{"id":9540,"date":"2026-06-08T00:30:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-launches-falcon-9-rocket-booster-on-record-breaking-35th-flight\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T00:30:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:30:49","slug":"spacex-launches-falcon-9-rocket-booster-on-record-breaking-35th-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-launches-falcon-9-rocket-booster-on-record-breaking-35th-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket booster on record-breaking 35th flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_73605\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73605\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73605\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260608_Starlink_10-35_liftoff_AB-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260608_Starlink_10-35_liftoff_AB-1.jpeg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260608_Starlink_10-35_liftoff_AB-1-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73605\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on the Starlink 10-35 mission on June 8, 2026. This was the 35th flight of the Falcon 9 booster, B1067, the SpaceX flight leader. Image: Adam Bernstein\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>Update June 8, 7:36 a.m. EDT (1136 UTC): SpaceX confirmed deployment of the Starlink satellites.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>SpaceX continued to push its Falcon 9 rocket fleet to the next level by flying its flight leader, tail number B1067, on a record-breaking 35th flight Monday morning. It launched SpaceX\u2019s latest batch of Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station shortly before sunrise.<\/p>\n<p>The Starlink 10-35 mission added another 29 broadband internet satellites to the low Earth orbit constellation. It consists of more than 10,500 spacecraft currently.<\/p>\n<p>Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 happened at 6:13:50 a.m. EDT (1013:50 UTC). The rocket flew on a north-easterly trajectory upon liftoff.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/umEOUgmLiQo\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The 45th Weather Squadron forecast a 90 percent chance for favorable weather at the opening of the window, which was forecast to drop to 75 percent favorability as the morning went on. Meteorologists were watching for the potential impact from thick clouds in the area of the Cape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHigh pressure at the surface and aloft and abundant dry air will keep quiet conditions across the Spaceport to end the weekend,\u201d launch weather officers wrote. \u201cThe pattern changes early in the week as the upper ridge breaks over the Florida Peninsula, with a passing upper-level disturbance bringing more upper-level moisture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will lead to a thickening of the mid and upper-level cloud deck across the primary window early Monday morning, with the threat for associated Thick Cloud Layers Rule violations also seeing a modest increase with time across the window.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 321px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2063940657203257685&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceflightnow.com%2F2026%2F06%2F07%2Flive-coverage-spacex-to-launch-falcon-9-rocket-booster-on-record-breaking-35th-flight%2F&amp;sessionId=6059646d74f5538da107d8a9c7ed2a31f8744c13&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"2063940657203257685\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The launch of SpaceX\u2019s flight-leading booster, B1067, continued the company\u2019s push to demonstrate it\u2019s rocket\u2019s ability to fly up to 40 times each, a feat that\u2019s unmatched in the world of commercial spaceflight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough our Falcon 9 boosters have been engineered and demonstrated to support up to 40 flights, we have established a maximum accounting useful life of 25 flights as an estimate based on forecasted utilization,\u201d SpaceX wrote in its prospectus, a document filed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis estimate reflects: (i) our strategic transition to Starship, which is expected to materially reduce future Falcon 9 flight demand; and (ii) restrictions under certain government contracts that prohibit the use of boosters flown more than five times on their missions,\u201d SpaceX added. \u201cThese useful life estimates are periodically reassessed based on engineering qualification data, post-flight inspections, recovery success rates, actual fleet performance, cost sensitivity analyses, and the long-range launch manifest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As of June 8, SpaceX has seven Falcon boosters that have flown more than 25 times:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>B1063 \u2013 32<\/li>\n<li>B1067 \u2013 35<\/li>\n<li>B1069 \u2013 31<\/li>\n<li>B1071 \u2013 33<\/li>\n<li>B1077 \u2013 28<\/li>\n<li>B1078 \u2013 28<\/li>\n<li>B1080 \u2013 26<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In documents published prior to the company\u2019s initial public offering, scheduled for Friday, June 12, SpaceX noted out of the 165 Falcon 9 launches in 2025, only eight used a Falcon booster making its first flight.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_73606\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73606\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73606\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260608_Starlink_10-35_liftoff_JP-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260608_Starlink_10-35_liftoff_JP-1.jpeg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260608_Starlink_10-35_liftoff_JP-1-300x240.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73606\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on the Starlink 10-35 mission on June 8, 2026. This was the 35th flight of the Falcon 9 booster, B1067, the SpaceX flight leader. Image: John Pisani\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on the Starlink 10-35 mission on June 8, 2026. This was the 35th flight of the Falcon 9 booster, B1067, the SpaceX flight leader. 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