Falcon 9 Starlink 10-47 — 63rd 2026 Orbital Mission; 29 Sats Deployed from SLC-40; B1078 28th Flight Lands on ASOG (615th Recovery); Constellation Tops 10,000 Active Spacecraft

SpaceX launched Falcon 9 mission Starlink Group 10-47 at 08:28 UTC (4:28 a.m. EDT) on May 25, 2026, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The mission deployed 29 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites into low Earth orbit, expanding the mega-constellation serving SpaceX's 10.3 million global subscribers. Booster B1078 executed its 28th flight — a booster with an extensive mission history including NASA Crew-6 and USSF-124 — landing on the drone ship 'A Shortfall of Gravitas' (ASOG) in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 8.5 minutes after liftoff. The recovery marks the 615th cumulative Falcon 9 booster landing in SpaceX history. This was SpaceX's 63rd orbital mission of 2026, continuing the rapid launch cadence that produced 170 orbital flights in 2025. Satellite deployment occurred 61 minutes and 26 seconds after launch. With this mission, the Starlink constellation has surpassed 10,000 actively operational spacecraft in orbit — a landmark milestone for the world's largest satellite network. The launch comes three days after Starship IFT-12 Block 3 achieved the first-ever in-space Raptor engine relight and Ship 39's controlled Indian Ocean splashdown on May 22, and two days ahead of SpaceX's planned IPO management roadshow (week of June 4–8), with Nasdaq (SPCX) debut targeted June 12.