A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station early Tuesday morning, carrying 29 Starlink broadband satellites as part of the Starlink 10-49 mission. Liftoff is scheduled for 5:33 a.m. EDT, with the rocket heading northeast after leaving the pad.
The star of the show is first-stage booster B1067, which entered service back in June 2021 and will notch its record-breaking 37th flight on this mission. About eight and a half minutes after liftoff, the booster will attempt to land on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean — what would be the 165th landing on that vessel and the 654th Falcon booster landing overall.
Weather looks cooperative, with the 45th Weather Squadron forecasting a 90 percent chance of favorable conditions. The only concern is a small possibility of interference from cumulus and anvil clouds.
This launch could also mark a temporary pause in Starlink flights from Florida's Space Coast. No additional Starlink missions for Cape Canaveral appear on the near-term schedule, as the company's local workforce has been redirected toward Starship preparations. So far in 2026, SpaceX has flown 44 of its 76 Starlink missions from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Once this batch is added, the Starlink constellation will number more than 11,000 satellites in low Earth orbit.
Full mission details and live launch coverage are available through Spaceflight Now.
