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September 20, 2024

SpaceX Falcon 9 Galileo FOC FM26 & FM32

Launched: Sept 17, 2024 6:51 PM EDT
Launch site: Space Launch Complex (SLC) 40, Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Booster: 1067, 22nd Flight (New Record)
Payload: Earth monitoring satellites

FIRST STAGE (BOOSTER) #1067 PHOTOS
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Overview 1	Overview 2	Overview 3
Falcon 9 Emblem and Hypersonic Grid Steering Fins	SpaceX Reuseablity!	Nine Merlin Engine Cleaning Closeup
Redy for lift	Inspection	Lift-Up!
Top Support	Hypersonic Grid Fins	Landing Legs and Engines
Lifted High off Ship	Closer View Engines	Closer View F9 & USA Flag
Engines	Booster Over Land	Setdown Begins
View A	View B	Setdown Lowering
Setdown Continues	Readying Supports	Setdown!

VIDEOS

Highspeed Cleanup! Timelapse	Lifted-Up!
Liftup Space Trucking Timelapse	Liftup Major Tom Timelapse

Booster history:
CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, SL 4-34, Hotbird 13G, O3b mPOWER 1, SL 5-2, SL 5-5, SL 5-9, Satria, SL 6-10, SL 6-22, SL 6-29, SL 6-35, Merah Putih 2, SL 6-45, SL 6-55, SL 8-5, SL 8-3.

Booster recovery: Drone Ship 'Just Read The Instructions' (JRTI)

SpaceX Stats:
93rd launch of the year and the 6th launch of the month.

374th orbital flight for Falcon 9.
206th launch from SLC-40.
92nd landing on JRTI.
8th successful landing without fail.

Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)