"Falcon completes its 500th overall mission! Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team for making the impossible possible on the road to rapidly reusable rockets!"

SpaceX launched 26 Starlink V2 Mini satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base using a Falcon 9 rocket on Monday night, June 16. The Starlink 15-9 mission marked the 200th orbital launch from SLC-4E

As new rockets and space companies arrive on the scene, this workhorse of a rocket, the Falcon 9, remains the most common rocket launched from Florida launch pads. It debuted 15 years ago this week, and has changed not only the launch cadence on the Space Coast but the entire industry.