SpaceX Launches 29 Starlink Satellites and 2 Besxar Fabships on Falcon 9's 13th Flight
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Updated · Florida Today · Jul 4
SpaceX Launches 29 Starlink Satellites and 2 Besxar Fabships on Falcon 9's 13th Flight
3 articles · Updated · Florida Today · Jul 4
Summary
Cape Canaveral saw a Falcon 9 lift off at 6:50 a.m., sending 29 Starlink broadband satellites to low-Earth orbit and carrying two Besxar Fabships for flight testing.
The mission paired routine Starlink deployment with Besxar’s manufacturing-pod tests, part of a 12-mission SpaceX agreement aimed at developing orbital semiconductor production.
The first-stage booster landed on drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic 8 minutes 19 seconds after launch, completing its 13th mission.
An 85% favorable weather forecast helped keep the countdown on track, making the flight the 45th orbital launch of 2026 from Florida’s Space Coast.