SpaceX is set to launch its 1,000th Starlink satellite so far in 2026 with an early morning Falcon 9 rocket launch Tuesday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The Starlink 10-24 mission will send 29 broadband internet satellites into low Earth orbit. This is SpaceX’s 37th dedicated Starlink mission of the year and following payload deployment more than an hour after liftoff, the company will have sent 1,002 satellites to orbit this year alone.
Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 is scheduled for 5:33:10 a.m. EDT (0933:10 UTC). The rocket will fly on a north-easterly trajectory upon leaving the pad.
Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning about an hour prior to liftoff.
The 45th Weather Squadron forecast a 95 percent chance of favorable weather during the launch window. There is a small chance for interference from thick clouds in the area.
SpaceX will launch the mission using the Falcon 9 first stage booster with the tail number 1080. This will be its 26th flight following missions, like Axiom Mission 2, Axiom Mission 3, and CRS-30.
Nearly 8.5 minutes after liftoff, B1080 will target a landing on the drone ship ‘Just Read the Instructions’ positioned in the Atlantic Ocean. If successful, this will be the 157th booster landing on this vessel and the 598th booster landing to date.
