Elon Musk applauds his SpaceX and Starlink companies for accomplishing these feats

Elon Musk took to Twitter on Friday to hail new milestones for his company SpaceX and the Starlink satellite service, which operates under the SpaceX umbrella.

Record Deployments for SpaceX: SpaceX launched its 32nd Falcon 9 mission in 2022, breaking its own record for orbital launches for a single year. This compares to 31 launches for all of 2021.

At the start of 2022, the company set an ambitious goal of 52 launches for the year. The launches have been primarily for SpaceX's own Starlink satellites. The Musk-led company said 46 Starlink satellites were deployed on Friday. SpaceX has a partnership with NASA to send Dragon capsules, transporting goods and people to the International Space Station.

The CEO of Tesla, Inc. TSLA congratulated the team through a tweet, in which he said, "Congratulations to the SpaceX team for the record number of launches ."

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Starlink expands availability: Musk also tweeted that SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service, which boasts high speed and low latency, is now available in 36 countries .

Click here to see the countries where Starlink operates.

Musk's own internet service utility came to the fore during the war in Ukraine. Starlink terminals have been transported to the war-torn country to provide connectivity which has suffered due to the war. Additionally, Starlink has now made the service available on the go, on RVs and boats.

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