Gulf of Mexico (GOM): landings and record

About Gulf of Mexico

Gulf of Mexico is an ocean area used for booster splashdowns. Launch Library 2 records 24 booster landing attempts here, 19 successful (79.2%).

GOM at a glance

Type: Ocean
LL2 landing type: Ocean
Abbreviation: GOM
Status: Active (per LL2)
Used by: SpaceX (providers of launches landing here; LL2 lists no operator)
Booster landings: 19 successful of 24 attempted
Failed landings: 5
Success rate: 79.2%

Recent landings (1)

Starship | Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14) · Starship V3 · booster Booster 21 (flight 1) · Landed (Sep 28, 2026, 7:48 AM CDT)

Earlier landings in Launch Library 2

Newest first. LL2’s landing records carry no date or launch link, so these are listed as LL2 describes them (showing 8 of the 25 landing records LL2 holds for this site).

Booster Booster 20 (flight 1) · Landing failed The Super Heavy Booster 20 attempted to perform a soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico, but not all of the planned engines ignited during the landing burn and the booster splashed down at higher speeds than planned.
Booster Booster 19 (flight 1) · Landing failed The Super Heavy Booster 19 was lost after stage separation, having performed an off-nominal boostback burn with fewer engines than planned.
Booster Booster 15 (flight 2) · Landed The Super Heavy Booster 15-2 has made a planned splashdown near the launch site.
Booster Booster 16 (flight 1) · Landed The Super Heavy Booster 16 has made a planned splashdown near the launch site.
Booster Booster 14 (flight 2) · Landing failed Super Heavy Booster 14-2 did not made a planned splashdown near the launch site after disintegrating at landing burn start-up.
Booster Booster 11 (flight 1) · Landed Booster 11 made a soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.
Booster Booster 10 (flight 1) · Landing failed Landing burn of Booster 10 failed.
Booster Booster 9 (flight 1) · Landing failed Booster 9 was expected to splash down in the Gulf of Mexico following the second integrated test flight of Starship, but was lost after stage separation.

Boosters that have landed on GOM

From the landings listed on this page (T-ZERO’s launch data plus LL2’s most recent landing records), not a complete history.

Booster 11 (1 landing here in these records; 1 flights in total per LL2)
Booster 15 (1 landing here in these records; 2 flights in total per LL2)
Booster 16 (1 landing here in these records; 1 flights in total per LL2)
Booster 21 (1 landing here in these records)

Site description and all-time landing totals: Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs), retrieved Oct 22, 2026. Upcoming and recent landings come from T-ZERO’s own launch data. T-ZERO is unofficial and not affiliated with any launch provider.