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Mike Wehner
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If it seems like SpaceX launches have gotten a bit, well, boring lately it's probably because so many of them go off without a hitch. Sure, the SpaceX Starship prototypes have been having a rough go of things, but the Falcon 9 is so reliable at this point that launches come and go without much fanfare. In fact, the SpaceX Starlink launch that is scheduled to take place today, May 26th, 2021, will be the 100th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch, assuming all goes as planned.
As Ars Technica reports, the milestone is one that has been in the making since June of 2015, which seems like ages ago. It was in that month that a SpaceX Falcon 9 was attempting to launch a Dragon cargo capsule but failed. The rocket's second stage disintegrated and the capsule was lost. That was the last time a Falcon 9 failed to perform its duty, and the success streak has shown no signs of slowing down.
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