 27 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit at 9:04 p.m. PT, according to SpaceX's official mission page. Elon Musk celebrated the milestone on X. Booster B1093, on its 18th flight, landed on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific about 8.5 minutes after liftoff, the 675th Falcon booster landing. It was SpaceX's 11th and final orbital mission of October.…
- Falcon 9 completes its 700th mission, launching 27 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg.
- Booster B1093 landed for the 18th time on droneship Of Course I Still Love You.
- Telesat has 14 Falcon 9 launches under contract for its Lightspeed constellation.
🔎 Why it matters: The 700th Falcon 9 mission came with booster B1093 on its 18th flight, showing first-stage reuse in active service. Telesat relies on this rocket to deploy its Lightspeed constellation.
📈 Upside: Telesat has 14 Falcon 9 launches contracted to deploy Lightspeed, now expanded to 225 satellites.
📉 Risk: Full global Lightspeed service, planned around the end of Q2 2028, depends on those 14 Falcon 9 launches being completed.
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