SpaceX breaks pad turnaround record at Cape Canaveral with midday Starlink launch

SpaceX’s launch of its Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday afternoon broke the turnaround record at its launchpad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station by more than five hours. The Starlink 6-98 mission lifted off at 1:08 p.m. EST (1808 UTC), just 45 hours after the launch of the Starlink 6-97 mission at 4:08 p.m. EST (2108 UTC) on Monday. The previous record, set in December 2025, was 50 hours and 44 between the launches of NROL-77 and Starlink 6-90. More

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jan 15)