Space Coast Sets New Launch Record, Eyes Nearly Twice-Weekly Missions by End of 2024
SpaceX leads the charge with its first astronaut flight of 2024 scheduled for March 2, alongside significant upcoming missions including the Europe Clipper and Artemis lunar rover.
- Space Coast sets a new launch record in 2023 with 72 orbital missions, with the pace expected to increase to nearly twice-weekly by the end of 2024.
- SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launches the Starlink 6-40 mission, marking the 13th Space Coast launch in 2024.
- SpaceX Crew-8 mission, the first astronaut flight of 2024, is scheduled for March 2, aiming to send four astronauts to the ISS.
- Upcoming missions include the Europe Clipper mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa and the Artemis lunar rover mission to explore the moon’s south pole.
- SpaceX continues to dominate Space Coast launches, with significant contributions to human spaceflight and satellite deployment.
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