Posted 3/5/2024, 1:59:40 AM
SpaceX Sets Launch Record with 53 Satellites and ISS Crew Within 20 Hours
- SpaceX launched 53 commercial satellites from California, including an innovative methane emissions monitoring satellite
- Less than 24 hours earlier, SpaceX had launched 4 astronauts to the Space Station from Florida
- The methane monitoring satellite, MethaneSAT, was developed by a nonprofit to detect methane emissions across land and sea
- Shortly after the California launch, SpaceX launched another 23 of its own Starlink internet satellites from Florida
- With 3 Falcon 9 launches in under 20 hours, SpaceX set a new record for rapid turnaround of its rockets