Three Falcon 9 rocket launches and landings have been performed by the company in a three day period. The missions got off the ground in 36 hours, the fastest trio of successive launches ever performed by a private spaceflight company.
There was an internal dispute at the company that resulted in a number of employees being fired after writing an open letter.
The controversy was put to one side by the mission controllers who sent the first of the three rockets skyward. The rocket left Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The first stage booster landed upright in the ocean.
The 13th flight for the first-stage booster was the 13th for the Starlink missions.
The video of the launch and landing was shared on the social media site.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/28eNKniMqe
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 17, 2022
The booster is going to the droneship.
Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship – marking SpaceX’s first 13th flight of a first stage booster and 100th successful mission with a flight proven orbital class rocket! pic.twitter.com/6XjfcOPuUh
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 17, 2022
The second mission began at 10:00 a.m. On Saturday, June 18th, the German SARah-1 satellite was launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The first-stage booster made a smooth landing at the base.
The NROL-87 and NROL 85 missions were launched by this particular Falcon 9 booster.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/yPInOsesbn
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 18, 2022
Here's the landing.
Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on Landing Zone 4 pic.twitter.com/CfwzS6Y864
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 18, 2022
On Sunday, June 19th, at 12:37 a.m. The Globalstar FM15 communications satellite was launched by the Falcon 9 rocket. The booster landed on a ship in the ocean.
The mission was the ninth launch and landing for this booster, which had previously supported the launch of the Crew-1, Crew-2 and Transporter-4 missions.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/ukKB1OZEQ6
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 19, 2022
The third landing was a success.
Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship pic.twitter.com/3Mqa22OWqw
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 19, 2022
Since the first one in 2010, the company has achieved a total of 160 flights using the vehicle to deploy satellites for a variety of customers, send astronauts to the space station, and give private citizens the experience of a lifetime. The 26th launch of the Falcon 9 this year was the most in a single year for the vehicle.
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