With seven Falcon 9 launches flown this month already, SpaceX’s rapid pace continues with another three flights originally planned for this coming week from both the east and west coasts. One of two planned launches on Wednesday, April 17 has since been postponed, leaving Starlink missions which flew on Wednesday and Thursday. Additionally, a Chinese Chang Zheng 2D launched on Monday, and another launched on Saturday.
Not content with breaking new cadence records in the first quarter of the year with an impressive 31 launches, SpaceX continued to reach new milestones last week. The company celebrated the first 20th launch and landing of a booster with B1062 during the Starlink 6-49 mission — a booster that has flown eight astronauts to space. The company also completed three orbital launches from Vandenberg in just 11 days, including the fastest turnaround time ever for Space Launch Complex (SLC) 4E at four and a half days between the USSF-62 and Starlink Group 8-1 missions.