SpaceX rocket launches record number of satellites
A new world record has been set for the number of satellites sent to space on a single rocket. The 143 payloads rode to orbit on a SpaceX Falcon rocket that launched out of Florida. The number of beats the previous record of 104 satellites carried aloft by an Indian vehicle in 2017.
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