Elon Musk-led SpaceX successfully launched its 62nd rocket mission this year on Sunday, exceeding its flight count from last year.
Musk said on Saturday that the company is now aiming to launch 10 falcon missions in a month by the end of the year and further increase it to 12 per month next year.
Thus far this year, SpaceX has delivered about 80% of all Earth payload mass to orbit, in line with Musk’s outlook from earlier this year. China makes up 10% and the rest of the world collectively accounts for another 10%, the CEO said.
Musk sees his company increasing this benchmark even further to deliver about 90% of all of Earth’s payload to orbit next year. He further envisions the company’s ambitious Starship, composed of the super heavy rocket and the starship spacecraft, making it account for over 99% payload in future years.
“These magnitudes are madness to consider, but necessary to make consciousness multiplanetary,” Musk said.
SpaceX conducted the first test launch of Starship on April 20. The rocket exploded in less than four minutes after take-off. The company is now gearing up for a second test flight.
SpaceX completed 26 launches in 2020, 31 in 2021, and nearly doubled it to 61 last year. Earlier this year in March when SpaceX completed its 20th launch for the year, Musk laid out big plans and said that the company is now eyeing over 70 launches for the remaining year, pegging the total number of launches for the year over 90.
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