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SpaceX F9 - Starlink Group 6-57 - SLC-40 Launch Date: May 6 Launch Window: 2:14 pm EDT (11:14 am PDT, 18:14 UTC) Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, CCSFS, Florida Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - JRTI Booster: B1069.15 Fairings: Reused Mass: 23 Starlink 2.0 mini Satellites...

SpaceX F9 - Starlink Group 6-56 - SLC-40 Launch Date: May 8 Launch Window: 12:00pm EST (15:00 UTC) Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, CCSFS, Florida Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - ASOG Booster: B1083.3 Fairings: Reused Mass: 23 Starlink 2.0 mini Satellites Orbit: LEO Yearly...

Granted that a Dragon doesn't have the same amount of stress on it compared to an Orion, but I'll bet that SpaceX's PICA-X is a decent step better than your basic PICA that Orion uses. https://spacex.com.pl/files/2017-11/pica-x.pdf

Yes. New date on on post.

Good question, and the answer is that I don't know. I'm sure there is some "objects in orbit" person that tracks all of them. I pretty sure there are only a few that will not eventually burn up in the atmosphere. I looked but couldn't find a list though.

I recommend this launch to watch. Lots of interesting visuals. The payload had to be very light since they used the shorter nozzle, had the boostback for RTLS, while pushing the orbit out to 518 km.

SpaceX F9 - Starlink Group 8-2 - SLC-4E Launch Date: May 9 Launch Window: 7:48PM PDT (10:48PM EDT, 02:48 UTC on the 4th) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - OCISLY Booster: B1082.4 Fairings: Reused Mass: 22 v2 mini Starlink satellites - 13...

https://spacenews.com/spacex-making-progress-on-starship-in-space-refueling-technologies/