SpaceX launched and landed three rockets in 36 hours.
According to Space.com, a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket launched from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Sunday (June 19) at 12:27 a.m. EDT, carrying a communications satellite for the Louisiana-based company Globalstar into orbit.
“Congrats to SpaceX Falcon team for executing 3 flawless launches in 2 days!” CEO and Founder Elon Musk shared in a tweet.
The satellite was launched into orbit about 1 hour and 50 minutes later.
“Deployment of Globalstar FM15 confirmed,” SpaceX said in a tweet.
On June 17, the company launched 53 Starlink internet satellites from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and on June 18, the company launched a radar satellite for the German military from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The Friday mission set a new rocket-reuse record for SpaceX, as the Falcon 9 that flew it already had 12 launches under its belt. According to a SpaceX mission description, the launch on Sunday was the ninth for this particular Falcon 9 first stage.
The triple launch is the company’s second this year, following three missions flown between January 31 and February 3.
