SpaceX Deploys 56 Starlink Satellites in 600th Reused-Booster Launch
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Updated · Space.com · Jul 14
SpaceX Deploys 56 Starlink Satellites in 600th Reused-Booster Launch
3 articles · Updated · Space.com · Jul 14
Summary
Two Falcon 9 missions less than eight hours apart carried 56 Starlink satellites into orbit, with the second launch marking SpaceX’s 600th flight of a previously used booster.
The overnight flights lifted 27 satellites from Vandenberg at 0128 GMT and 29 from Cape Canaveral at 0910 GMT, and SpaceX confirmed both payloads reached their intended orbits.
Both first stages were recovered again: booster B1093 completed its 15th flight from Florida, while B1080 flew its 28th mission from California; the single-booster reuse record stands at 36.
The additions raised the active Starlink fleet to 10,839 satellites, while SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch count for 2026 reached 83 missions.