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December 21 (Flight 20) · 2015

First Falcon 9 Booster Landing — Reusability Revolution Begins

Enabled price competition, high flight rate (Falcon 9 now routinely reflown 10–20+ times per booster in some cases). Over 630 booster landings/reflights by mid-2026 per company cadence. Starlink economics only viable at this scale/reuse.

Falcon 9 first stage landing at LZ-1 — official SpaceX footage

Falcon 9 Flight 20 — first successful propulsive landing of an orbital-class rocket booster (Landing Zone 1, Cape Canaveral). 'The beginning of the end for expendable rockets.' Rapid iteration on grid fins, landing legs, entry/landing burns followed.

Source: spacex.com

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