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Story summary
- SpaceX set a record on Aug. 15, 2026 by launching two Falcon 9 rockets 38.5 minutes apart.
- The Cape Canaveral launch at 9:12 p.m. EDT carried eight Globalstar satellites on booster B1090.
- The Vandenberg launch at 6:50 p.m. PDT delivered the classified USSF-366 mission on booster B1088, whose droneship landing was the 650th Falcon booster recovery.
- Both missions succeeded, raising SpaceX’s 2026 Falcon 9 launch total to 96, with roughly 75% of flights for Starlink.
