A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft launches from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on October 13, 2023. The spacecraft is bound for Psyche, an object 2.2 billion miles (3.5 billion kilometers) away that could offer clues about the interior of planets like Earth.
A SpaceX Falcon rocket launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on October 13.
  • SpaceX aims to step up its launch schedule in 2024.
  • The rockets will allow the rollout of Starlink's Direct to Cell service next year.
  • SpaceX's satellite constellation is ahead of its competitors, but Amazon recently joined the race.

Elon Musk's SpaceX plans to launch an unprecedented 144 rockets next year, a company official told Ars Technica.