SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites into Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Friday, May 29, 2026. (Image credit: SpaceX) Share this article 0 Join the conversation Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter SpaceX has 29 new Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit today (May 29), after their launch from Florida.
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the broadband internet relay spacecraft lifted off at 8:57 a.m. EDT (1257 GMT) from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. SpaceX confirmed a successful deploy of the 29 Starlink satellites (Group 10-53) about an hour after they left the ground.
Crew 9 | Fram 2 | RRT-1 | Blue Ghost Mission 1 | SXM-10 | MTG-S1 | EchoStar XXV | 8 Starlink missions
The Falcon 9 first stage (Booster 1085) completed its 16th reuse by landing again on the Atlantic Ocean-based autonomous droneship "A Shortfall of Gravitas." It will be returned to the shore and SpaceX's facilities to be serviced and prepared for another launch.
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The launch raised the total count of active Starlink satellites to over 10,400, according to satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell. The network provides access to the internet to those in areas where other means of connection is scarce, as well as supports in-flight wifi and direct to cell service on some carriers.
Friday's launch was SpaceX's 61st launch of the year and 655th completed mission since 2008.
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Robert Z. PearlmancollectSPACE.com Editor, Space.com ContributorRobert Pearlman is a space historian, journalist and the founder and editor of collectSPACE.com, a daily news publication and community devoted to space history with a particular focus on how and where space exploration intersects with pop culture. Pearlman is also a contributing writer for Space.com and co-author of "Space Stations: The Art, Science, and Reality of Working in Space” published by Smithsonian Books in 2018. In 2009, he was inducted into the U.S. Space Camp Hall of Fame in Huntsville, Alabama. In 2021, he was honored by the American Astronautical Society with the Ordway Award for Sustained Excellence in Spaceflight History. In 2023, the National Space Club Florida Committee recognized Pearlman with the Kolcum News and Communications Award for excellence in telling the space story along the Space Coast and throughout the world.
