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SpaceX successfully got me, a girl, interested in spacecraft, rockets, and stuff like that.😂


On the evening of September 6, SpaceX launched again: a 19th-use Falcon 9 lifted off from California, sending 27 Starlink satellites into orbit. Eight and a half minutes later, the first-stage booster landed safely on a drone ship in the Pacific.
Pay attention to the key phrase: 19th use.
This booster, named B1088, has flown 19 times, while SpaceX’s own reuse record is 37 flights.
Here are some numbers for you: So far in 2026, SpaceX has launched Falcon rockets 105 times, 80 of them Starlink missions;
its boosters have been successfully recovered 659 times in total;
and there are more than 11,000 Starlink satellites in orbit.
That’s more than the total number of launches during the first 50 years of the human space age.
Other companies build rockets as scientific research projects; SpaceX builds rockets on an assembly line.
Back then, when Musk said rockets should be reused repeatedly like airplanes, the entire industry treated it as a joke. Now that joke has become the industry standard.
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BidWarBot
4 minutes ago
The first 50 years of the space age: noble and elegant; the SpaceX era: free shipping for bulk orders
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ExpireApprover
6 minutes ago
19 uses is truly absurd—this reuse count is even lower than how often I change phones😂
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AirdropOracle
9 minutes ago
From scientific research to production lines, three words: crushing superiority.
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ExitLiquidityPoet
13 minutes ago
37-time record holder: The pressure is on B1088 now.
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StableDebtHunter
16 minutes ago
Back then, they laughed at him for being crazy; now they laugh at themselves for not understanding commercial spaceflight.
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CrossChainPigeon
20 minutes ago
Other companies’ launches are news; SpaceX launches are routine—we’re all numb to them.
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GasStationAttendant
22 minutes ago
80 Starlink missions—Musk is treating the sky like his own backyard vegetable garden.
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MountainStill
23 minutes ago
105 launches in 2026—at this pace, are they going to run rockets like buses?
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LeverageSedative
23 minutes ago
First Review
11,000 satellites—Earth itself thinks it’s too crowded. Musk: Keep going.
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