CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — After being grounded due to a failed landing, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket was given the clearance to soar again by the FAA.

Early in the week on Wednesday, the Falcon 9 first-stage booster tipped over after landing on a SpaceX droneship following a Starlink launch.

That droneship, a Shortfall of Gravitas, brought the booster to Port Canaveral on Friday.

The FAA explained to Spectrum News that the Falcon 9 rocket fleet would be grounded until an investigation to determine “that any system, process, or procedure related to the anomaly does not affect public safety. In addition, SpaceX may need to request and receive approval from the FAA to modify its license that incorporates any corrective actions and meet all other licensing requirements.”

However, on Friday night, the FAA stated the famed rocket can return to the skies.

“The SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle may return to flight operations while the overall investigation of the anomaly during the Starlink Group 8-6 mission remains open, provided all other license requirements are met. SpaceX made the return to flight request on Aug. 29 and the FAA gave approval on Aug. 30,” the FAA stated.

Back in the black

And with that, SpaceX launched two Starlink missions early Saturday morning.

The first launch was the Starlink 8-10 mission, which took off at 3:43 a.m. ET from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Heading to low-Earth orbit, 21 Starlink satellites joined the thousands of their mechanical brothers and sisters.

The first-stage booster used for this mission, B1069, had 17 operations under its belt before this launch.

• CRS-24
• Hotbird 13F
• SES-18 & 19
• OneWeb
• 13 Starlink missions

The booster successfully landed on the droneship Just Read The Instructions that was out in the Atlantic Ocean.

The second Starlink mission, 9-5, took off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 4:48 a.m. ET.

Just like the mission from Florida, the one from the Golden State saw 21 Starlink communications satellites go into low-Earth orbit.

Before this launch, B1081 has sent up eight missions, including a crewed one.

• Crew-7
• CRS-29
• Starlink mission 6-34
• PACE
• Transporter-10
• Starlink mission 8-1
• EarthCARE
• NROL-186

And booster B1081 landed safely on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You that was stationed in the Pacific Ocean.

All 42 satellites were deployed, SpaceX stated.

There is no word when SpaceX will launch the crewed Polaris Dawn mission from the Sunshine State.