Launch Roundup: SpaceX on pace to hit 100 launches in 2023, Soyuz to launch Bars-M - NASASpaceFlight.com

Following a busy week for SpaceX with the launch of two Starlink missions and the second launch of Starship, SpaceX is currently on track to meet its 100 launch goal of 2023.

The first launch of the week took place on Wednesday, with a Falcon 9 placing 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit (LEO).

On Thursday, ExPace is expected to launch an unknown payload on its Kuaizhou 1A rocket, followed shortly by the Russian Space Force launching a Bars-M payload on a Soyuz 2.1a.

These launches will be the 187th through 189th orbital missions of 2023 — a pace that should ultimately see 210 total orbital launches this year.