41 |  | CRS-11 | Sat Jun 03 2017 | Successful 🚀 | This mission delivered the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) to the ISS, along with the MUSES Earth imaging platform and ROSA solar array. For the first time, this mission launched a refurbished Dragon capsule, serial number C106 which first flew in September 2014 on the CRS-4 mission. Originally scheduled to launch on June 1, but was scrubbed due to inclement weather. | Kennedy Space Center Historic Launch Complex 39A | 🔍 Details |
42 |  | BulgariaSat-1 | Fri Jun 23 2017 | Successful 🚀 | Second time a booster will be reused: Second flight of B1029 after the Iridium mission of January 2017. The satellite will be the first commercial Bulgarian-owned communications satellite and it will provide television broadcasts and other communications services over southeast Europe. | Kennedy Space Center Historic Launch Complex 39A | 🔍 Details |
43 |  | Iridium NEXT Mission 2 | Sun Jun 25 2017 | Successful 🚀 | First flight with titanium grid fins to improve control authority and better cope with heat during re-entry. | Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 4E | 🔍 Details |
44 |  | Intelsat 35e | Wed Jul 05 2017 | Successful 🚀 | Due to the constraints of sending a heavy satellite (~6,000 kg) to GTO, the rocket will fly in its expendable configuration and the first-stage booster will not be recovered. | Kennedy Space Center Historic Launch Complex 39A | 🔍 Details |
45 |  | CRS-12 | Mon Aug 14 2017 | Successful 🚀 | Dragon is expected to carry 2,349 kg (5,179 lb) of pressurized mass and 961 kg (2,119 lb) unpressurized. The external payload manifested for this flight is the CREAM cosmic-ray detector. First flight of the Falcon 9 Block 4 upgrade. Last flight of a newly-built Dragon capsule; further missions will use refurbished spacecraft. | Kennedy Space Center Historic Launch Complex 39A | 🔍 Details |
46 |  | FormoSat-5 | Thu Aug 24 2017 | Successful 🚀 | Formosat-5 is an Earth observation satellite of the Taiwanese space agency. The SHERPA space tug by Spaceflight Industries was removed from the cargo manifest of this mission. The satellite has a mass of only 475 kg. | Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 4E | 🔍 Details |
47 |  | Boeing X-37B OTV-5 | Thu Sep 07 2017 | Successful 🚀 | Notable because Boeing is the primary contractor of the X-37B, which has until now been launched by ULA, a SpaceX competitor and Boeing partnership. Second flight of the Falcon 9 Block 4 upgrade. | Kennedy Space Center Historic Launch Complex 39A | 🔍 Details |
48 |  | Iridium NEXT Mission 3 | Mon Oct 09 2017 | Successful 🚀 | Third of eight missions to launch Iridium's second generation constellation from VAFB | Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 4E | 🔍 Details |
49 |  | SES-11 / Echostar 105 | Wed Oct 11 2017 | Successful 🚀 | Nineteenth comsat to GTO, also the fourth satellite launched for SES and second for Echostar. Third time a first stage booster will be reused. | Kennedy Space Center Historic Launch Complex 39A | 🔍 Details |
50 |  | KoreaSat 5A | Mon Oct 30 2017 | Successful 🚀 | KoreaSat 5A is a Ku-band satellite capable of providing communication services from East Africa and Central Asia to southern India, Southeast Asia, the Philippines, Guam, Korea, and Japan. The satellite will be placed in GEO at 113° East Longitude, and will provide services ranging from broadband internet to broadcasting services and maritime communications. | Kennedy Space Center Historic Launch Complex 39A | 🔍 Details |