Overview
- The first mission, Starlink 6-89, lifted off at 10:08 p.m. EST Friday from Kennedy Space Center’s LC-39A using booster B1092, which landed on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas.
- The second mission, Starlink 6-85, launched at 1:44 a.m. EST Saturday from Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40 using booster B1078, which landed on Just Read the Instructions.
- The 3-hour-36-minute gap beat SpaceX’s prior Florida doubleheader turnaround of 4 hours 12 minutes set in March 2023.
- Launch meteorologists reported greater than 95% favorable conditions with solar activity risk reduced to moderate ahead of both liftoffs.
- The doubleheader contributed to a record 98 launches this year from Florida’s spaceport, and the Starlink network now exceeds 8,900 operational satellites.