At 10:00 on September 30, Beijing time, SpaceX launched a 10-hand Falcon 9 rocket, numbered B1069.10, from Cape Canaveral. It also sent 22 Starlink V2mini satellites into space and successfully recovered the rocket. So far,The total number of Starlink satellites launched has reached 5,200.
This is SpaceX’s 69th orbital launch mission in 2023 and the 43rd Starlink launch mission. In September alone, it carried out 10 launch missions, setting a new record.
Two of them used 17 rockets, setting a new record for Falcon 9 reuse.
Musk said that there will be at least 10 launches per month in the last four months of this year, so the total number of launches throughout the year is expected to exceed 100!
According to Musk’s plan,Next year, the average number of launches per month will reach 12, with at least 144 completed throughout the year.