ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX made its 23rd launch of 2022 on Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station with a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Egyptian company Nilesat’s communications satellite to orbit.
Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 occurred at 5:04 p.m. EDT with the Nilesat 301 payload headed for a geosynchronous transfer orbit.
The first-stage booster, which had previously flown on the Axiom Space, Inspiration4 and four other missions, represents the 99th time SpaceX has reused a booster. The company, which has recovered boosters from Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets 122 times to date, was able to recover it once again on its droneship Just Read the Instructions in the Atlantic Ocean.
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