SpaceX completes third launch in less than two days
SpaceX successfully launched another 54 Starlink satellites today, completing the company’s third launch in less than two days.
The Falcon 9 first stage completed its 15th flight, a record, landing on a drone ship in the Atlantic.
The leaders in the 2022 launch race:
60 China
59 SpaceX
21 Russia
9 Rocket Lab
8 ULA
The U.S. now leads China 83 to 60 in the national rankings, but trails the entire world combined 92 to 83.
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SpaceX successfully launched another 54 Starlink satellites today, completing the company’s third launch in less than two days.
The Falcon 9 first stage completed its 15th flight, a record, landing on a drone ship in the Atlantic.
The leaders in the 2022 launch race:
60 China
59 SpaceX
21 Russia
9 Rocket Lab
8 ULA
The U.S. now leads China 83 to 60 in the national rankings, but trails the entire world combined 92 to 83.
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In 2020 when the world panicked over COVID I wrote that the panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Only in the past year have some of our so-called experts in the health field have begun to recognize these facts.
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It ain’t over till it’s over, but looks like 60s in the bag. And 61 quite likely.
As of this launch, the U.S. has performed over 47% of the world’s total launches. SpaceX has performed 1/3 of the world’s launches. Those are some good numbers.
Meanwhile, paperwork has been holding him RocketLab in Virginia.
They are trying for launch tomorrow. Hoping to see them hit double digits.
175 launches so far, and I am seeing 5 more on the books before the end of the year.
If all are successful, we will end just shy of a launch every other day.
Exciting times.
BillB,
It’s even better when you look at tonnage. Dwarfs China.
According to Nextspaceflight.com if they get one more Starlink off in 2022, it will be group 5-1 which is a Falcon 9 lofted version fo Starlink2.0. Interesting.
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7035
M Puckett
I thought of that but did not have any objective source for how much mass has been lofted to orbit. Where can it be found?
The Orion capsule and it’s Delta IV upper stage that SLS orbited is a big chunk of that.
Yeah that SLS sent almost 5% of the US total. WOW.
I don;t think the second stage of any rockets is actually counted no matter how long they stay in orbit.
China would then get to count all its second stages then.