Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk-led SpaceX said it had completed two back-to-back Falcon 9 missions over the weekend, taking about 15 hours for two separate missions. It has also broken its annual launch record from a year ago.
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The space company run by the billionaire entrepreneur completed its thirtieth launch on Sunday, compared with 26 missions that it completed in 2020 and 21 launches in 2019.SpaceX is expected to complete one more launch before the year ends when it deploys a NASA Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station (ISS).