Friday, August 28, 2026

SpaceX flies its last Cape Canaveral Starlink mission on Falcon 9

SpaceX VP of Launch Kiko Dontchev said the Starlink 10-49 mission on August 25 was the last Falcon 9 Starlink launch planned from Cape Canaveral until Starship begins flying from Florida, ending a run of roughly 260 Starlink missions from the Cape over seven years. The move drops Florida's monthly Falcon 9 cadence from eight or nine flights to about two while Vandenberg Space Force Base absorbs Starlink launches for the rest of 2026 and possibly longer, freeing up Cape Canaveral infrastructure for Starship operations.

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