SpaceX marked a pair of milestones at Cape Canaveral on Tuesday when a Falcon 9 rocket carried 29 Starlink internet satellites into orbit. The launch was the 100th Falcon 9 flight of 2026 — a remarkable pace that underscores how routine the company has made orbital access from Florida's Space Coast.
Even more striking was the performance of the rocket's first-stage booster, which completed its 37th flight — a new record for any single Falcon 9 core. The booster's ability to fly again and again is central to SpaceX's strategy of dramatically reducing launch costs through reusability.
The Starlink constellation continues to grow with each mission, expanding the company's global broadband network one batch of satellites at a time. Cape Canaveral remains the hub of that activity, with launches now arriving at a cadence that would have seemed extraordinary just a few years ago.
This story was first reported by WSVN 7News.
