SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-39
Countdown
No countdown — this launch time is not yet known to the minute.August 21, 2026 · 15:14 UTCAdd to calendar
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SpaceX's 720th launch · 101st this year · humanity's 7,372nd orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Weather concerns: Cumulus Cloud Rule, Anvil Cloud Rules, Thick Cloud Layers Rule
Window: Aug 21, 14:57 – Aug 21, 18:57 UTC
Flight preview
Airspace & maritime notices
- Cape Canaveral, FL, Thursday, August 20, 2026 Local — 260820 Full CS SpaceX Starlink 10-39 (X4032) · Expired · up to 18,000 ft
Matched by proximity to the pad · Source
- Cape Canaveral, FL, Friday, August 21, 2026 Local — 260821 Full CS SpaceX Starlink 10-39 (X4032) · Expired · up to 18,000 ft
Matched by proximity to the pad · Source
- Cape Canaveral, FL, Saturday, August 22, 2026 Local — 260822 Full CS SpaceX Starlink 10-39 (X4032) · Expired · up to 18,000 ft
Matched by proximity to the pad · Source
- Cape Canaveral, FL, Thursday, August 20, 2026 Local — 260820 Full CS SpaceX Starlink 10-39 (X4032) · Expired · up to 18,000 ft
Matched by proximity to the pad · Source
- District 7, Oceanic boundary to EEZ - Sector Charleston, Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)/Space Operations/Hazardous Warning Area/Commercial (Hazardous) · Expired
Matched by notice text · Source
- Cape Canaveral, FL, Saturday, August 22, 2026 Local — 260822 Full CS SpaceX Starlink 10-39 (X4032) · Expired · up to 18,000 ft
Matched by proximity to the pad · Source
- Sector Jacksonville, Territorial Sea - Sector Jacksonville, Submerged Land Act (SLA)/Space Operations/Hazardous Warning Area/Commercial (Hazardous) · Expired
Matched by notice text · Source
- Cape Canaveral, FL, Friday, August 21, 2026 Local — 260821 Full CS SpaceX Starlink 10-39 (X4032) · Expired · up to 18,000 ft
Matched by proximity to the pad · Source
Starlink Group 10-39
A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- B1078 · flight 30 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Project Starfall Demonstration Mission · zone record 166/167
Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 10-39 — The Space Devs
- Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 29 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral — Spaceflight Now
- SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Starlink 10-39 - Second Attempt — NASASpaceflight
- Starlink Mission — SpaceX
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M10SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M58SFairing Separation
- T+6M3SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M24SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8M2SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M25SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+52M6SSES-2
- T+52M7SSECO-2
- T+1H1M28SStarlink Deployment
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/21/2026 · source
Liftoff!
hitura-nobad · 8/21/2026 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 8/21/2026 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/20/2026 · source
Updated launch weather, 85% GO at start of window (45% at end).
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/20/2026 · source
Now targeting Aug 21 at 15:14 UTC
hitura-nobad · 8/20/2026 · source
Scrubbed for the day, rescheduled to August 21.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/20/2026 · source
Hold at T-28 seconds.
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/20/2026 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 8/20/2026 · source
Now targeting Aug 20 at 15:38 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 8/19/2026 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 40
Local pad time: Aug 21, 11:14 AM EDT
400 launches from this pad · 1,128 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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