Interstellar Applications
Interstellar Applications
Rocket: Falcon 9 Block 5
Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Dragon: C112 — (Flight 2)
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 success
9th consecutive success
1st launch for B1050
39th SpaceX launch from SLC-40
Turnaround: 86.56 days
11th landing
1st landing failure
1st consecutive landing failure
Turnaround: 301.90 days
40th total landing attempt
8th total landing failure
0th Starship landing attempt
0th Starship landing failure
20th SpaceX mission of 2018
20th mission success of 2018
9th Falcon 9 Block 5 mission of 2018
72nd SpaceX mission
66th SpaceX success