SpaceX Launches 100th Block 5 Booster on Classified Space Force Mission
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Updated · Yahoo Finance · Sep 26
SpaceX Launches 100th Block 5 Booster on Classified Space Force Mission
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Finance · Sep 26
Summary
B1100 became SpaceX’s 100th Falcon 9 Block 5 booster when it lifted a classified U.S. Space Force payload from Vandenberg and then landed on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You.
The milestone highlights the Block 5 program’s reuse model: the variant, introduced in 2018, was built to fly 10 or more times with minimal maintenance, and this booster completed its 10th launch and landing.
USSF-385 was SpaceX’s third national-security launch this month and its third classified Space Force mission from Vandenberg in 16 days, underscoring the company’s growing role in Pentagon launch work.
That cadence supports a broader defense business that the report says includes more than $6 billion in Starshield contracts, alongside a wider push to scale Starlink and other revenue streams.