Nov. 15 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched two rockets with a total of 58 Starlink Internet satellites about 3 1/2 hours apart overnight Saturday in the private company's quickest turnaround from Florida's Space Coast.
In all, there have been a record 98 missions this year from the adjacent Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The record of 94 was broken on Monday.
Originally, there was supposed to be a 48-minute turnaround but the second launch was delayed by 2 hours and 49 minutes.
Falcon 9 launches back-to-back missions from Florida, delivering 58 @Starlink satellites to orbit pic.twitter.com/tiwuiXH7NL— SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 15, 2025
The two launches at 10:08 p.m. EST Friday and 1:44 a.m. Saturday -- split by three hours and 36 minutes -- beat the doubleheader turnaround of 4 hours and 12 minutes by SpaceX in March 2023. The launches were under clear skies, Florida Today reported.
