SpaceX Launches 24 Starlink Satellites on 90th Falcon 9 Flight of 2026
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Updated · Space.com · Aug 4
SpaceX Launches 24 Starlink Satellites on 90th Falcon 9 Flight of 2026
3 articles · Updated · Space.com · Aug 4
Summary
A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 1705 GMT carrying 24 Starlink satellites, marking SpaceX's 90th Falcon 9 mission and 70th Starlink launch of 2026.
Booster B1063 returned to the droneship Of Course I Still Love You about 8.5 minutes after launch, completing its 34th flight and moving within two missions of the Falcon 9 reuse record.
The 24 spacecraft were set for deployment into low Earth orbit about 61 minutes after liftoff, adding to a Starlink network that now numbers nearly 10,900 satellites.
The launch extends SpaceX's record-setting cadence just hours before the company hosts its first public quarterly earnings webcast, following its mid-June IPO.