SpaceX ties 42-year-old Soviet record with its 61st launch of 2022

SpaceX completed its 61st rocket launch of 2022 with the delivery of an Israeli Earth-imaging satellite by its Falcon 9 rocket. With this, SpaceX has tied a 42-year-old record set by the Soviet Union, when the R-7 rocket completed 61 of 64 attempted launches. SpaceX also exceeded a goal of 60 successful launches set by CEO Elon Musk in March.