SpaceX Sets New Record with 32nd Launch of the Year

SpaceX launched for the 32nd time on Friday, setting a new record for a calendar year with more than five months left in 2022.

On Friday, July 22 at 10:39 a.m. PDT, Falcon 9 launched 46 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

This was the fourth flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched NROL-87, NROL-87 and SARah-1.