Comment by nordsieck

> Not yet. The boosters don't reach orbital velocity, that's the second stage.

Fair enough.

I suppose typing the whole thing out:

"SpaceX is the first company to launch a rocket to orbit and land its first stage"

is the most accurate way to phrase it. I was just trying to acknowledge companies like Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic, who have landed rockets or parts thereof before SpaceX.

The big difference, however, is that those efforts have been essentially economically meaningless, whereas SpaceX's efforts have been quite impactful.