Double anniversary: SpaceX performed its 80th orbital launch in 2023, and Falcon 9 rockets made 270 flights
On 8 November 2023, SpaceX celebrated a double anniversary. This happened after the Falcon 9 rocket put another batch of Starlink internet satellites into orbit.
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Falcon 9 sent 23 more internet satellites into space. The rocket was launched from the US Space Force launch site at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The first stage successfully landed in the Atlantic Ocean, where an unmanned platform Just Read the Instructions was waiting for it.
Falcon 9 launches 23 @Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida. We've now launched 80 times in 2023, delivering more than 1,000,000 metric tons to orbit pic.twitter.com/fsrVKWW8K9x
- SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 8, 2023
This was SpaceX's 80th mission since the start of 2023. Most of the flights were to put Starlink satellites into orbit. The company has also flown several missions for the US Department of Defence, using Falcon Heavy rockets among others.
For Falcon 9, the last flight was the 270th. A little earlier, the company of Elon Musk set a record for the reuse of first stages. One of the boosters was used 18 times.
Source: SpaceX
