A Falcon 9 launched eight Globalstar replenishment satellites to low Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral, kicking off a record-setting doubleheader: 38.5 minutes later a second Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg carrying the classified USSF-366 mission, beating SpaceX's prior dual-launch record of 65 minutes.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.8 T (est.)
- Flight
- 620th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 16 August 2026, 01:12 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2026-185
- Launches in 2026
- 194th of 243
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