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href="https://www.nextbigfuture.com/author/brian-wang" title="View all posts by Brian Wang" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Brian Wang</span></a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p>A SpaceX Falcon 9 landed on a new drone ship in the Bahamas. The mission also successfully deployed more version 2 mini satellites.</p> <p>SpaceX’s decision to land Falcon 9 boosters in the Bahamas after launching from NASA’s Pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station introduces a new approach to booster recovery, potentially improving efficiency compared to previous recovery locations in the Atlantic Ocean. </p> <p><b>New Efficiency</b></p> <p>The efficiency of landing in the Bahamas largely stems from optimized launch trajectories. For certain orbital inclinations鈥攕uch as the 43掳 inclination orbits used in some Starlink missions鈥攖he Bahamas landing site allows the Falcon 9 booster to follow a more direct flight path after separating from the second stage. Previously, boosters might have landed farther out in the Atlantic, requiring additional fuel for course corrections or maneuvers to reach the droneship. By aligning the landing site with the optimal trajectory, the booster can minimize these maneuvers, conserving fuel.</p> <p><b>About 1-3% Payload Capacity Increase</b><br /> The fuel saved by landing in the Bahamas directly translates to an increased payload capacity. In reusable Falcon 9 missions, some propellant is reserved for the booster鈥檚 return and landing, reducing the payload mass that can be delivered to orbit compared to an expendable launch. By optimizing the landing trajectory, less fuel is needed for the booster鈥檚 return, allowing more mass to be carried aloft.</p> <p> How Much More Payload? The Starlink 5-2 mission in January 2023 launched 56 satellites (totaling over 17.4 metric tons) to a 43掳 inclination orbit, with the booster landing northeast of the Bahamas, setting a payload mass record at the time. While this landing wasn鈥檛 directly in Bahamian waters, it suggests that trajectories benefiting from Bahamas-area recoveries can support heavier payloads. The new Bahamas site, particularly for southeasterly trajectories, might increase payload capacity by a small margin鈥攑otentially 100-500 kg鈥攄epending on how much fuel is saved. This is a modest but us about 1-3%.</p> <p><iframe width="560" height="315" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oZ1xyoeHx4g?si=oVz0y2g1JGEKp9Ue" class="lazyload"></iframe></p> <p><b>Big Impact on Launching More Starlink Satellites Annually</b></p> <p>The Bahamas landing site enhances SpaceX鈥檚 ability to deploy more Starlink satellites in a year through both direct and indirect benefits:</p> <p> Optimized Trajectories: For missions targeting specific Starlink orbital shells (e.g., 43掳 inclination), the Bahamas site enables slightly higher payloads per launch. This allows SpaceX to deploy more satellites per mission, incrementally boosting the annual total.</p> <p> Improved Recovery Reliability: The Atlantic near the Bahamas offers calmer seas and better weather conditions than northern recovery zones, especially during winter. This reduces the risk of scrubbed landings or booster damage, ensuring more successful recoveries. Reliable recoveries mean SpaceX can reuse boosters more consistently, avoiding production delays for new ones.</p> <p> Faster Turnaround Times: With better recovery conditions, SpaceX can retrieve and refurbish boosters more quickly. This supports a higher launch cadence, crucial for Starlink鈥檚 rapid deployment. For instance, SpaceX aims for up to 180 Falcon 9 launches in 2025, and efficient recovery operations鈥攆acilitated by the Bahamas site鈥攈elp achieve this by minimizing downtime between missions.</p> <p>Together, these factors enable SpaceX to maintain a brisk launch schedule, deploying thousands of Starlink satellites annually. The main benefit is launching as much as once every two days versus about once every 3.5 days in 2024.</p><div class="nextb-last-paragraph" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; " id="nextb-16647580"> <div data-aaad='true' data-aa-adunit='/339474670/Nextbigfuture_A/InContent_3'></div> <div data-onpage='true' data-adpath='/339474670,3911572/Nextbigfuture_B/InContent_3'></div></div> <p><B>Conclusion</b></p> <p>Landing Falcon 9 boosters in the Bahamas after launching from Pad 40 offers efficiency gains over previous Atlantic recovery locations. This should see about 1-3% more payload or modest fuel savings. The greatest impact on Starlink deployment comes from improved recovery reliability and faster booster turnaround, enabling SpaceX to sustain a high launch cadence and deploy more satellites annually. The Bahamas landing site thus enhances both individual mission efficiency and the overall pace of SpaceX鈥檚 ambitious Starlink rollout.</p> <div class="saboxplugin-wrap" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope itemprop="author"><div class="saboxplugin-tab"><div class="saboxplugin-gravatar"><img decoding="async" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAGQAAABkAQAAAABYmaj5AAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAAAUSURBVDjLY2AYBaNgFIyCUUBPAAAFeAABKXG5/AAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" width="100" height="100" alt="" itemprop="image" data-src="https://nextbigfuture.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/brianheadshot.jpg" class="lazyload" data-eio-rwidth="100" data-eio-rheight="100"><noscript><img decoding="async" src="https://nextbigfuture.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/brianheadshot.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" itemprop="image" data-eio="l"></noscript></div><div class="saboxplugin-authorname"><a href="https://www.nextbigfuture.com/author/brian-wang" class="vcard author" rel="author"><span class="fn">Brian Wang</span></a></div><div class="saboxplugin-desc"><div itemprop="description"><p>Brian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. 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id="comments"> <h2 class="comments-title">3 thoughts on “SpaceX Bahamas Landing Part of Increasing to 180 Launches Per Year”</h2> <ol class="comment-list"> <li id="comment-215967" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article class="comment-body" id="div-comment-215967" itemtype="https://schema.org/Comment" itemscope> <footer class="comment-meta" aria-label="Comment meta"> <img alt='' src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADIAAAAyAQAAAAA2RLUcAAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAAAOSURBVBjTY2AYBYMJAAABkAABxZvbSQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" class="avatar avatar-50 photo lazyload" height='50' width='50' decoding='async' data-src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/14ad07a6c53fa8adcd13c6da288b41da?s=50&d=mm&r=g" data-srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/14ad07a6c53fa8adcd13c6da288b41da?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x" data-eio-rwidth="50" data-eio-rheight="50" /><noscript><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/14ad07a6c53fa8adcd13c6da288b41da?s=50&d=mm&r=g' 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It鈥檚 isolated with only a defunct light house. Roads would have to be improved but boosters could be shipped from Marsh Harbor</p> <span class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="#comment-215965" data-commentid="215965" data-postid="201186" data-belowelement="div-comment-215965" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to David Ohara" aria-label="Reply to David Ohara">Reply</a></span> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-215923" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article class="comment-body" id="div-comment-215923" itemtype="https://schema.org/Comment" itemscope> <footer class="comment-meta" aria-label="Comment meta"> <img alt='' src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADIAAAAyAQAAAAA2RLUcAAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAAAOSURBVBjTY2AYBYMJAAABkAABxZvbSQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" class="avatar avatar-50 photo lazyload" height='50' width='50' decoding='async' data-src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4fdfeba91e5cc252c7a672bf344e617f?s=50&d=mm&r=g" data-srcset="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4fdfeba91e5cc252c7a672bf344e617f?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x" data-eio-rwidth="50" data-eio-rheight="50" /><noscript><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4fdfeba91e5cc252c7a672bf344e617f?s=50&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4fdfeba91e5cc252c7a672bf344e617f?s=100&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' decoding='async' data-eio="l" /></noscript> <div class="comment-author-info"> <div class="comment-author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope> <cite itemprop="name" class="fn">Asteroza</cite> </div> <div class="entry-meta comment-metadata"> <a href="https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2025/02/spacex-bahamas-landing-part-of-increasing-to-180-launches-per-year.html#comment-215923"> <time datetime="2025-02-19T14:06:55-08:00" itemprop="datePublished"> February 19, 2025 at 2:06 pm </time> </a> </div> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content" itemprop="text"> <p>They’ve been scouting out land sites in the Bahamas to up the cycle time even more compared to ASDS landings though. There were a couple potentially interesting sites (former landing strips looked decent), but it would require some dredging/wharf building and maybe some road reinforcement to collect the booster from the landing site and deliver it to a conventional barge for return to KSC. It does complicate things a bit in that you would need to increase the reused booster pool to accommodate transfer times from the Bahamas via conventional barge (plus whether having 3 or more boosters on a barge before bringing them back to KSC could trade against the cost of shipping each booster individually)</p> <span class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="#comment-215923" data-commentid="215923" data-postid="201186" data-belowelement="div-comment-215923" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Asteroza" aria-label="Reply to Asteroza">Reply</a></span> </div> </article> </li> </ol> <div id="respond" class="comment-respond"> <h3 id="reply-title" class="comment-reply-title">Leave a Comment <small><a rel="nofollow" id="cancel-comment-reply-link" href="/2025/02/spacex-bahamas-landing-part-of-increasing-to-180-launches-per-year.html#respond" style="display:none;">Cancel reply</a></small></h3><form action="https://www.nextbigfuture.com/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform" class="comment-form" novalidate><p class="comment-form-comment"><label for="comment" class="screen-reader-text">Comment</label><textarea id="comment" name="comment" cols="45" rows="8" required></textarea></p><label for="author" class="screen-reader-text">Name</label><input placeholder="Name" id="author" name="author" type="text" value="" size="30" /> <label for="email" class="screen-reader-text">Email</label><input placeholder="Email" id="email" name="email" type="email" value="" size="30" /> <label for="url" class="screen-reader-text">Website</label><input placeholder="Website" id="url" name="url" type="url" value="" size="30" /> <p class="form-submit"><input name="submit" type="submit" id="submit" class="submit" value="Post Comment" /> <input type='hidden' name='comment_post_ID' value='201186' id='comment_post_ID' /> <input type='hidden' name='comment_parent' id='comment_parent' value='0' /> </p></form> </div> </div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="widget-area sidebar is-right-sidebar" id="right-sidebar"> <div class="inside-right-sidebar"> <div style="width:300px;height:250px;margin:10px auto;"> <div data-onpage=true data-adpath="/339474670,3911572/Nextbigfuture/Sidebar_1"></div> </div><aside id="custom_html-2" class="widget_text widget inner-padding widget_custom_html"><div class="textwidget custom-html-widget"><div data-aaad='true' data-aa-adunit='/339474670/Nextbigfuture_A/Sidebar_1'></div> <div data-onpage='true' data-adpath='/339474670,3911572/Nextbigfuture_B/Sidebar_1'></div> </div></aside><aside id="categories-2" class="widget inner-padding widget_categories"><h2 class="widget-title">Categories</h2><form action="https://www.nextbigfuture.com" method="get"><label class="screen-reader-text" for="cat">Categories</label><select name='cat' id='cat' class='postform'> <option value='-1'>Select Category</option> <option class="level-0" value="8121">Antiaging</option> <option class="level-0" value="1312">Artificial intelligence</option> <option class="level-0" value="1430">Augmented reality</option> <option class="level-0" value="1412">Blockchain</option> <option class="level-0" value="1415">Cryptocurrency</option> <option class="level-0" value="1414">Drones</option> <option class="level-0" value="1481">Ecommerce</option> <option class="level-0" value="1302">Energy</option> <option class="level-0" value="1413">Fintech</option> <option class="level-0" value="1441">Gadgets</option> <option class="level-0" value="14324">Humanoid Robot</option> <option class="level-0" value="1422">Ico</option> <option class="level-0" value="8018">Interviews</option> <option class="level-0" value="1309">Medicine</option> <option class="level-0" value="1303">Military</option> <option class="level-0" value="8017">News</option> <option class="level-0" value="14078">press release</option> <option class="level-0" value="1311">Quantum computers</option> <option class="level-0" value="1310">Robotics</option> <option class="level-0" value="1306">Science</option> <option class="level-0" value="14473">solar</option> <option class="level-0" value="1304">Space</option> <option class="level-0" value="13281">Sponsored</option> <option class="level-0" value="14220">Superconductor</option> <option class="level-0" value="1307">Technology</option> <option class="level-0" value="1">Uncategorized</option> <option class="level-0" value="1463">Virtual reality</option> <option class="level-0" value="1308">World</option> </select> </form><script> (function() { var dropdown = document.getElementById( "cat" ); 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