On December 23, the first 19-hand Falcon 9 rocket in history was born, numbered B1058.19, and was successfully recovered again. However, it encountered strong winds and waves on its way back to Hong Kong, and unfortunately overturned, and could not be reused for the 20th time. On December 26, the wreckage of B1058 arrived at Port Canaveral. Judging from the photos sent back from the scene,This outstanding rocket was broken into two pieces, and the top part has fallen into the sea without a trace. There are still some cables sticking out, scattered on the edge of the barge, extending into the sea, while three of the four landing legs extend into the air.
SpaceX stated that B1058 encountered strong winds and huge waves, and the Octopus holder failed and was destroyed less than 100 miles from land.
B1069 has already made targeted improvements. Through the automatic leveling mechanism, it can immediately balance the landing leg load when landing, but the old B1058 did not make this modification.
B1058 made its first flight on May 30, 2020, and carried out SpaceX's first manned space mission and NASA's first commercial manned space mission. It sent astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station through the Dragon spacecraft Demo-2.
Because of this, it is an honor to have the NASA logo printed on its surface.
Since then, it has launched 14 Starlinks, 1 cargo Dragon spacecraft, 1 South Korean military communications satellite, and 2 small satellites (143 and 105 respectively), making great achievements.
After three and a half years and 19 launches, the rocket launched a total of 2 astronauts and more than 860 satellites into orbit, with a total weight of more than 260 tons.