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SpaceX plans to conduct 144 launches this year, of which 133 have been completed

As of December 29, SpaceX has completed 133 launches in 2024, 11 times short of the annual target the company set at the beginning of the year. SpaceX said in a post on the X platform today that Falcon 9 has completed consecutive launches in California and Florida, sending 22 Starlink satellites into the constellation and sending Astranis' "from one to many" mission into orbit, which is the 132nd and 133rd launches this year. In January, the company planned to complete 144 launches in 2024, an average of 12 per month. In 2023, SpaceX successfully completed 96 launches.