After successfully launching one satellite every week in 2022, Elon Musk’s SpaceX is in no mood of taking any breaks. The Aerospace company has launched 114 satellites in the first mission of 2023 crossing the milestone of the 200th successful launch in its space exploration history. The Transporter mission was the sixth dedicated smallsat rideshare mission for the company, which lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. SpaceX used its Falcon-9 rocket to launch the satellites into Low Earth Orbit and said that this was the fifteenth launch and landing of this Falcon 9 stage booster.

“Falcon 9 carried 114 spacecraft to orbit that was set to deploy across 82 deployments, 78 of which have been confirmed. Teams are continuing to review data for the remaining payloads, though it may take customers some time to provide additional information on the status of their payloads,” SpaceX said in a statement. Among the 114 satellites, about three dozen were Earth-observing satellites, which are the size of a loaf of bread. These satellites are built and operated by the San Francisco-based company Planet. While the company launched 114 satellites, it still lags behind its own record of lifting off 143 satellites to space in a single mission.

The first launch of the year comes on the back of 61 successful launches in 2022. Apart from launching satellites and cargo, SpaceX also launched astronauts to the International Space Station and successfully returned them after completion of their six-month-long mission, showing its capability in transporting crew and cargo into zero gravity.

SpaceX now aims to conduct the first orbital launch of Starship in 2023 alongside other big missions that include the Polaris Program, a first-of-its-kind effort to rapidly advance human spaceflight capabilities. The program will consist of up to three human spaceflight missions.