SpaceX makes last rocket launch in 2022
SpaceX successfully launched the last rocket of the year. The Falcon 9 rocket launched the Israeli EROS-C3 satellite into orbit.
Deployment of @ImageSatIntl EROS C-3 confirmed pic.twitter.com/J7KORv5lha
- SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 30, 2022
The rocket was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, Dec. 30 at 09:38 a.m. (EET). This was the 61st launch for Elon Musk in 2022. By comparison, SpaceX made only 31 launches in 2021.
Falcon 9's first stage has landed on Landing Zone 4 pic.twitter.com/kEAYITOoQX
- SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 30, 2022
Falcon 9 launched an Israeli remote sensing satellite into orbit. The first stage returned to the planet eight minutes after launch and landed on Landing Zone 4. By the way, previously Russian rockets were used to launch Israeli satellites into orbit.
Watch Falcon 9 launch the @ImageSatIntl EROS C-3 mission to orbit → https://t.co/bJFjLCiTbK https://t.co/QrFoqOAdYA
- SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 30, 2022
Source: SpaceX
