Falcon 9 booster B1023

Falcon 9 booster B1023
B1023 arrives in Port Canaveral on the drone ship after the stage landed successfully.
Role First stage of orbital rocket
National origin United States
Type Falcon 9 first-stage booster
Manufacturer SpaceX
Construction number B1023
First flight 27 May 2016 (Thaicom 8)
Last flight 6 February 2018 (Falcon Heavy Test Flight)
Flights 2
Status Retired[1]

Falcon 9 booster B1023 is a first-stage reusable rocket booster for the Falcon 9 orbital launch vehicle manufactured by SpaceX. B1023 became the second successful return from a GTO launch, and later became the first booster to be reflown after being recovered from a GTO launch.

Flight History

This Falcon 9 booster was first launched on 27 May 2016 for Falcon 9 flight 25 carrying THAICOM 8 and landed vertically on an autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS). It was notable for leaning by about 6 degrees during recovery due to a hard landing using up the crush core in one of the landing legs.[2] After recovery, inspections, and refurbishing, it was launched again on 6 February 2018 for the Falcon Heavy test flight mission (Falcon Heavy flight 1) and recovered successfully a second time. Following the second flight, SpaceX stated that they plan to retire this booster.[1]

List of missions

Flight # Launch date (UTC) Mission # Payload Liftoff Landing Landing location Notes
1 27 May 2016 25 THAICOM 8
Of Course I Still Love You (ASDS) Second successful rocket landing from a GTO launch
2 6 February 2018 FH 1 Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster
Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) First booster to be reflown after being recovered from a GTO launch.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 O'Kane, Sean (7 February 2018). "Here's what's next for SpaceX after Falcon Heavy's first flight". The Verge. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Chris Bergin [@NASASpaceflight] (8 April 2017). "PS This is why we call this one the Leaning Tower of Thaicom-8. Hard landing/Crush Core on a landing leg" (Tweet). Retrieved 15 June 2018 – via Twitter.
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