SpaceX Breaks Two Major Records After Latest Flight in What Elon Musk Calls a 'Flawless' MissionThe Musk-backed space exploration company launched and landed three rockets over the weekend.
ByEmily Rella•
Last Friday, SpaceXlaunchedthree rocketsin the span of 36 hours.
The impressive feat — most flights are spaced out at leasta full day apart, with many averaging between five and seven days — made it the fastest three-flight series for orbital rockets in the history of space exploration.
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The company's Falcon 9 rocket is also breaking records, as it was used for the 13th time this weekend, making it SpaceX'smost launchedspaceship.
SpaceX launched 53 Starlink satellites from the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida Friday, followed by a launch out of Vandenberg Space Force Base in California Saturday for the German military. The final mission was back in Florida Sunday at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, carrying a satellite to orbit for communications company Globalstar.
Musk took to Twitter to congratulate his company and the crews on their "flawless" missions.
Congrats to SpaceX Falcon team for executing 3 flawless launches in 2 days!https://t.co/2MFmlkXmVz
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk)June 19, 2022
"Congrats to SpaceX Falcon team for executing 3 flawless launches in 2 days," he exclaimed.
Musk is in the midst of closing anacquisition bidfor Twitter that's estimated to cost him around $44 billion, should the deal go through.
Last week, SpaceXemployees made headlinesafter an open letter was leaked. The note, which was penned to executives, complained about Musk, calling him a "distraction and embarrassment."
So far, five employees associated with the letter have been terminated from the company.
