Sunday, June 25, 2023

SpaceX completes 43rd launch of 2023

SpaceX launched 56 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

The booster used for this mission had flown 8 previous times: CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 1, SES-18 and SES-19, and three Starlink missions.

The mission marks SpaceX’s 43rd launch of the year. The company has completed 242 Falcon 9 missions to date.

Starlink currently has 1.5 million subscribers globally.