Falcon 9 SpaceX marks May Day, National Space Day with Starlink mission on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral May 1, 2026 Will Robinson-Smith The Starlink 10-38 mission saw SpaceX deploy 29 broadband internet satellites into low Earth orbit. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 2:06:10 p.m. EDT (1806:10 UTC).