SpaceX Targets 5:33 a.m. Launch of 29 Starlink Satellites on 37th Booster Flight
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Updated · News 13 Orlando · Aug 24
SpaceX Targets 5:33 a.m. Launch of 29 Starlink Satellites on 37th Booster Flight
3 articles · Updated · News 13 Orlando · Aug 24
Summary
5:33 a.m. ET is the current liftoff time for SpaceX’s Starlink 10-49 mission from Cape Canaveral, within a launch window that runs from 1:49 a.m. to 5:49 a.m.
29 satellites are set to head to low Earth orbit aboard Falcon 9, expanding the Starlink network that Jonathan McDowell counts at 11,028 satellites in orbit, including 9,733 operational.
90% favorable weather gives the launch strong odds, with cumulus and anvil cloud rules the main constraints; the pre-dawn timing could also produce a visible “jellyfish effect.”
Booster B1067 is slated for its 37th mission before landing on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas, extending SpaceX’s rocket-reuse record on what previous reports said would be Falcon 9’s 100th flight of 2026.