Starlink 10-38 Launch — B1069 (31st Flight); 607th Booster Landing on ASOG; SpaceX's 54th Orbital Mission of 2026

SpaceX launched 29 Starlink V2 Mini broadband satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on National Space Day (May 1) at 2:06:10 p.m. EDT (18:06:10 UTC). Booster B1069 flew its record-tying 31st mission, landing approximately 8.5 minutes after liftoff on drone ship 'A Shortfall of Gravitas' (ASOG) in the Atlantic Ocean — the 149th landing on that vessel and SpaceX's 607th cumulative booster recovery in history. The 29 satellites were deployed to low Earth orbit as part of the Starlink Group 10 shell, continuing the expansion of the polar-coverage Starlink constellation. This was the 43rd dedicated Starlink mission of 2026 and SpaceX's 54th total orbital flight of the year. Following deployment, the Starlink constellation stands at approximately 11,955 total launched and roughly 10,350 in orbit (10,334 working), maintaining broadband service to over 10 million subscribers across 160 countries.