Overview
- SpaceX plans to launch the Starlink 10-38 mission from Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40 carrying 29 V2 Mini broadband satellites.
- Veteran first stage B1069 is set for its 31st flight with a landing attempt on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas about 8.5 minutes after liftoff.
- A successful touchdown would be the droneship’s 149th recovery and SpaceX’s 607th booster landing.
- The launch extends a rapid 2026 tempo as the 43rd mission this year with Starlink as the primary payload.
- SpaceX has retired the East Coast droneship Just Read the Instructions, which it is repurposing as a transport vessel for the Starship program.