SpaceX launched and landed a Falcon 9 rocket on record-tying 13th mission
SpaceX launched and landed a Falcon 9 rocket on record-tying 13th mission
By Mike Wall published 1 day ago
The mission is the 31st of the year, already matching the company’s 2021 total.
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SpaceX launched one of its Falcon 9 rockets for a record-tying 13th time on Sunday morning (July 17), and nailed the landing too.
A Falcon 9 carrying 53 of SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites lifted off at 10:20 a.m. EDT (1420 GMT) on Sunday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
It was the 13th launch for this Falcon 9’s first stage, tying a rocket reuse record that SpaceX set last month and matched just 10 days ago. The booster also helped loft SpaceX’s Demo-2 crewed test flight to the International Space Station, the RADARSAT Constellation Mission, the SXM-7 communications satellite and nine Starlink missions, SpaceX representatives said in a mission description(opens in new tab).
