Overview
- SpaceX has two near‑term Starlink missions planned for Tuesday, Aug. 11, with a nighttime Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg to deliver 24 satellites and a daytime Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral carrying V2 Mini Optimized satellites.
- The Cape Canaveral flight is set for a 12:20:09 p.m. EDT liftoff using first stage B1085, which will attempt a landing on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas after its 18th mission.
- Vandenberg's Starlink 17‑49 mission holds a 7–11 p.m. PT window and lists a planned drone ship recovery on Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific that could produce strong local visibility.
- The 45th Weather Squadron currently rates weather for the Cape window largely favorable, with a 90 percent chance of good conditions at the opening that falls to 75 percent later in the window.
- These flights add to SpaceX's intense 2026 tempo of Starlink deployments and Falcon 9 launches, underscoring the company's reliance on reused boosters, routine droneship recoveries, and flexible launch schedules that remain subject to routine delays.