Elon Musk‘s rocket manufacturing firm SpaceX launched its Falcon rocket 14 instances within the month of Might, exceeding the firm’s expectations of launching 12 instances each month this yr.
What Occurred: With the launch of 23 Starlink satellites from Florida on Friday, SpaceX accomplished 14 launches in Might.
The 14 launches embody a number of Starlink missions along with the NROL-146 mission, the ESA Earthcare mission and the Maxar 1 mission.
“Nice work by the SpaceX Falcon staff launching 14 instances in a single month!,” SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote on X on Saturday.
Why It Issues: SpaceX’s purpose of delivering 90% of Earth’s payload to orbit this yr is greater than the 80% payload purpose it set final yr. SpaceX can also be seeking to full 144 launches this yr or 12 launches monthly.
For the whole thing of 2023, SpaceX solely accomplished 96 launches, marking a 57% year-on-year enhance, not together with two Starship take a look at flights. The corporate’s launch numbers have been steadily growing, with 26 launches in 2020, 31 in 2021, and 61 in 2022.
Earlier in Might, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell confirmed on X that the corporate has already accomplished 50 missions this yr, not together with the Starship take a look at flight in March.
The corporate is now seeking to launch the Starship for its fourth flight take a look at on June 5, pending regulatory approval.
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