SpaceX Record: This Falcon 9 Rocket Just Completed Its 34th Mission

Falcon 9 B1067

SpaceX made history on Monday, March 30, as a single Falcon 9 booster completed its 34th successful mission, further pushing the boundaries of orbital rocket reusability.

The veteran booster, known as B1067, lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 5:15 p.m. EDT, carrying 29 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. Roughly eight minutes after launch, the first stage performed a precision landing on the droneship Just Read the Instructions in the Atlantic Ocean.

The Legend of B1067

This specific booster has become the workhorse of the SpaceX fleet since its debut in June 2021. Over its nearly five-year career, B1067 has supported a wide array of high-profile missions, including:

• Human Spaceflight: It launched the Crew-3 and Crew-4 missions to the International Space Station (ISS).
• NASA Cargo: It supported two Dragon resupply missions (CRS-22 and CRS-25).
• International Satellites: Its resumé includes the launch of Turkey’s Turksat 5B, the European Commission’s Galileo L13, and South Korea’s Koreasat-6A.
• Starlink: It has now successfully deployed 23 separate batches of Starlink satellites.

Breaking the Reusability Record

With Monday’s flight, SpaceX has officially extended the world record for the most launches and landings of a single orbital-class rocket to 34.

To put this in perspective, SpaceX originally designed the Falcon 9 Block 5 to fly 10 times without major refurbishment. As the fleet has matured, engineers have consistently pushed that ceiling higher, first to 15, then 20, and now toward a goal of 40 flights per booster.

The success of B1067 is a critical component of SpaceX’s 2026 launch manifest, which aims to average nearly three launches per week. By reusing flight-proven hardware, the company continues to drastically lower the cost of access to space while rapidly expanding the Starlink constellation, which now consists of more than 10,000 satellites in orbit. Two more Starlink missions are upcoming this week, set for April 2 from Florida and California.