List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches
2016

List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches

Section Title: 2016
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Flight №	Date and time (UTC)	Version, Booster	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customer	Launch outcome	Booster landing

21	January 17, 2016 18:42	F9 v1.1 B1017	VAFB SLC-4E	Jason-3	553 kg (1,219 lb)	LEO	NASA (LSP) NOAA CNES	Success	Failure (drone ship)

First launch of NASA and NOAA joint science mission under the NLS II launch contract (not related to NASA CRS or USAF OSP3 contracts) and last launch of the Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle.

22	March 4, 2016 23:35	F9 FT B1020	CCAFS LC-40	SES-9	5,271 kg (11,621 lb)	GTO	SES	Success	Failure (drone ship)

Second launch of the enhanced Falcon 9 Full Thrust launch vehicle. SpaceX attempted for the first time to recover a booster from a GTO launch to a drone ship.

23	April 8, 2016 20:43	F9 FT B1021.1	CCAFS LC-40	SpaceX CRS-8	3,136 kg (6,914 lb)	LEO (ISS)	NASA (CRS)	Success	Success (drone ship)

Dragon carried over 1500 kg of supplies and delivered the inflatable Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) to the ISS for two years of in-orbit tests.

24	May 6, 2016 05:21	F9 FT B1022	CCAFS LC-40	JCSAT-14	4,696 kg (10,353 lb)	GTO	SKY Perfect JSAT Group	Success	Success (drone ship)

First time SpaceX launched a Japanese satellite, and first time a booster landed successfully after launching a payload into a GTO.

25	May 27, 2016 21:39	F9 FT B1023.1	CCAFS LC-40	Thaicom 8	3,100 kg (6,800 lb)	GTO	Thaicom	Success	Success (drone ship)

Second successful return from a GTO launch, after launching Thaicom 8 towards 78.5° E. Later became the first booster to be reflown after being recovered from a GTO launch.

26	June 15, 2016 14:29	F9 FT B1024	CCAFS LC-40	ABS-2A Eutelsat 117 West B	3,600 kg (7,900 lb)	GTO	ABS Eutelsat	Success	Failure (drone ship)

One year after pioneering this technique on Flight 16, Falcon again launched two Boeing 702SP gridded ion thruster satellites in a dual-stack configuration, with the two customers sharing the rocket and mission costs.

27	July 18, 2016 04:45	F9 FT B1025.1	CCAFS LC-40	SpaceX CRS-9	2,257 kg (4,976 lb)	LEO (ISS)	NASA (CRS)	Success	Success (ground pad)

Cargo to ISS included an International Docking Adapter (IDA-2) and total payload with reusable Dragon Capsule was 6,457 kilograms (14,235 lb).

28	August 14, 2016 05:26	F9 FT B1026	CCAFS LC-40	JCSAT-16	4,600 kg (10,100 lb)	GTO	SKY Perfect JSAT Group	Success	Success (drone ship)

First attempt to land from a ballistic trajectory using a single-engine landing burn, as all previous landings from a ballistic trajectory had fired three engines on the final burn.

N/A	September 3, 2016, 07:00 (planned)	F9 FT B1028	CCAFS LC-40	Amos-6	5,500 kg (12,100 lb)	GTO	Spacecom	Precluded (failure pre-flight)	Precluded (drone ship)

The rocket and the Amos-6 payload were lost in a launch pad explosion on September 1 during propellant filling procedures prior to a static fire test.

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SpaceX CRS-8 was the 23rd flight of a Falcon 9 by NASA.

final_sentence: SpaceX CRS-8 was the 23rd flight of a Falcon 9 by NASA.