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It’s 2018 and everyday new records are being set in every industry. Today, SpaceX launched 64 satellites into space from 34 different companies Monday morning in California.

SpaceX is just one of the four companies Elon Musk owns. Musk was keeping all of the twitter-verse updated by tweeting throughout the entire launch. Showing his excitement he tweeted, “64 satellites on this flight!”

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1069678336886984704

But why launch dozens of satellites into space? What is the point? According to the mission outline, SpaceX says the mission is to help other businesses get the data they need, “(the launch represents the company’s effort to accommodate the growing number of domestic, international, government, and commercial customers seeking affordable rideshare options to launch their spacecraft into orbit.”

There is no specific type of company that hopped on this ride share sat. launch. SpaceX says multiple entities and governments hopped on board including universities, startups and even a middle school. The 34 companies are from 17 different countries. A few of them are U.S., Australia, Italy, Netherlands, Finland, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, U.K., Germany, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Poland, Canada, Brazil, and India.

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1069658283101773824

SpaceX only supplied the rocket. The company sponsoring the satellites in the mission is SpaceFlight. In a press release published Monday afternoon, the President of the company describes how it feels to be apart of this record breaking mission.

“This was an incredibly complex mission, and I’m extremely proud of what our talented team at Spaceflight has achieved,” said Curt Blake, president of Spaceflight. “SSO-A is a major milestone for Spaceflight and the industry. We’ve always been committed to making space more accessible through rideshare. This mission enabled 34 organizations from 17 different countries to place spacecraft on orbit. It’s also special because it was completely dedicated to smallsats.”