Interstellar Applications
Interstellar Applications
Rocket: Falcon 9 Block 5
Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Payloads:
Satellite: Dragon C112.2
Destination: ISS
Customer: NASA
Details:
One of the hydraulic grid fins on B1050 failed during reentry causing the booster to spin out of control. It landed softly at sea a few miles offshore from LZ-1. The booster was recovered by SpaceX but presumably written off as B1050 never flew again. It is unknown whether its components were donated to other boosters. Elon Musk jokingly listed the "gently used" booster for sale on Craigslist for an asking price of $9.9M USD; a buyer was not found. First and only failed RTLS landing so far
9th Falcon 9 Block 5 mission
9th Falcon 9 Block 5 success
9th consecutive Falcon 9 Block 5 success
66th Falcon 9 mission
63rd Falcon 9 success
37th consecutive Falcon 9 success
72nd Falcon family mission
66th Falcon family success
38th consecutive Falcon family success
1st launch for B1050
1st RTLS landing attempt for B1050
1st landing at LZ-1 for B1050
39th SpaceX launch from SLC-40
Turnaround: 86.56 days
11th landing attempt at LZ-1
1st landing failure at LZ-1
1st consecutive landing failure at LZ-1
Turnaround: 301.90 days
40th total SpaceX landing attempt
8th total SpaceX landing failure
40th Falcon landing attempt
8th Falcon landing failure
20th SpaceX mission of 2018
20th SpaceX mission success of 2018
19th Falcon 9 mission of 2018
20th Falcon family mission of 2018
72nd SpaceX mission
66th SpaceX mission success
38th consecutive SpaceX mission success