SpaceX aces modern-day launch turnaround record with Falcon 9 Starlink mission

SpaceX completed double-header launch night as the end of the year approaches. A Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink 6-36 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 11:01 p.m. EST (0401 UTC) on Thursday. This mission comes on the heels of the Falcon Heavy launch, sending the X-37B military spaceplane to orbit. The two missions launched 2 hours 48 minutes and 40 seconds apart, marking the fastest turnaround between orbital launches from Florida since the launches of the Agena Target Vehicle and Gemini 8 on March 16, 1966, which were 1 hour 40 minutes and 59 seconds apart. More

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Dec 29)