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Abstract In this paper, the coupled Sasa-Satsuma equations are investigated for the propagation of the ultrashort pulse in such optical media as multi-mode and birefringent fibers. With the Hirota method and introduction of three auxiliary functions, a different bilinear form is obtained. Vector one- and two-soliton solutions in the bright-bright form are constructed. Based on the vector one-soliton solutions, parametric conditions for the existence of the vector single- and double-hump solitons are presented. From the vector two-soliton solutions, elastic and inelastic interactions can both be observed between the (i) two vector single-hump solitons, (ii) two vector double-hump solitons, and (iii) vector single- and double-hump solitons.