Elon Musk‘s SpaceX has set a record for orbital rocket launches in 2023, carrying out 96 successful missions this year as it continues to dominate the US satellite market.
The California-based company carried out 91 launches with its heavy-duty Falcon 9 rocket and an additional five with the Falcon Heavy, enabling it to easily smash its previous record of 61 launches in 2022.
SpaceX began to top off the record on Thursday night by launching the Falcon Heavy, carrying the US military’s X-37B spaceplane from Nasa’s Kennedy Space Center at 1:07am GMT. Just under three hours later, the Falcon 9…
