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| caption = B1048 following her second landing
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| national origin = United States
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| type = [[Falcon 9]] first-stage booster
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| manufacturer = [[SpaceX]]
| construction number = B1048
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| first flight = July 25, 2018 (Iridium-7)
| flights = 4
| status = In service
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'''Falcon 9 booster B1048''' is a reusable orbital-class [[Falcon 9 Block 5|Block 5]] [[Falcon 9]] [[Multistage rocket|first-stage]] [[Booster (rocketry)|booster]] manufactured by [[SpaceX]]. B1048 was the third Falcon 9 Block 5 to fly and the second Block 5 booster to re-fly. It became the second orbital-class booster to fly a third time and is the first booster ever to be launched and recovered four times.<ref>{{cite tweet |url=https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1193907618575552514 |title=Falcon 9 first stage has landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship – the fourth launch and landing of this booster |publisher=Twitter.com |user=SpaceX|number=1193907618575552514|date=11 November 2019}}</ref>
== Flight history ==
B1048 entered service on July 25, 2018 for the Iridium-7 mission. It was the third Falcon 9 Block 5 to enter service and the first to lift off from the west coast launch site at [[Vandenberg Air Force Base|Vandenberg Air Force Station.]] The flight marked the 59th flight of the Falcon 9 and the 13th Falcon 9 flight for 2018. The booster lifted off despite the foggy weather and completed the two and-a-half minute burn before separating from the second stage and, despite stormy weather and choppy seas making booster recovery unlikely, the booster landed on the west coast [[Autonomous spaceport drone ship|ASDS]] ''Just Read the Instructions'' in the roughest seas for a landing attempt at the time. This marked the 5th landing out of 6 landing attempts on JRTI. Fairing recovery was attempted during the flight but failed due to the weather.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dodd|first=Tim|url=https://everydayastronaut.com/iridium-7/|title=SpaceX’s flawless launch of Iridium 7 featuring lots of fog and a missed fairing recovery|date=2018-07-25|website=Everyday Astronaut|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-21}}</ref>
Despite being the third Block 5 to fly, B1048 was refurbished quicker than the older booster, B1047, and became the second Falcon 9 Block 5 to re-fly. B1048 launched the 62nd Falcon 9 mission for the SAOCOM 1A mission from Vandenberg on October 8, 2018. Due to the twilight effect on launches from the west coast, spectacular views were seen from Los Angeles and other Southern California cities.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Malik|first=Tariq|url=https://www.space.com/42058-spacex-spectacular-nighttime-rocket-launch-saocom-1a.html|title=Spectacular SpaceX Rocket Launch Lights Up the Southern California Night Sky|website=[[Space.com]]|date=2018-10-08|language=en|access-date=2019-02-21}}</ref> This mission was historic as it was the first Falcon 9 to perform a [[Return-to-launch-site|RTLS]] landing on the west coast, landing at [[SpaceX Landing Zone 4|LZ-4]] just minutes after lifting off.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Graham|first=William|url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/10/spacex-falcon-9-saocom-1a-launch-west-coast-landing/|title=SpaceX Falcon 9 launches with SAOCOM 1A and nails first West Coast landing|website=[[NASASpaceFlight.com]]|date=2018-10-07|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-21}}</ref>
Following landing, B1048 was transported to the east coast and launched the Nusantara Satu mission on February 22, 2019. This marked the second time an orbital-class booster flew three times. The re-entry was the highest re-entry heating to date due to the high energy profile of the mission.<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1098767597858779136|title=Highest reentry heating to date. Burning metal sparks from base heat shield visible in landing video. Fourth relight scheduled for April.|date=2019-02-21|user=elonmusk|author-link=Elon Musk|language=en|access-date=2019-02-22}}</ref> This caused the booster to also land further down range than a normal landing. Fairing recovery was planned for the mission but abandoned due to extremely rough weather. Despite the weather making it the hardest landing to date (even rougher than Iridium-7 which B1048 had endured on its maiden flight), B1048 successfully landed on the ASDS ''Of Course I Still Love You''.
B1048 was originally scheduled to fly the in-flight abort test of the Crew Dragon; this would have brought B1048 service to an end after its fourth flight.<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1098768310844313601|title=Crew Dragon high altitude abort test|author-link=Elon Musk|date=2019-02-21|user=elonmusk|language=en|access-date=2019-02-22}}</ref> However, this was changed, and B1048 flew the Starlink Mission in November 2019 from SLC-40. B1048 will mostly likely continue to operate into the foreseeable future.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}
{| class="wikitable"
!Flight #
!Launch date (UTC)
![[List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches|Mission #]]
!Payload
!Pictures
!Launch pad
!Landing location
!Notes
|-
|1
|July 25, 2018
|[[List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches#2018|59]]
|[[Iridium satellite constellation|Iridium-7]]
|[[File:Iridium-7_Mission_(41868222930).jpg|250x250px|Iridium-7 Mission (41868222930)]]
|[[Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4|VAFB SLC-4E]]
|[[Just Read the Instructions]] (ASDS)
|Third flight of the Block 5 booster and roughest landing conditions for a Falcon 9 at the time
|-
|2
|October 8, 2018
|[[List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches#2018|62]]
|[[SAOCOM 1A]]
|[[File:SAOCOM_1A_Mission_(45184770841).jpg|250x250px|SAOCOM 1A Mission (45184770841)]]
|[[Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4|VAFB SLC-4E]]
|[[Landing Zones 1 and 2|LZ-4]]
|Second reflight of a Block 5 booster
|-
|3
|February 22, 2019
|[[List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches#2019|68]]
|[[Nusantara Satu]] <br /> ''[[Beresheet]]''
|[[File:Nusantara_Satu_Mission_-_47173936181.jpg|250x250px|Nusantara Satu Mission - 47173936181]]
|[[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|CCAFS]] [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40|LC-40]]
|[[Of Course I Still Love You]] (ASDS)
|Second time a booster is flown three times and the roughest landing condition for a Falcon 9 to date
|-
|4
|November 11, 2019
|[[List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches#2019|75]]
|[[Starlink (satellite constellation)|Starlink F1]]
|[[File:Starlink-1 Launch.jpg|frameless|250x250px]]
|[[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|CCAFS]] [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40|LC-40]]
|[[Of Course I Still Love You]] (ASDS)
|Flight carried 60 Starlink satellites. First time a Falcon 9 booster has flown four times and the first flight of a reused fairing.
|}
== Upcoming missions ==
Block 5 boosters like B1048 are expected to fly 10 times.
== B1048 records and achievements ==
* First orbital-class booster to fly four times<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/11/spacex-cape-return-first-operational-starlink-mission/|title=SpaceX and Cape Canaveral Return to Action with First Operational Starlink Mission|website=www.nasaspaceflight.com|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref>
* First flight of a re-used payload fairing (ocean splashdown)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/11/spacex-cape-return-first-operational-starlink-mission/|title=SpaceX and Cape Canaveral Return to Action with First Operational Starlink Mission|website=www.nasaspaceflight.com|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref>
== See also ==
{{portal|Spaceflight|Transport}}
* {{Cl|Individual Falcon 9 boosters}}
* [[Grasshopper (rocket)|Grasshopper]]
* [[New Shepard|Blue Origin New Shepard]]
* [[McDonnell Douglas DC-X]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{SpaceX}}
{{Reusable launch systems}}
[[Category:Individual Falcon 9 boosters]]
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