SpaceX launched two rockets with a total of 58 of Starlink Internet satellites on Saturday night with a difference of approx 3,5 years, making it the fastest private company launch from Florida's Space Coast.
Two starts about 22:08 ET on Friday and Fr 01:44 Eastern time on Saturday - with a three-hour difference 36 minutes - beat the difference in time for SpaceX's double launch, which lasted 4 years 12 minutes in March 2023 year. Launches took place under clear skies, Florida Today reports.
IN 1966 NASA launched two spacecraft in Florida with an interval of 1 year 37 minutes with the Gemini crew 11 and its target vehicle Agena, which was used to work out methods of orbital space convergence and docking.
This isn't SpaceX's fastest double flight, but another happened in different states. 31 August 2024 year two Falcon missions 9 took place with a difference of only 65 minutes. One took off from Cape Canaveral, and the other from the Vandenberg Space Base in California.
Both Florida first stages landed on unmanned surface platforms in the Atlantic east of the Bahamas. The first RN Falcon 9 стартував з майданчика 39A в Космічному центрі Кеннеді. Перший ступінь Falcon 9 приземлився в Атлантичному океані на безпілотну надводну платформу “A Shortfall of Gravitas” about through 8,5 хви лин після старту. This was the eighth mission for him.
The second RN Falcon 9 started from the site 40 at Cape Canaveral. Approximately through 8 1/2 minutes the first stage landed on the unmanned surface platform "Read the Instructions", which became the 24th mission.
Source: https://www.spacedaily.com