SpaceX to Launch 29 Starlink Satellites on May 25 as Florida's 2026 Pace Slows

5 articles · Updated · Florida Today · May 23

Cape Canaveral is set for a Falcon 9 liftoff no earlier than 7:48 a.m. Monday, with SpaceX targeting a launch window that runs until 11:41 a.m.
The Starlink 10-47 mission will carry 29 internet satellites to orbit on a northeast trajectory, and the first-stage booster is scheduled to land on the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic.
Florida will log its 35th launch of 2026 with this flight, trailing last year's record-setting pace as Falcon 9 operations have slowed.
SpaceX is launching from a single Florida pad and has shifted some assets, including the Just Read the Instructions drone ship, to support Starship preparations at Cape Canaveral.

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