Falcon 9 (2022)

Category: Falcon 9 (2022)
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Falcon 9 is a partially reusable two-stage medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured by the American aerospace company SpaceX. Both the first and second stages are powered by SpaceX Merlin engines and the first stage is capable of re-entering the atmosphere and landing vertically after separating from the second stage. Falcon 9 can lift payloads of up to 22,800 kilograms (50,300 lb) to low Earth orbit (LEO) and 8,300 kg (18,300 lb) to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). Due to the great success of the Falcon 9, it is often used today to launch commercial payloads such as communications satellites. Falcon 9 has been considered as the world's most advanced space launch vehicle and as of January 2021, this launch vehicle has the most launches among all U.S. rockets currently in operation. Learn all about the different commercial unmanned launches of the Falcon 9 rocket from the American space company SpaceX in 2022 thanks to this overview!

2022 Falcon 9 commercial launch overview

Date launch Rocket Launch base Orbit Payload Payload mass Patch Mission succes?
06/01/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 49 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-5 (SpaceX)
 14,500 kg Starlink

Success
13/01/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 SSO
  • Argentina MDQube-SAT 1 (Innova Space)
  • Brazil PION-BR 1 (Federal University of São Carlos)
  • Canada 4 x Kepler (Kepler Communications)
  • Czech VZLUsat 2 (VZLU)
  • Finland ICEYE X14 (ICEYE)
  • Finland ICEYE X16 (ICEYE)
  • France BRO 5 (UnseenLabs)
  • Israel SATTLA 2A (Ariel University)
  • Israel SATTLA 2B (Ariel University)
  • Israel 8 x Tevel (Herzliya Science Center)
  • Nepal Challenger (Mini-Cubes Space Development)
  • Nepal SanoSat 1 (Orion Space)
  • Netherlands Delfi-PQ (Technical University of Delft)
  • Norway HYPSO 1 (NTNU)
  • Poland LabSat (Wroclaw University)
  • Poland STORK 1 & 2 (SatRevolution S.A.)
  • Poland SW1FT (SatRevolution S.A.)
  • Singapore NuX 1 (NuSpace)
  • South Africa 3 x MDASat 1 (F'SATI)
  • Spain EASAT 2 (AMSAT EA)
  • Spain HADES (AMSAT EA)
  • Spain 6 x FossaSat 2E (Fossa Systems)
  • Taiwan IRIS A (National Cheng Kung University)
  • Turkey Grizu-263a (Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit Üniversitesi)
  • UAE DEWA-Sat 1 (DEWA)
  • UK ETV A1 (Sen)
  • UK 3 x Unicorn 2 (Alba Orbital)
  • Ukraine Sich 2-1 (NKAU)
  • USA Capella 7 (Capella Space)
  • USA Capella 8 (Capella Space)
  • USA Dodona (SERC)
  • USA Gossamer Piccolomini (Lunasonde)
  • USA Tartan-Artibeus 1 (Carnegie Mellon University)
  • USA Umbra 02 (Umbra Lab)
  • USA USA 320 & 321 (unknown)
  • USA 44 x Flock-4 (Planet Labs)
 11,000 kg Transporter-1

Success
19/01/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 49 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-6 (SpaceX)
 14,500 kg Starlink

Success
31/01/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 SSO
  • Italy CSG-2 (ASI)
 2,205 kg CSG-2

Success
02/02/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 SSO
  • USA NROL-87 (NRO)
 Classified NROL-87

Success
03/02/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 49 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-7 (SpaceX)
 14,500 kg Starlink

Success
21/02/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 46 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-8 (SpaceX)
 13,600 kg Starlink

Success
25/02/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA 50 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-11 (SpaceX)
 14,750 kg Starlink

Success
03/03/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 47 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-9 (SpaceX)
 13,900 kg Starlink

Success
09/03/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 48 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-10 (SpaceX)
 14,160 kg Starlink

Success
19/03/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 53 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-12 (SpaceX)
 16,250 kg Starlink

Success
01/04/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • Argentina 5 x ÑuSat (Satellogic S.A.)
  • Brazil AlfaCrux (University of Brasilia)
  • Chile PlantSat (SPEL)
  • Chile SUCHAI 2 & 3 (SPEL)
  • Czech BDSAT (BD Sensors)
  • France BRO 7 (UnseenLabs)
  • Germany EnMAP (DLR)
  • India Pixxel-TD 2 (Pixxel)
  • Italy ION-SCV 005 (D-Orbit)
  • Lithiania MP42 (NanoAvionics)
  • Luxembourg 5 x KSF 2 (Kleos Space)
  • Norway ARCSAT (Norwegian Defence Research)
  • USA GNOMES 3 (PlanetiQ)
  • USA Lynk Tower 01 (Lynk Global Inc.)
  • USA Spark 1 (Omnispace)
  • USA 3 x Hawk 4 (HawkEye 360)
  • USA 12 x SpaceBEE (Swarm Technologies)
 / Starlink

Success
17/04/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA NROL 85 (NRO)
 ? Starlink

Success
21/04/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 53 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-14 (SpaceX)
 16,250 kg Starlink

Success
29/04/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 53 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-16 (SpaceX)
 16,250 kg Starlink

Success
06/05/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 53 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-17 (SpaceX)
 16,250 kg Starlink

Success
13/05/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA 53 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-13 (SpaceX)
 16,250 kg Starlink

Success
14/05/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 53 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-15 (SpaceX)
 16,250 kg Starlink

Success
18/05/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 53 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-18 (SpaceX)
 16,250 kg Starlink

Success
25/05/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • Transporter-5 (59 x smallsats)
 / Starlink

Success
08/06/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • Egypt Nilesat-301 (Nilesat)
 4,100 kg Starlink

Success
17/06/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 53 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-19 (SpaceX)
 16,250 kg Starlink

Success
18/06/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 SSO
  • Germany SARah-1 (German Intelligence Service)
 4,000 kg Starlink

Success
19/06/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA Globalstar FM15 (Globalstar)
 700 kg Starlink

Success
29/06/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • USA SES-22 (SES)
 3,500 kg SES-22

Success
07/07/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 53 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-21 (SpaceX)
 16,250 kg Starlink

Success
11/07/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 SSO
  • USA 46 x Starlink v1.5 Group 3-1 (SpaceX)
 14,100 kg Starlink

Success
17/07/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 53 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-22 (SpaceX)
 16,250 kg Starlink

Success
22/07/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 SSO
  • USA 46 x Starlink v1.5 Group 3-2 (SpaceX)
 14,100 kg Starlink

Success
24/07/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 53 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-25 (SpaceX)
 16,250 kg Starlink

Success
04/08/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • South Korea Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KARI)
 680 kg KPLO

Success
10/08/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 52 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-26 (SpaceX)
 16,000 kg Starlink

Success
12/08/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 SSO
  • USA 46 x Starlink v1.5 Group 3-3 (SpaceX)
 14,100 kg Starlink

Success
19/08/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 53 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-27 (SpaceX)
 16,250 kg Starlink

Success
28/08/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 54 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-23 (SpaceX)
 16,700 kg Starlink

Success
31/08/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 SSO
  • USA 46 x Starlink v1.5 Group 3-4 (SpaceX)
 14,100 kg Starlink

Success
05/09/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 51 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-20 (SpaceX)
 16,000 kg Starlink

Success
11/09/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 34 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-2 (SpaceX)
 11,938 kg Starlink

Success
19/09/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 54 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-34 (SpaceX)
 16,700 kg Starlink

Success
24/09/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 52 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-35 (SpaceX)
 16,100 kg Starlink

Success
05/10/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA 52 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-29 (SpaceX)
 16,100 kg Starlink

Success
08/10/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • USA Galaxy 33 (Intelsat)
  • USA Galaxy 34 (Intelsat)
 7,350 kg Intelsat

Success
15/10/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • USA Hotbird 13F (Eutelsat)
 4,501 kg Eutelsat

Success
20/10/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 54 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-36 (SpaceX)
 16,400 kg Starlink

Success
28/10/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA 53 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-31 (SpaceX)
 16,400 kg Starlink

Success
03/11/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • USA Hotbird 13G (Eutelsat)
 4,500 kg Eutelsat

Success
12/11/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • USA Galaxy 31 (Intelsat)
  • USA Galaxy 32 (Intelsat)
 6,600 kg Intelsat

Success
23/11/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • USA Eutelsat 10B (Eutelsat)
 5,500 kg Eutelsat

Success
08/12/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • UK 40 x OneWeb (OneWeb)
 6,000 kg OneWeb

Success
11/12/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 Lunar
  • Japan Hakuto-R Mission 1 (ispace)
  • UAE Emirates Lunar Mission (MBRSC)
  • USA Lunar Flashlight (NASA)
 1,000 kg Hakuto-R

Success
16/12/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA SWOT (NASA/CNES)
 2,200 kg SWOT

Success
16/12/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 MEO
  • UK O3b mPOWER 1 & 2 (SES)
 4,100 kg Hakuto-R

Success
17/12/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 54 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-37 (SpaceX)
 16,700 kg Starlink

Success
28/12/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA 54 x Starlink v1.5 Group 5-1 (SpaceX)
 16,700 kg Starlink

Success
30/12/2022 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • Israel EROS-C3 (ImageSat International)
 400 kg EROS-C3

Success

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This article was published by FutureSpaceFlight founder and chief editor Kris Christiaens. Kris Christiaens has been passionate and fascinated by spaceflight and space exploration all his life and has written hundreds of articles on space projects, the commercial space industry and space missions over the past 20 years for magazines, books and websites. In late 2021, he founded the website FutureSpaceFlight with the goal of promoting new space companies and commercial space projects and compiling news of these start-ups and companies on one website.