SpaceX on Wednesday launched another 60 Starlink satellites into orbit, setting yet another milestone for the company.
Today’s launch marked the 100th consecutive for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster, and also marked the 16th launch of 2021. The cadence of SpaceX has been an impressive one rocket launch every nine days. This was the sixth launch in the last 33 days, marking once every five days, as noted by @SciGuySpace.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk replied, “Cumulative payload to orbit is the really crazy number. Falcon has delivered more than double rest of world combined over trailing 12 months.”
Falcon 9 successfully landed on SpaceX’s droneship ‘Just Read the Instructions’ in the Atlantic Ocean.
Check out the full replay below from earlier today:
The next Falcon 9 launch is expected to take place next week on June 3, when the Dragon CRS-2 SpX-22 mission will bring supplies to the International Space Station.
Starlink has unveiled a new tool aimed at making Earth’s increasingly crowded orbits safer for everyone. Called Stargaze, the system is a Space Situational Awareness (SSA) platform designed to track satellites and predict potential close approaches, helping operators avoid collisions before they happen. In a post shared by Starlink on X, the company said Stargaze […]
SpaceX is reportedly weighing a major consolidation move as it inches closer to a long-anticipated public offering, with discussions underway around a possible merger with either Tesla or artificial intelligence startup xAI. According to Bloomberg, the talks are still exploratory, but they underscore Elon Musk’s growing interest in bringing his sprawling portfolio of companies closer […]
Starlink has passed 1 million subscribers in Brazil, turning the country into its second-largest market in the world. The update was shared by Michael Nicolls, a SpaceX executive, in a post on X celebrating the milestone. “Thanks to our 1M subscribers in Brazil, @Starlink’s second largest customer base! Starlink now accepts Pix instant payments and […]
