Historic Falcon launches
Taken by Dr. Gilbert Plumer on December 28, 2023 @
Rockledge, Florida, USA
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First the Falcon Heavy launched at 8:07 PM on 28 Dec. 2023 from pad 39A at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, about 20 miles distant. Approximately three minutes later, you could see the two side boosters start their "burnback" for a successful landing at the Cape. At 11:01 PM a Falcon 9 launched Starlink satellites from pad 40 at the Cape, under the Moon two days past full. As Spaceflight Now says, "the two missions launched 2 hours 54 minutes and 40 seconds apart, marking the shortest 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."
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