SpaceX carried out two Falcon 9 launches less than four hours apart
On the night of November 15, SpaceX conducted two Falcon 9 rocket launches from the coast of Florida with an interval of 3 hours and 36 minutes.
What is known
The first launch took place on November 14 at 22:08 local time (03:08 GMT on November 15) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center platform 39A. The rocket delivered 29 Starlink satellites into orbit. The first stage of Falcon 9 landed on the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean, and the satellites were deployed approximately 56 minutes after launch.
The second launch took place at 01:44 (06:44 GMT) from the nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Base. This rocket also delivered 29 Starlink satellites. The first stage landing was carried out on the platform Just Read the Instructions, which was located in the Atlantic.
Both launches were the 145th and 146th for Falcon 9 in 2025. Most of this year's missions, over 100, were dedicated to deploying the global Starlink internet constellation. Currently, there are more than 8,900 satellites in low Earth orbit.
Despite the launch speed, this interval is not a record for SpaceX. On August 31, 2024, the company conducted two Falcon 9 launches just 65 minutes apart.
Source: Space.com
