Update Aug. 10, 10:24 a.m. EDT (1424 UTC): SpaceX scrubbed the mission; now targeting Aug. 11.
SpaceX was set to kick off the work week with a Falcon 9 flight from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to deliver another batch of its Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites to low Earth orbit. However, the mission was scrubbed hours before is scheduled liftoff at 12:20:09 p.m. EDT (1620:09 UTC)
The Starlink 10-19 mission represents the 72nd flight of these broadband internet satellites this year. Following this launch, SpaceX will have flown 93 Falcon 9 rockets in 2026.
Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 is scheduled for 10:26 a.m. EDT (1426 UTC) on Tuesday, Aug. 11. The rocket will fly on a northeasterly trajectory upon leaving the launch pad.
The 45th Weather Squadron forecast a 90 percent chance for favorable conditions near the opening of the window, which drops to 75 percent as the window progresses.
“The Atlantic ridge axis will continue to slide southward over the Spaceport, shifting winds to a very light south-southwesterly flow,” launch weather officers wrote on Sunday, concerning a launch attempt on Tuesday. “With the relatively dry air mass remaining in place, conditions will be similar to Monday, with the Cumulus Cloud Rule remaining the primary concern and an increasing probability of violation towards the end of the window.”
SpaceX will launch this mission using the Falcon 9 first stage booster with the tail number B1085. This will be its 18th flight with a flight history that includes NASA’s Crew-9, GPS III-7, and Fram2.
Nearly 8.5 minutes after liftoff, B1085 will target a landing on the droneship, A Shortfall of Gravitas, positioned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Carolina. If successful, this will be the 163rd landing on this vessel and the 647th Falcon booster landing.
