180 rockets lifted off successfully, with SpaceX driving the pace.
SpaceX, headquartered in Hawthorne, California, sent one of its Falcon rockets into orbit once every six days, on average, throughout the year. Its total of 61 successful launches is tied with a 1980 record, for Soviet R-7 rockets.
Most of the SpaceX launches carried commercial payloads, including the company’s own network of Starlink communications satellites. There are now more than 3,300 operational Starlinks, by far the largest satellite constellation ever . The growing congestion in space means that, between late 2020 and late 2022, SpaceX has had to move its Starlinks out of the way more than 26,000 times to prevent collisions with other objects in space.
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