SpaceX launches another 22 Starlink satellites
SpaceX last night successfully launched another 22 Starlink satellites into orbit, its Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from Cape Canaveral.
The first stage completed its fifth flight, landing on a drone ship in the Atlantic.
The leaders in the 2023 launch race:
65 SpaceX
42 China
13 Russia
7 Rocket Lab
7 India
American private enterprise now leads China in successful launches 76 to 42, and the entire world combined 76 to 68. SpaceX by itself now trails the rest of the world combined (excluding American companies) 65 to 68.
SpaceX last night successfully launched another 22 Starlink satellites into orbit, its Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from Cape Canaveral.
The first stage completed its fifth flight, landing on a drone ship in the Atlantic.
The leaders in the 2023 launch race:
65 SpaceX
42 China
13 Russia
7 Rocket Lab
7 India
American private enterprise now leads China in successful launches 76 to 42, and the entire world combined 76 to 68. SpaceX by itself now trails the rest of the world combined (excluding American companies) 65 to 68.