SpaceX called off its planned Monday morning Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, pushing the Starlink 10-19 mission to Tuesday, August 11, with liftoff now set for 10:26 a.m. EDT. The scrub came hours before the original 12:20 p.m. window was set to open.
Weather looks reasonably cooperative for the second attempt. The 45th Weather Squadron put the odds of acceptable conditions at 90 percent near the start of Tuesday's window, though that figure dips to 75 percent as the window progresses. The main concern is the Cumulus Cloud Rule, with forecasters noting that a dry air mass and light south-southwesterly winds should keep conditions similar to what was expected on Monday.
The mission will carry 29 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites to low Earth orbit on a northeasterly trajectory out of Space Launch Complex 40. It marks the 72nd Starlink flight of 2026 and would be the 93rd Falcon 9 mission of the year overall — a pace that underscores just how routine Cape Canaveral rocket traffic has become.
Flying the mission is booster B1085, a veteran stage on its 18th flight. Its resume includes NASA's Crew-9 crewed mission, the GPS III-7 navigation satellite, and the Fram2 polar orbit expedition. About eight and a half minutes after liftoff, B1085 is expected to touch down on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas, stationed in the Atlantic off South Carolina — what would be the 163rd landing on that vessel and the 647th Falcon booster recovery overall.
Full mission details and live coverage are available from Spaceflight Now.
