With last week's polar orbit Starlink launch from Vandenberg, it marked
the second time a Falcon 9 was re-used 10 times.
Has SpaceX given any indication on whether it plans to raise its
reusabliity targets and if so, how many cores does it want to test to 10 launches before it starts to increase it?
3 months later, B1051 has completed its 11th flight.
On 2021-12-31 08:00, Snidely wrote:
3 months later, B1051 has completed its 11th flight.
Yep. and 2021 was probably the year where Falcon9 launches have truly
become "commodity" with succesful landing being the new "normal".
(Pretty amazing how reliable the landing has become).
But is there any information on whether the amoujt of work neede dto
turn arounf a landed stage 1 i lower, as expected, or harder than
expected? Much variability between launches? does the refurb work get costlier with each re-use? (significant enough that after a number of launces, it is chepaer to use new engines or even new stage ?
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