SpaceX to fly first expendable Falcon 9 since January as it plans up to four launches this week

SpaceX will conduct up to four Falcon 9 missions this week, including the company's first expendable Falcon 9 flight since January, reinforcing its dominance of the weekly launch manifest and underscoring an operational mix of recoverable and one‑way missions that affects manifest planning.

Discovered 2025-10-20T10:24:58.127423-07:00 | 2025-10-20T10:24:58.127423-07:00

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  • SpaceX's up-to-four‑launch week — capped by the first expendable Falcon 9 sortie since January — continues a sustained high cadence that has produced triple‑digit Falcon 9 activity this year (see the company's 125th Falcon 9 mission of the year and recent Vandenberg annual record).

  • The return to expendable launches changes booster recovery and inventory dynamics, with direct implications for customer scheduling, range operations and regulatory oversight as SpaceX pushes launch density (context: FAA and DAF actions on permits and SpaceX's bid for up to 120 Falcon 9 launches per year from Cape Canaveral).

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