Tesla CEO Elon Musk congratulated the SpaceX team of his rocket company for achieving three “perfect launches” in two days. Musk tweeted a video on Sunday showing the successful recovery of his rocket. He also wrote: “Congratulations to the SpaceX Falcon rocket team for achieving 3 perfect launches in two days!” So far in 2022, SpaceX has completed 26 launches.
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Since last Friday (June 17), SpaceX has carried out three launches in 36 hours. On the same day, SpaceX launched 53 Starlink Internet satellites from the Kennedy Space Center. The booster used for this launch has created a record 13 launch recoveries and is the company’s most repeatable booster to date.
The second launch took place Saturday at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, where SpaceX launched the SARah-1 radar imaging satellite for the German military. SpaceX provided only limited information about the launch, similar to U.S. restrictions on clandestine missions, but the German military later confirmed the payload and successfully made contact with the 4-ton satellite.
The third launch took place Sunday in Cape Canaveral, Florida, where SpaceX successfully completed a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket launch, with the booster returning to Earth 10 minutes after launch. The only identifiable payload for the launch was Globalstar FM15, a backup satellite for low-Earth orbit satellite operator Globalstar. The satellite entered its intended orbit nearly two hours after launch.
There are plenty of indications, though, that Globalstar FM15 isn’t the only payload SpaceX launched on its third mission. Globalstar also did not provide detailed descriptions of its satellites, saying only that the satellites were in good condition after launch. The satellite will remain in the lower transfer orbit as an on-orbit spare to replace existing satellites if necessary.
Musk said on June 14 that SpaceX will have Starship ready for its first orbital test flight by July, and a second Starship will be ready in August. “The Starship will take off next month,” he said. ” Late night last night, I reviewed the progress of the project in the high module. We will have the second Starship ready in August and then ramp up construction thereafter.”
