SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 10-38
Launched
May 1, 2026 · 18:06 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 10-38 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on May 1, 2026 at 18:06 UTC. The launch window ran from 17:33 to 21:33 UTC. It was SpaceX's 672nd launch, 53rd this year and humanity's 7,277th orbital launch attempt. It was the 578th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 52nd this year. Booster B1069 flew for the 31st time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 37258, one of 29 catalogued objects, from May 12, 2026, was 334 × 336 km inclined 53.2°. 29 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 10-38The Space Devs
- Live: SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites aboard Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, FloridaSpaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 10-38NASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1069 · flight 31 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed165/166 landed here · 63 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 6-108 · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 578th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 52nd this yearSpaceX's 672nd launch53rd this yearhumanity's 7,277th orbital launch attempt104th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 37258 · NORAD 68951 · 2026-099 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 29 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2026-099A
- Epoch
- 2026-05-12 20:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.80886379 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.000091
- Inclination
- 53.1597°
- Ascending node
- 331.7516°
- Arg. of perigee
- 86.75°
- Mean anomaly
- 240.0299°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 298
- B*
- -0.0000065503
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MStartup
- T−1MTank Press
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M11SMax-Q
- T+2M26SMECO
- T+2M29SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M36SSES-1
- T+2M57SFairing Separation
- T+6M6SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M28SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8M3SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M25SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M40SSECO-1
- T+52MSES-2
- T+52M1SSECO-2
- T+1H1M22SStarlink Deployment
Catalogued objects
29 catalogued: 29 payloads; 29 still in orbit
- Starlink 37258 · NORAD 68951 · in orbit
- Starlink 37308 · NORAD 68952 · in orbit
- Starlink 37337 · NORAD 68953 · in orbit
- Starlink 37301 · NORAD 68954 · in orbit
- Starlink 36794 · NORAD 68955 · in orbit
- Starlink 36760 · NORAD 68956 · in orbit
- Starlink 37047 · NORAD 68957 · in orbit
- Starlink 36242 · NORAD 68958 · in orbit
- Starlink 37033 · NORAD 68959 · in orbit
- Starlink 36978 · NORAD 68960 · in orbit
- Starlink 36965 · NORAD 68961 · in orbit
- Starlink 36765 · NORAD 68962 · in orbit
Show 17 more payloads
- Starlink 36764 · NORAD 68963 · in orbit
- Starlink 36731 · NORAD 68964 · in orbit
- Starlink 36664 · NORAD 68965 · in orbit
- Starlink 36402 · NORAD 68966 · in orbit
- Starlink 36671 · NORAD 68967 · in orbit
- Starlink 36665 · NORAD 68968 · in orbit
- Starlink 36303 · NORAD 68969 · in orbit
- Starlink 37257 · NORAD 68970 · in orbit
- Starlink 37367 · NORAD 68971 · in orbit
- Starlink 37259 · NORAD 68972 · in orbit
- Starlink 37387 · NORAD 68973 · in orbit
- Starlink 37362 · NORAD 68974 · in orbit
- Starlink 36667 · NORAD 68975 · in orbit
- Starlink 36735 · NORAD 68976 · in orbit
- Starlink 37371 · NORAD 68977 · in orbit
- Starlink 37293 · NORAD 68978 · in orbit
- Starlink 36248 · NORAD 68979 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
380th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 26th this year · 1,106th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 1, 2:06 PM EDT, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
10 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 6 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/1/2026 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 5/1/2026 · source
Updated launch weather, 80% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/1/2026 · source
Now targeting May 01 at 18:06 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/1/2026 · source
Now targeting May 01 at 17:35 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/30/2026 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/19/2026 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 10-38 launch?
Starlink Group 10-38 launched on May 1, 2026 at 18:06 UTC. The launch window ran from 17:33 to 21:33 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 10-38?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 10-38; Live: SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites aboard Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida; SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 10-38. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 10-38?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 10-38 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was May 1, 2:06 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1069 flew for the 31st time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did Starlink Group 10-38 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 37258, one of 29 catalogued objects, from May 12, 2026, was 334 × 336 km inclined 53.2°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 10-38 launch?
29 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 29 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 10-38 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink