A streak shot of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket flying from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station during the Starlink 10-45 mission on July 14, 2026. Image: John Pisani/Spaceflight Now
Update July 13, 5:58 a.m. EDT (0958 UTC): SpaceX landed its booster on the droneship.
SpaceX flew a flight-proven Falcon rocket booster for a 600th time when it launched the Starlink 10-45 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Tuesday morning. This was the 28th flight for the booster with the tail number 1080.
The predawn flight added another 29 broadband internet satellites to SpaceX’s low Earth orbit constellation. The company has more than 10,800 spacecraft in low Earth orbit.
Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 happened at 5:10 a.m. EDT (0910 UTC). The rocket flew on a north-easterly trajectory upon leaving the pad.
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The 45th Weather Squadron forecast a 90 percent chance for favorable weather at the opening of the window, which improves to 95 percent as time goes on. Meteorologists are watching out the slight possibility of the rocket flying through thick clouds, which could generate lightning.
“Some lingering thick clouds left over by the evening convection may be present at the beginning of the launch window but should gradually dissipate through the window,” launch weather officers wrote. “As a result, we have raised the POV slightly at the beginning of tonight’s launch window, but overall good weather is expected.”
SpaceX launch the Starlink 10-45 mission using the Falcon 9 first stage booster with the tail number B1080. This was its 28th flight following the launches of two crew flights for Axiom Space, the European Space Agency’s Euclid observatory, and Northrop Grumman’s NG-21.
Nearly 8.5 minutes after liftoff, B1080 landed on the droneship, ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’, positioned in the Atlantic Ocean. This was the 161st landing on this vessel and the 638th booster landing for the company to date.
A streak shot of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket flying from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station during the Starlink 10-45 mission on July 14, 2026. Image: John Pisani/Spaceflight Now
Update July 13, 5:58 a.m. EDT (0958 UTC): SpaceX landed its booster on the droneship.
SpaceX flew a flight-proven Falcon rocket booster for a 600th time when it launched the Starlink 10-45 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Tuesday morning. This was the 28th flight for the booster with the tail number 1080.
The predawn flight added another 29 broadband internet satellites to SpaceX’s low Earth orbit constellation. The company has more than 10,800 spacecraft in low Earth orbit.
Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 happened at 5:10 a.m. EDT (0910 UTC). The rocket flew on a north-easterly trajectory upon leaving the pad.
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The 45th Weather Squadron forecast a 90 percent chance for favorable weather at the opening of the window, which improves to 95 percent as time goes on. Meteorologists are watching out the slight possibility of the rocket flying through thick clouds, which could generate lightning.
“Some lingering thick clouds left over by the evening convection may be present at the beginning of the launch window but should gradually dissipate through the window,” launch weather officers wrote. “As a result, we have raised the POV slightly at the beginning of tonight’s launch window, but overall good weather is expected.”
SpaceX launch the Starlink 10-45 mission using the Falcon 9 first stage booster with the tail number B1080. This was its 28th flight following the launches of two crew flights for Axiom Space, the European Space Agency’s Euclid observatory, and Northrop Grumman’s NG-21.
Nearly 8.5 minutes after liftoff, B1080 landed on the droneship, ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’, positioned in the Atlantic Ocean. This was the 161st landing on this vessel and the 638th booster landing for the company to date.
File photo of a Falcon 9 fueled for launch at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Image: SpaceX.
Update July 13, 10:05 p.m. (0205 UTC): SpaceX landed the booster on the droneship.
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 27 broadband internet satellites the company’s low Earth orbit constellation. It currently has more than 10,700 spacecraft in orbit.
Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East happened at 6:28:17 p.m. PDT (9:28:17 p.m. EDT / 0128:17 UTC).
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SpaceX launched the mission using the Falcon 9 first stage booster with the tail number B1093. This was its 15th flight after launching Transporter-16, two missions for the Space Development Agency, and 11 batches of Starlink satellites.
About eight minutes after liftoff, B1093 landed on the droneship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You’, positioned in the Pacific Ocean. This was the 210th landing on this vessel and the 637th booster landing to date for SpaceX.
File photo of a Falcon 9 fueled for launch at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Image: SpaceX.
Update July 13, 10:05 p.m. (0205 UTC): SpaceX landed the booster on the droneship.
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 27 broadband internet satellites the company’s low Earth orbit constellation. It currently has more than 10,700 spacecraft in orbit.
Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East happened at 6:28:17 p.m. PDT (9:28:17 p.m. EDT / 0128:17 UTC).
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SpaceX launched the mission using the Falcon 9 first stage booster with the tail number B1093. This was its 15th flight after launching Transporter-16, two missions for the Space Development Agency, and 11 batches of Starlink satellites.
About eight minutes after liftoff, B1093 landed on the droneship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You’, positioned in the Pacific Ocean. This was the 210th landing on this vessel and the 637th booster landing to date for SpaceX.
