61 |  | Bangabandhu-1 | Fri May 11 2018 | Successful π | First launch of a Block V first stage. | Kennedy Space Center Historic Launch Complex 39A | π Details |
62 |  | Iridium NEXT Mission 6 | Tue May 22 2018 | Successful π | GFZ arranged a rideshare of GRACE-FO on a Falcon 9 with Iridium following the cancellation of their Dnepr launch contract in 2015. Iridium CEO Matt Desch disclosed in September 2017 that GRACE-FO would be launched on the sixth Iridium NEXT mission. The booster reuse turnaround was a record 4.5 months between flights. | Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 4E | π Details |
63 |  | SES-12 | Mon Jun 04 2018 | Successful π | SES-12, the replacement satellite for NSS-6, was successfully launched and deployed on June 4th, completing SpaceX's eleventh flight of 2018. According to SES Luxembourg, The SES-12 satellite will expand SESβs capabilities to provide direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting, VSAT, Mobility and High Throughput Satellite (HTS) data connectivity services in the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region, including rapidly growing markets such as India and Indonesia. [SES-12] will be co-located with SES-8 | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 | π Details |
64 |  | CRS-15 | Fri Jun 29 2018 | Successful π | Payload included MISSE-FF 2, ECOSTRESS, and a Latching End Effector. The refurbished booster featured a record 2.5 months period turnaround from its original launch of the TESS satellite β the fastest previous was 4.5 months. This was the last commercial flight of a Block 4 booster, which was expended into the Atlantic without landing legs and grid fins. | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 | π Details |
65 |  | Telstar 19V | Sun Jul 22 2018 | Successful π | SSL-manufactured communications satellite intended to be placed at 63Β° West over the Americas. At 7,075 kg, it became the heaviest commercial communications satellite ever launched. | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 | π Details |
66 |  | Iridium NEXT Mission 7 | Wed Jul 25 2018 | Successful π | SpaceX's fourteenth flight of 2018 and seventh of eight launches in a half-a-billion-dollar contract with Iridium. Will use a Block 5 first stage, to be recovered in the Pacific Ocean. Only one mission will be left for Iridium, with 10 more satellites. First attempt to recover a Fairing with the upgraded net. Fairing recovery was not successful. | Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 4E | π Details |
67 |  | Merah Putih | Tue Aug 07 2018 | Successful π | SpaceX's fifteenth flight of 2018 launched the Merah Putih (also known as Telkom-4) geostationary communications satellite for Telkom Indonesia. It marked the first reuse of any Block 5 first stage; the booster B1046 had previously launched Bangabandhu-1. The stage was recovered and is expected to become the first Falcon 9 booster to fly three missions. | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 | π Details |
68 |  | Telstar 18V | Mon Sep 10 2018 | Successful π | SpaceX's sixteenth flight of 2018 launched the Telstar 18v GEO communication satellite for Telesat, the second launch for the canadian company in a few months. The first stage was a new Falcon 9 V1.2 Block 5 which was successfully recovered on OCISLY. | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 | π Details |
69 |  | SAOCOM 1A | Mon Oct 08 2018 | Successful π | SpaceX's seventeenth flight of 2018 was the first launch of the Saocom Earth observation satellite constellation of the Argentine Space Agency CONAE. The second launch of Saocom 1B will happen in 2019. This flight marked the first RTLS launch out of Vandenberg, with a landing on the concrete pad at SLC-4W, very close to the launch pad. | Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 4E | π Details |
70 |  | Esβhail 2 | Thu Nov 15 2018 | Successful π | SpaceX's eighteenth flight of 2018 was its first for Es'hailSat. Es'hail-2 is a communications satellite delivering television and internet to Qatar and the surrounding region. It was launched into a geostationary transfer orbit from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. The booster landed on OCISLY. | Kennedy Space Center Historic Launch Complex 39A | π Details |