SpaceX sets booster reuse milestone on Starlink launch - SpaceNews
WASHINGTON — SpaceX launched a set of Starlink satellites May 9 on a Falcon 9 whose first stage was making its tenth flight, a long-awaited goal in the company’s reusability efforts.
The launch, the third in less than two weeks for SpaceX, brings the total number of Starlink satellites in orbit to more than 1,550.“We do intend to fly the Falcon 9 booster until we see some kind of a failure with the Starlink missions, have that be a life-leader,†Musk said at the briefing, noting at the time that a tenth flight of a booster was upcoming.“This booster gets to live again,†Michael Andrews, the host of the SpaceX launch webcast, said shortly after the landing.