Interstellar Applications
Interstellar Applications
Rocket: Falcon 9 Block 5
Vehicles:
Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Payloads:
Satellite: Starlink V2 Mini
Quantity: 8
Destination: LEO
Customer: SpaceX
Mass: ~6000 kg
Satellite: Starlink Direct to Cell
Quantity: 13
Destination: LEO
Customer: SpaceX
Mass: ~11100 kg
Details:
During ascent, a fuel leak began in one of the booster's Merlin engines, however, because of the altitude of the rocket of the time, there was not enough oxygen present to sustain a fire. As the booster reentered the atmosphere, a fire developed in the engine bay of the booster. B1086 successfully landed on Just Read The Instructions however, 45 seconds after touchdown, the fire had spread to one of the landing legs causing a structural failure and subsequent collapse of the booster. While this event did not trigger an investiation by the FAA, SpaceX voluntarily paused launches while they investigated the root cause of the issue
387th Falcon 9 Block 5 mission
386th Falcon 9 Block 5 success
89th consecutive Falcon 9 Block 5 success
444th Falcon 9 mission
440th Falcon 9 success
89th consecutive Falcon 9 success
460th Falcon family mission
453rd Falcon family success
90th consecutive Falcon family success
5th launch for B1086
Turnaround: 26.13 days
3rd ASDS landing attempt for B1086
1st landing on JRTI for B1086
239th SpaceX launch from SLC-40
Turnaround: 3.95 days
112th landing attempt on JRTI
2nd landing partial failure on JRTI
1st consecutive landing partial failure on JRTI
Turnaround: 3.95 days
431st total SpaceX landing attempt
3rd total SpaceX landing partial failure
428th Falcon landing attempt
3rd Falcon landing partial failure
27th SpaceX mission of 2025
26th SpaceX mission success of 2025
26th Falcon 9 mission of 2025
26th Falcon family mission of 2025
467th SpaceX mission
457th SpaceX mission success
18th consecutive SpaceX mission success