Falcon 9 (2013-2021)

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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 from 2013 till 2021 thanks to this overview!

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2013 Falcon 9 commercial launch overview

Date launch Rocket Launch base Orbit Payload Payload mass Patch Mission succes?
29/09/2013 Falcon 9 v1.1 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 Polar orbit
  • Canada CASSIOPE (Maxar Technologies)
  • USA CUSat (Cornell University)
  • USA DANDE (LASP)
  • USA POPACS (Utah State University)
 500 kg CASSIOPE

Success
03/12/2013 Falcon 9 v1.1 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • Luxembourg SES-8 (SES)
 3,170 kg SES-8

Success

2014 Falcon 9 commercial launch overview

Date launch Rocket Launch base Orbit Payload Payload mass Patch Mission succes?
06/01/2014 Falcon 9 v1.1 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • Thailand Thaicom 6 (Thaicom)
 3,325 kg SES-8

Success
14/07/2014 Falcon 9 v1.1 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA Orbcomm OG2 FM103 (Orbcomm)
  • USA Orbcomm OG2 FM104 (Orbcomm)
  • USA Orbcomm OG2 FM106 (Orbcomm)
  • USA Orbcomm OG2 FM107 (Orbcomm)
  • USA Orbcomm OG2 FM109 (Orbcomm)
  • USA Orbcomm OG2 FM111 (Orbcomm)
 1,316 kg SES-8

Success
05/08/2014 Falcon 9 v1.1 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • China AsiaSat 8 (AsiaSat)
 4,535 kg SES-8

Success
07/09/2014 Falcon 9 v1.1 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • ChinaAsiaSat 6 (AsiaSat)
 4,428 kg SES-8

Success

2015 Falcon 9 commercial launch overview

Date launch Rocket Launch base Orbit Payload Payload mass Patch Mission succes?
11/02/2015 Falcon 9 v1.1 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 L1
  • USA DSCOVR (USAF/NASA/NOAA)
 570 kg SES-8

Success
02/03/2015 Falcon 9 v1.1 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • China ABS-3A (ABS/Eutelsat)
 4,159 kg SES-8

Success
27/04/2015 Falcon 9 v1.1 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • Turkmenistan TürkmenÄlem 52°E / MonacoSAT (Turkmenistan)
 4,707 kg SES-8

Success
22/12/2015 Falcon 9 v1.1 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA Orbcomm OG2 FM105 (Orbcomm)
  • USA Orbcomm OG2 FM108 (Orbcomm)
  • USA Orbcomm OG2 FM110 (Orbcomm)
  • USA Orbcomm OG2 FM112 (Orbcomm)
  • USA Orbcomm OG2 FM113 (Orbcomm)
  • USA Orbcomm OG2 FM114 (Orbcomm)
  • USA Orbcomm OG2 FM115 (Orbcomm)
  • USA Orbcomm OG2 FM116 (Orbcomm)
  • USA Orbcomm OG2 FM117 (Orbcomm)
  • USA Orbcomm OG2 FM118 (Orbcomm)
  • USA Orbcomm OG2 FM119 (Orbcomm)
 2,034 kg SES-8

Success

2016 Falcon 9 commercial launch overview

Date launch Rocket Launch base Orbit Payload Payload mass Patch Mission succes?
17/01/2016 Falcon 9 v1.1 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • USA Jason-3 (NASA/NOAA/CNES)
 553 kg Jason-3

Success
04/03/2016 Falcon 9 FT Cape Canaveral
(California)		 GTO
  • Luxembourg SES-9 (SES)
 5,271 kg Jason-3

Success
06/05/2016 Falcon 9 FT Cape Canaveral
(California)		 GTO
  • JapanJCSAT-14 (SKY Perfect JSAT Group)
 4,696 kg JCSAT 14

Success
27/05/2016 Falcon 9 FT Cape Canaveral
(California)		 GTO
  • ThailandThaicom 8 (Thaicom)
 3,100 kg Thaicom 8

Success
15/06/2016 Falcon 9 FT Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • China ABS-2A (ABS)
  • Mexico Eutelsat 117 (Eutelsat)
 3,600 kg Eutelsat 117

Success
14/08/2016 Falcon 9 FT Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • Japan JCSAT-16 (SKY Perfect JSAT Group)
 4,600 kg Eutelsat 117

Success
03/09/2016 Falcon 9 FT Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • Israel Amos-6 (Spacecom)
 5,500 kg Eutelsat 117

Failure

2017 Falcon 9 commercial launch overview

Date launch Rocket Launch base Orbit Payload Payload mass Patch Mission succes?
14/01/2017 Falcon 9 FT Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 Polar orbit
  • USA Iridium NEXT 102 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 103 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 104 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 105 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 106 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 108 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 109 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 111 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 112 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 114 (Iridium Communications)
 9,600 kg Jason-3

Success
16/03/2017 Falcon 9 FT Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 GTO
  • USA EchoStar 23 (EchoStar)
 5,600 kg Eutelsat 117

Success
30/03/2017 Falcon 9 FT Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 GTO
  • Luxembourg SES-10 (SES)
 5,300 kg SES-10

Success
01/05/2017 Falcon 9 FT Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA NROL-76 (NRO)
 Classified NROL-76

Success
15/05/2017 Falcon 9 FT Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 GTO
  • International Inmarsat-5 F4 (Inmarsat)
 6,070 kg Inmarsat-5 F4

Success
23/06/2017 Falcon 9 FT Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 GTO
  • USA BulgariaSat-1 (Bulsatcom)
 3,669 kg Bulgariasat-1

Success
25/06/2017 Falcon 9 FT Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 Polar orbit
  • USA Iridium NEXT 113 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 115 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 117 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 118 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 120 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 121 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 123 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 124 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 126 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 128 (Iridium Communications)
 9,600 kg Iridium NEXT

Success
05/07/2017 Falcon 9 FT Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 GTO
  • USA Intelsat 35e (Intelsat)
 6,761 kg Intelsat 35e

Success
24/08/2017 Falcon 9 FT Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 SSO
  • Taiwan Formosat-5 (NSPO)
 475 kg Formosat-5

Success
07/09/2017 Falcon 9 B4 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA Boeing X-37B OTV-5 (USAF)
 4,990 kg OTV-5

Success
09/10/2017 Falcon 9 B4 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 Polar orbit
  • USA Iridium NEXT 100 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 107 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 119 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 122 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 125 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 129 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 132 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 133 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 136 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 139 (Iridium Communications)
 9,600 kg Iridium NEXT

Success
11/10/2017 Falcon 9 FT Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 GTO
  • Luxembourg SES 11 (SES)
 5,400 kg SES-11

Success
30/10/2017 Falcon 9 B4 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 GTO
  • South Korea Koreasat 5A (KT Corporation)
 3,500 kg Koreasat-5A

Success
23/12/2017 Falcon 9 FT Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 Polar orbit
  • USA Iridium NEXT 116 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 130 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 131 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 134 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 135 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 137 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 138 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 141 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 151 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 153 (Iridium Communications)
 9,600 kg Iridium NEXT

Success

2018 Falcon 9 commercial launch overview

Date launch Rocket Launch base Orbit Payload Payload mass Patch Mission succes?
08/01/2018 Falcon 9 B4 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • USA Zuma (USA-280) (Northrop Grumman)
 Classified Zuma

Success
31/01/2018 Falcon 9 FT Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • Luxembourg GovSat-1 (SES)
 4,230 kg GovSat-1

Success
22/02/2018 Falcon 9 FT Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 SSO
  • Spain PAZ (Hispasat)
  • USA MicroSat 2a (SpaceX)
  • USA MicroSat 2b (SpaceX)
 2,150 kg Paz

Success
06/03/2018 Falcon 9 B4 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • Spain Hispasat 30W-6 (Hispasat)
  • USA PODSat (DARPA)
 6,092 kg Hispasat 30W-6

Success
30/03/2018 Falcon 9 B4 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 Polar orbit
  • USA Iridium NEXT 140 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 142 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 143 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 144 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 145 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 146 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 148 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 149 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 150 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 157 (Iridium Communications)
 9,600 kg Iridium NEXT

Success
18/04/2018 Falcon 9 B4 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 HEO
  • USA TESS (NASA)
 362 kg Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

Success
11/05/2018 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 GTO
  • Bangladesh Bangabandhu-1 (BTRC)
 3,600 kg Bangabandhu-1

Success
22/05/2018 Falcon 9 B4 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 Polar orbit
  • USA Iridium NEXT 110 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 147 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 152 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 161 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 162 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA GRACE-FO 1 (NASA / GFZ)
  • USA GRACE-FO 2 (NASA / GFZ)
 6,460 kg Iridium NEXT

Success
04/06/2018 Falcon 9 B4 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • Luxembourg SES-12 (SES)
 5,384 kg SES-12

Success
22/07/2018 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • USA Telstar 19V (Telesat)
 7,075 kg Telstar 19V

Success
25/07/2018 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 Polar orbit
  • USA Iridium NEXT 154 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 155 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 156 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 158 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 159 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 160 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 163 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 164 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 165 (Iridium Communications)
  • USA Iridium NEXT 166 (Iridium Communications)
 9,600 kg Iridium NEXT

Success
06/08/2018 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • Indonesia Merah Putih (Telkom Indonesia)
 5,800 kg Merah Putih

Success
10/09/2018 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • USA Telstar 18V (Telesat)
 7,060 kg Merah Putih

Success
08/10/2018 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 SSO
  • Argentina SAOCOM 1A (CONAE)
 3,000 kg SAOCOM 1A

Success
15/11/2018 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 GTO
  • Qatar Es'hail 2 (Es'hailSat)
 5,300 kg Es'hail 2

Success
03/12/2018 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 SSO
  • Australia Centauri 1 (Fleet Space Tech.)
  • Australia RAAF M1 (Royal Australian Air Force)
  • Brasil ITASAT 1 (ITA)
  • Canada VESTA (exactEarth)
  • Europe ESEO (ESA)
  • Finland ICEYE X2 (ICEYE)
  • Finland Suomi-100 (Aalto University)
  • Germany Eu:CROPIS (DLR)
  • India ExseedSat 1 (Exseed Space)
  • Italy Eaglet 1 (OHB Italia SpA)
  • Jordan JY1-Sat (Crown Prince Foundation)
  • Kazachstan Al-Farabi 2 (Al-Farabi University)
  • Kazachstan KazSciSat 1 (Ghalam LLP)
  • Kazachstan KazSTSAT (Ghalam LLP)
  • Netherlands Hiber 2 (Hiber Global)
  • Poland PW-Sat 2 (Warshaw University of Tech.)
  • South Korea NEXTSat 1 (KAIST)
  • South Korea SNUSAT 2 (Seoul National University)
  • South Korea SNUGLITE (Seoul National University)
  • South Korea VisionCube (Korea Aerospace Univ.)
  • Spain AISTECHSAT 2 (Aistech)
  • Spain MOVE 2 (TU München)
  • Switzerland Astrocast 0.1 (Astrocast SA)
  • Thailand KNACKSAT (KMUTNB)
  • USA Audacy 0 (Audacy)
  • USA BlackSky 2 (BlackSky Global)
  • USA BRIO (SpaceQuest/Myriota)
  • USA Capella 1 (Capella Space)
  • USA CSIM-FD (LASP/CU)
  • USA Elysium-Star 2 (Elysium Space)
  • USA eXCITe (NovaWurks / DARPA)
  • USA FalconSat 6 (USAF Academy)
  • USA Fox 1C (AMSAT / Vanderbilt Univ.)
  • USA Irvine 02 (Irvine Public School)
  • USA Landmapper-BC 4 (Astro Digital)
  • USA MinXSS 2 (LASP/CU)
  • USA OrbWeaver 1 & 2 (DARPA)
  • USA RANGE A & B (Georgia Inst. of Tech.)
  • USA SeaHawk 1 (University of N. Carolina)
  • USA SeeMe (DARPA)
  • USA Sirion Pathfinder 2 (Sirion Global)
  • USA SkySat 14 & 15 (Planet Labs)
  • USA SPAWAR-CAL O (US Navy)
  • USA SPAWAR-CAL OR (US Navy)
  • USA SPAWAR-CAL R (US Navy)
  • USA STPSat 5 (USAF)
  • USA WeissSAT 1 (Weiss School)
  • USA 3 x Hawk (HawkEye 360)
  • USA 3 x SpaceBEE (Swarm Technologies)
 4,000 kg SSO-A

Success
23/12/2018 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 MEO
  • USA GPS III-1 (USAF)
 4,400 kg GPS III-1

Success

2019 Falcon 9 commercial launch overview

Date launch Rocket Launch base Orbit Payload Payload mass Patch Mission succes?
11/01/2019 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 Polar orbit
  • Iridium NEXT 167 (Iridium Communications)
  • Iridium NEXT 168 (Iridium Communications)
  • Iridium NEXT 169 (Iridium Communications)
  • Iridium NEXT 170 (Iridium Communications)
  • Iridium NEXT 171 (Iridium Communications)
  • Iridium NEXT 172 (Iridium Communications)
  • Iridium NEXT 173 (Iridium Communications)
  • Iridium NEXT 175 (Iridium Communications)
  • Iridium NEXT 176 (Iridium Communications)
  • Iridium NEXT 180 (Iridium Communications)
 9,600 kg Iridium NEXT

Success
22/02/2019 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • Nusantara Satu (PSN)
  • Beresheet (SpaceIL / IAI)
 4,850 kg Nusantara Satu

Success
24/05/2019 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 60 x Starlink v0.9 (SpaceX)
 13,620 kg Starlink

Success
12/06/2019 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 SSO
  • Radarsat Constellation 1 (CSA)
  • Radarsat Constellation 2 (CSA)
  • Radarsat Constellation 3 (CSA)
 4,200 kg Radarsat Constellation

Success
06/08/2019 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • AMOS-17 (Spacecom)
 6,500 kg AMOS-17

Success
11/11/2019 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 60 x Starlink 1 v1.0 (SpaceX)
 15,600 kg Starlink

Success
17/12/2019 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • JCSat-18 (Sky perfect JSAT)
  • Kacific 1 (Kacific 1)
 6,956 kg JCSAT-18

Success

2020 Falcon 9 commercial launch overview

Date launch Rocket Launch base Orbit Payload Payload mass Patch Mission succes?
07/01/2020 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 60 x Starlink 2 v1.0 (SpaceX)
 15,600 kg Starlink

Success
29/01/2020 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 60 x Starlink 3 v1.0 (SpaceX)
 15,600 kg Starlink

Success
17/02/2020 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 60 x Starlink 4 v1.0 (SpaceX)
 15,600 kg Starlink

Success
18/03/2020 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 60 x Starlink 5 v1.0 (SpaceX)
 15,600 kg Starlink

Success
22/04/2020 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 60 x Starlink 6 v1.0 (SpaceX)
 15,600 kg Starlink

Success
04/06/2020 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 60 x Starlink 7 v1.0 (SpaceX)
 15,600 kg Starlink

Success
13/06/2020 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 58 x Starlink 8 v1.0 (SpaceX)
  • SkySats 16 (Planet Labs)
  • SkySats 17 (Planet Labs)
  • SkySats 18 (Planet Labs)
 15,410 kg Starlink

Success
30/06/2020 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 MEO
  • GPS III-3 (USAF)
 4,311 kg GPS

Success
20/07/2020 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • ANASIS-II (Republic of Korea Army)
 5,500 kg ANASIS-II

Success
07/08/2020 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 57 x Starlink 9 v1.0 (SpaceX)
  • BlackSky 5 (BlackSky Global)
  • BlackSky 6 (BlackSky Global)
 14,932 kg Starlink

Success
18/08/2020 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 58 x Starlink 10 v1.0 (SpaceX)
  • SkySats 19 (Planet Labs)
  • SkySats 20 (Planet Labs)
  • SkySats 21 (Planet Labs)
 15,440 kg Starlink

Success
30/08/2020 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 SSO
  • SAOCOM 1B (CONAE)
  • GNOMES 1 (PlanetIQ)
  • Tyvak-0172 (Tyvak)
 6,956 kg JCSAT-18

Success
03/09/2020 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 60 x Starlink 11 v1.0 (SpaceX)
 15,600 kg Starlink

Success
06/10/2020 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 60 x Starlink 12 v1.0 (SpaceX)
 15,600 kg Starlink

Success
18/10/2020 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 60 x Starlink 13 v1.0 (SpaceX)
 15,600 kg Starlink

Success
24/10/2020 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 60 x Starlink 14 v1.0 (SpaceX)
 15,600 kg Starlink

Success
05/11/2020 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 MEO
  • GPS III-4 (USAF)
 4,311 kg Starlink

Success
21/11/2021 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • Sentinel-6 (NASA / NOAA / ESA)
 1,192 kg Sentinel-6

Success
25/11/2020 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 60 x Starlink 15 v1.0 (SpaceX)
 15,600 kg Starlink

Success
13/12/2020 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • SXM-7 (Sirius XM)
 7,000 kg SXM-7

Success
19/12/2020 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • NROL-108 (NRO)
 Classified NROL-108

Success

2021 Falcon 9 commercial launch overview

Date launch Rocket Launch base Orbit Payload Payload mass Patch Mission succes?
08/01/2021 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • Türksat 5A (Türksat)
 3,500 kg Türksat-5A

Success
20/01/2021 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 60 x Starlink 16 v1.0 (SpaceX)
 15,600 kg Starlink

Success
24/01/2021 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 SSO
  • 10 x Starlink v1.0 (SpaceX)
  • 12 x SpaceBEE (Swarm)
  • 48 x Flock-4s (Planet Labs)
  • 8 x Lemur-2 (Spire)
  • QPS-SAR 2 (iQPS)
  • XR 1 (R2 Space)
  • ICEYE X8 (ICEYE)
  • ICEYE X9 (ICEYE)
  • Kepler 8 (Kepler Communications)
  • Kepler 9 (Kepler Communications)
  • Kepler 10 (Kepler Communications)
  • Kepler 11 (Kepler Communications)
  • Kepler 12 (Kepler Communications)
  • Kepler 13 (Kepler Communications)
  • Kepler 14 (Kepler Communications)
  • Kepler 15 (Kepler Communications)
  • IDEASSat (National Central University)
  • ASELSAT (ASELSAT)
  • YUSAT 1 (Taiwan Ocean University)
  • SOMP 2 (TU Dresden)
  • PIXL 1 (DLR)
  • All-Charlie (SpaceQuast / Aurora Insight)
  • ARCE 1A (University of South Florida)
  • ARCE 1B (University of South Florida)
  • ARCE 1C (University of South Florida)
  • Hawk 2A (HawkEye 360)
  • Hawk 2B (HawkEye 360)
  • Hawk 2C (HawkEye 360)
  • PTD 1 (NASA Ames / Tyvak)
  • Prometheus-2 (LANL)
  • GHGSat C2 (GHGSat Inc.)
 5,000 kg Transporter-1

Success
04/02/2021 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 60 x Starlink 18 v1.0 (SpaceX)
 15,600 kg Starlink

Success
16/02/2021 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 60 x Starlink 19 v1.0 (SpaceX)
 15,600 kg Starlink

Success
04/03/2021 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 60 x Starlink 17 v1.0 (SpaceX)
 15,600 kg Starlink

Success
11/03/2021 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 60 x Starlink 20 v1.0 (SpaceX)
 15,600 kg Starlink

Success
14/03/2021 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 60 x Starlink 21 v1.0 (SpaceX)
 15,600 kg Starlink

Success
24/03/2021 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 60 x Starlink 22 v1.0 (SpaceX)
 15,600 kg Starlink

Success
07/04/2021 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 60 x Starlink 23 v1.0 (SpaceX)
 15,600 kg Starlink

Success
29/04/2021 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 60 x Starlink 24 v1.0 (SpaceX)
 15,600 kg Starlink

Success
04/05/2021 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 60 x Starlink 25 v1.0 (SpaceX)
 15,600 kg Starlink

Success
09/05/2021 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 60 x Starlink 27 v1.0 (SpaceX)
 15,600 kg Starlink

Success
15/05/2021 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 52 x Starlink 26 v1.0 (SpaceX)
  • Capella-6 (Capella Space)
  • Tyvak-0130 (Tyvak)
 14,000 kg Starlink

Success
26/05/2021 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 60 x Starlink 28 v1.0 (SpaceX)
 15,600 kg Starlink

Success
06/06/2021 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • SXM-8 (Sirius XM)
 7,000 kg Starlink

Success
17/06/2021 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 MEO
  • GPS III-05 (USAF)
 4,331 kg GPS

Success
30/06/2021 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 SSO
  • 3 x Starlink v1.0 (SpaceX)
  • 28 x SpaceBEE (Swarm)
  • 6 x Lemur-2 (Spire)
  • 5 x Astrocast (Astrocast SA)
  • Hawk 3A (HawkEye 360)
  • Hawk 3B (HawkEye 360)
  • Hawk 3C (HawkEye 360)
  • ICEYE X11 (ICEYE)
  • ICEYE X12 (ICEYE)
  • ICEYE X13 (ICEYE)
  • ICEYE X15 (ICEYE)
  • Umbra-SAR 2001 (Umbra Lab)
  • GNOMES 2 (PlanetiQ)
  • LINCS A (GA-EMS)
  • LINCS B (GA-EMS)
  • PACE 1 (NASA Ames)
  • Painani 1 (SEDENA)
  • Neptuno (Elecnor Deimos)
  • TUBIN (TU Berlin)
  • YAM 2 (Loft Orbital)
  • YAM 3 (Loft Orbital)
  • NuSat 19 (Satellogic S.A.)
  • NuSat 20 (Satellogic S.A.)
  • NuSat 21 (Satellogic S.A.)
  • NuSat 22 (Satellogic S.A.)
  • Tenzing (Astro Digital)
  • Shasta (Astro Digital)
  • W-Cube (Reaktor Space Lab)
  • QMR-KWT (Orbital Space)
  • KSF 1A (Kleos Space)
  • KSF 1B (Kleos Space)
  • KSF 1C (Kleos Space)
  • KSF 1D (Kleos Space)
  • Spartan (EnduroSat)
  • ARTHUR 1 (Aerospacelab)
  • Faraday Phoenix (InSpace)
  • NAPA 2 (Royal Thai Air Force)
  • Tiger 2 (NanoAvionics)
 11,000 kg Transporter-1

Success
14/09/2021 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • 51 x Starlink v1.5 Group 2-1 (SpaceX)
 13,260 kg Starlink

Success
13/11/2021 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 53 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-1 (SpaceX)
 15,600 kg Starlink

Success
24/11/2021 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 Heliocentric
  • DART (NASA)
 624 kg DART

Success
02/12/2021 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 LEO
  • 48 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-3 (SpaceX)
  • BlackSky 12 (BlackSky Global)
  • BlackSky 13 (BlackSky Global)
 14,500 kg Starlink

Success
09/12/2021 Falcon 9 B5 Kennedy Space Center
(Florida)		 LEO
  • IXPE (NASA)
 325 kg IXPE

Success
18/12/2021 Falcon 9 B5 Vandenberg Space
Force Base
(California)		 LEO
  • 52 x Starlink v1.5 Group 4-4 (SpaceX)
 15,600 kg Starlink

Success
19/12/2021 Falcon 9 B5 Cape Canaveral
(Florida)		 GTO
  • Türksat 5B (Türksat)
 4,500 kg Türksat 5B

Success

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Kris Christiaens

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.