Overview
- The Falcon 9, which lifted off Tuesday at 5:33 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral, deployed 29 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit.
- SpaceX confirmed successful satellite separation a little over an hour after liftoff.
- The first stage, flying its 26th mission, landed on the droneship Just Read The Instructions in the Atlantic.
- Local outlets reported the launch marked the 1,000th Starlink satellite sent to orbit in 2026.
- On the West Coast, SpaceX is counting down to a Vandenberg flight targeting 9:29 p.m. PDT to add 25 more satellites, with booster B1082 aiming to land on Of Course I Still Love You, as a busy week of launches also includes Blue Origin and Chinese missions.