SpaceX Sets New Record With 143-Satellite Launch

Irene Klotz January 24, 2021
A Falcon 9 carrying 143 satellites launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on January 24.
Credit: Carleton Bailie
SpaceX debuted a small satellite mass transit system, delivering 133 customer payloads and 10 of its own Starlink spacecraft into Sun-synchronous, near-polar low Earth orbits. The Transporter-1 mission lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 10 a.m. on Jan. 24...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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