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Starlink 10-42 (Falcon 9) 9 July 2026 |
Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station |
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 29 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 5:25 a.m. on 9 July 2026. Following stage separation, Falcon 9's first stage landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. This is the 36th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, SES O3B mPOWER-A, PSN SATRIA, Telkomsat Merah Putih 2, Galileo, Koreasat-6A, and 24 Starlink missions. |
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Second stage exhaust plume. |
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| The Sun just below the horizon illuminates the second stage engine plume while the first stage maneuvering for the droneship landing can be seen at lower right. | |
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The second stage exhaust plume settles out into the atmosphere lit by the Sun just below the horizon. |
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