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File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now SpaceX will perform the 600th reuse of one of its Falcon rocket boosters when it launches the Starlink 10-45 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Tuesday morning. The predawn flight will add another 29 broadband internet satellites to SpaceX’s low Earth orbit constellation. The company has more than 10,7000 spacecraft in low Earth orbit.

File photo of a Falcon 9 fueled for launch at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Image: SpaceX. SpaceX will launch another batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit Monday evening on a Falcon 9 rocket flying from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The Starlink 15-14 mission will add another 24 broadband internet satellites the company’s low Earth orbit constellation. It currently has more than 10,700 spacecraft in orbit.

A Falcon 9 rocket stands poised to launch from the Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. File Photo: SpaceX SpaceX aims to launch its latest batch of Starlink satellites Friday night from Vandenberg Space Force Base using its second most-flown Falcon 9 first stage booster. The Starlink 17-48 mission will add another 24 broadband internet satellites to the company’s low Earth orbit constellation.

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the first stage booster, 1067, stands at Launch Complex 39A on Aug. 27, 2025, ahead of the 30th flight of this booster. Image: SpaceX SpaceX is set to break another rocket reuse record Thursday morning when it launches its most-flown Falcon 9 booster for a 36th time. It will fly in support of the Starlink 10-42 mission, which will add another 29 broadband internet satellites to the company’s low Earth orbit constellation.

A Falcon 9 rocket stands poised to launch from the Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. File Photo: SpaceX A SpaceX Falcon 9, launched from California, will ferry dozens of customer satellites from around the world into a Sun-synchronous Earth orbit shortly after midnight local time on Tuesday.

A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready for launch in this file photo. Image: SpaceX. Two semiconductor fabrication test beds will hitch a sub-orbital ride on the first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that is set to launch another batch of Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral shortly after sunrise Sunday. Liftoff of the Starlink 10-50 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 is currently scheduled for 6:46 a.m. EDT (1046 UTC).

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 551 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the Leo Atlas 8 (LA-08) mission launch. Image: John Pisani/Spaceflight Now United Launch Alliance is closing a big chapter in the company’s history. Thursday morning’s launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in support of Amazon Leo’s satellite constellation will be the final flight of an Atlas 5 rocket flying in a 551 configuration.

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands in launch position at Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base at sunset. Image: SpaceX SpaceX is getting ready to kick off the back half of 2026 with a Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base Wednesday night. The Starlink 17-46 mission will add another 24 broadband internet satellites to the company’s low Earth orbit constellation that consists of more than 10,700 satellites.

The Starlink 17-46 mission will fly on the 77th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 7:57 p.m. PDT (10:57 p.m. EDT / 0257 UTC).

Astronaut Chris Williams shows off a “strong man” pose 260 miles above Earth during a break in work to repair the International Space Station’s robot arm. Image: NASA Two NASA astronauts floating outside the International Space Station carried out a bit of orbital surgery Tuesday, successfully replacing a broken 200-pound “wrist” joint near the end of the lab’s 58-foot-long robot arm. “That is a good install, you guys. I know that was tough.