Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 satellites for the company's Starlink internet service plus a test flight for two prototype semiconductor manufacturing devices. Liftoff of the Starlink 10-45 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for Tuesday, August 11, at 11:58 a.m. EDT (1558 UTC).

The first-stage Falcon 9 booster, serial number B1085, launching for a 18th time, will take a north-easterly trajectory on departure from Florida's Space Coast. About 8.5 minutes into flight it will land on SpaceX's drone ship 'A Shortfall of Gravitas', stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

Our live coverage with commentary from Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith will start about one hour prior to launch.

Read our mission preview: spaceflightnow.com/2026/08/10/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-29-starlink-satellites-on-falcon-9-rocket-from-cape-canaveral-16

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