20 launches for the same Falcon 9 stage. SpaceX set a new record for the rocket, and at the same time for the launch pad

by alex

By shortest time between launches

SpaceX now has a Falcon 9 rocket, the first stage of which has successfully completed 20 launches. 

On Friday evening, SpaceX launched its latest rocket with 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral. 

This was the first time the Falcon 9 first stage flew for the 20th time. What's even more interesting is that this happened less than three days after another Falcon 9 rocket took off from Pad 40 at Cape Canaveral. And this is a new record for the shortest time between launches, which beat the previous one by more than 21 hours. More precisely, the record now stands at two days and 20 hours. 

The launch was successful. The same record-breaking booster successfully landed on a floating platform.  

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