SpaceX launches 23 Starlink with a 1st stage flying for a record-setting 18th time
SpaceX today successfully launched 23 Starlink, its Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from Cape Canaveral and using a first stage flying for a record-setting 18th time.
The first stage landed successfully on its drone ship in the Atlantic.
The leaders in the 2023 launch race:
79 SpaceX
50 China
14 Russia
7 Rocket Lab
7 India
American private enterprise now leads China 91 to 50 in successful launches, and the entire world combined 91 to 79. SpaceX by itself is once again tied the rest of the world (excluding American companies) 79 to 79.
SpaceX today successfully launched 23 Starlink, its Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from Cape Canaveral and using a first stage flying for a record-setting 18th time.
The first stage landed successfully on its drone ship in the Atlantic.
The leaders in the 2023 launch race:
79 SpaceX
50 China
14 Russia
7 Rocket Lab
7 India
American private enterprise now leads China 91 to 50 in successful launches, and the entire world combined 91 to 79. SpaceX by itself is once again tied the rest of the world (excluding American companies) 79 to 79.