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Thus far all SpaceX F9 launch failures have been on all-new vehicles. But those were both in the second stage, which are not and cannot be reused. The F9 first stage has basically been perfect on launch, save for two single engine-out incidents (one new, one on the reused fleet leader) which did not impact payload delivery.

Thus far the sample size is low, but to the extent you can measure it they're equal.



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