In just three days, SpaceX has successfully conducted three Falcon 9 rocket launches and three landings.
What's more remarkable is the missions were completed within just 36 hours. This marked the fastest successive launches ever held by a private spaceflight company.
SpaceX's latest endeavor happened amid an internal dissent at the company. An open letter criticizing Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX, led to the firing of several employees.
SpaceX Launches Three Rockets in 36 Hours
On Friday, at just after noon ET, mission controllers sent the first of the three rockets skyward.
"The rocket departed Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying with it 53 Starlink satellites for SpaceX's internet-from-space project," according to Digital Trends.
The first-stage booster landed upright on a droneship waiting in the Atlantic Ocean, returning safely to Earth.
Falcon 9 previously launched GPS III-3, Turksat 5A, Transporter-2, and nine Starlink missions. "The new mission marked the 13th flight for this Falcon 9 first-stage booster."
The second mission started at 10:19 a.m. ET on Saturday, June 18.
From the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, SpaceX launched Germany's SARah-1 radar reconnaissance satellite.
After pushing the second stage to orbit, "the first-stage booster made a perfect landing back at the base shortly," according to Digital Trends.
For this particular Falcon 9 booster, the June 18 flight is the third launch and landing. NROL-87 and NROL-85 missions were also previously launch by Falcon 9.
Completing the three-header was the launch of the Globalstar FM15 communications satellite to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Sunday, June 19 at 12:27 a.m. ET
Just like the launch made on Friday's, the booster landed on a droneship stationed in the ocean, minutes later.
SpaceX stated that the mission marked the ninth launch and landing for this booster. Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE, Transporter-4, and Transporter-5 missions, as well as one Starlink mission were previously supported by this flight.
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Rockets Launch Amid Internal Dissent in SpaceX
SpaceX performed the rocket launches amid the internal dissent in the company. In June 15, an open letter circulated within the company networks.
The open letter criticized Musk's public statements saying that it had become an "embarrassment" for some employees. It then distracted the employees from their work.
The letter stated: "Elon's behavior in the public sphere is a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment for us, particularly in recent weeks. As our CEO and most prominent spokesperson, Elon is seen as the face of SpaceX - every Tweet that Elon sends is a de facto public statement by the company. It is critical to make clear to our teams and to our potential talent pool that his messaging does not reflect our work, our mission, or our values."
The letter that circulated in SpaceX networks called on the company to "publicly address and condemn Elon's harmful Twitter behavior" and "separate itself from Elon's personal brand," according to Space News.
Musk and SpaceX did issue a statement regarding the open letter. However, "a number of employees" involved with the open were fired according to SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell.
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