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SpaceX maintains a large fleet of commercial ships to support its spaceflight operations. This website keeps an active list of those ships. Check out the menu to see ships by lots of other companies!

Active SpaceX Ships

Of Course I Still Love You

Autonomous Spaceport Droneship based on the US West Coast for offshore Falcon booster landings.

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A Shortfall of Gravitas

Autonomous Spaceport Droneship based on the US East Coast for offshore Falcon booster landings.

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Just Read the Instructions

Autonomous Spaceport Droneship based on the US East Coast for offshore Falcon booster landings.

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Bob

Dual-purpose support vessel based in Florida for fairing recovery and droneship support.

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Doug

Dual-purpose support vessel based in Florida for fairing recovery and droneship support.

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Megan

Dragon capsule recovery vessel, equipped with a medical facility and helipad.

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Shannon

Dragon capsule recovery vessel, equipped with a medical facility and helipad.

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Crosby Skipper

Chartered tugboat in use for operations in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Scorpius

Chartered tugboat in use for operations in the Pacific Ocean. Photo: Curtin Maritime.

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GO Beyond

Dual-purpose support vessel based in California for fairing recovery and droneship support. Photo: Jack Beyer

Maverick and Goose

Fast boats used for fairing recovery operations. Deployed from the upper deck of Bob or Doug. Photo: Jenny Hautmann

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Retired SpaceX Operational Ships

Curated list of key former ships. This is not an exhaustive list, SpaceX has used a large number of ships in 10+ years of offshore operations. 

Ms. Tree

Fast, maneuverable vessel that was previously modified to catch fairing halves. Retired in 2021.

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Ms. Chief

Fast, maneuverable vessel that was previously modified to catch fairing halves. Retired in 2021.

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GO Quest

Droneship support vessel used by SpaceX for over 10 years in the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. Retired in 2023.

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Phobos

Planned floating Starship Spaceport. Sold for scrap in 2023. Photo: NSF

Deimos

Planned floating Starship Spaceport. Sold for scrap in 2023. Photo: BocaChicaGal (NSF)

NRC Quest

Dual-purpose support vessel used for Dragon and fairing recovery + droneship support. Retired in 2023.

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Finn Falgout

Ocean-going tugboat used to tow SpaceX droneships in the Atlantic Ocean. Retired in 2022.

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SpaceX Operational Robots

Octagrabber

Falcon 9 securing remote-controlled robot. 3 exist, operating on all active SpaceX droneships

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