SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites
SpaceX tonight successfully launched another 22 Starlink satellites, lifting off from Cape Canaveral using its Falcon 9 rocket.
The first stage completed its seventh flight, landing safely on a drone ship in the Atlantic.
The leaders in the 2023 launch race:
63 SpaceX
40 China
12 Russia
7 Rocket Lab
7 India
In the national rankings, American private enterprise now leads China in successful launches 72 to 40. It also now leads the entire world combined, 72 to 65, while SpaceX by itself now trails the rest of the world (excluding American companies) only 63 to 65.
SpaceX tonight successfully launched another 22 Starlink satellites, lifting off from Cape Canaveral using its Falcon 9 rocket.
The first stage completed its seventh flight, landing safely on a drone ship in the Atlantic.
The leaders in the 2023 launch race:
63 SpaceX
40 China
12 Russia
7 Rocket Lab
7 India
In the national rankings, American private enterprise now leads China in successful launches 72 to 40. It also now leads the entire world combined, 72 to 65, while SpaceX by itself now trails the rest of the world (excluding American companies) only 63 to 65.