SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will send a record number of satellites into space on January 3

SpaceX intends to start 2023 with a new record. It will put a record number of satellites into orbit

at once.

What is known

On January 3, the Falcon 9 rocket will send into orbit immediately114 space vehicles. These include pico satellites, cubesats and microsats weighing from 0.1 kg to 1 kg, about 1 kg and from 10 kg to 100 kg, respectively.

For SpaceX's first launch of 2023, we're targeting 9:56 a.m. ET on Tuesday, January 3 for Falcon 9’s sixth dedicated smallsat rideshare mission to orbit https://t.co/bJFjLCiTbK

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 30, 2022

The current record is held by India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). In 2017, she sent 104 satellites into space.