SpaceX Flies Two More Starlink Missions, Approaches 100th Falcon Launch of 2026

SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 Starlink missions on August 21, 2026. The Starlink 15-20 mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 12:25 a.m. PDT (0725 UTC), deploying 29 V2-Mini satellites; booster B1090 flew its ninth mission and landed on the droneship 'Of Course I Still Love You' in the Pacific. Later that day, the Starlink 10-39 mission launched from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 11:14 a.m. EDT (1514 UTC) — after a last-minute scrub the previous day — deploying 29 more satellites; booster B1078 became the sixth SpaceX booster to reach 30 flights and landed on the droneship 'A Shortfall of Gravitas' off the coast of South Carolina. Multiple outlets described the pair as pushing SpaceX past roughly its 99th–100th Falcon-family launch of 2026 (accounts vary on the exact tally depending on whether the April Falcon Heavy flight is counted), continuing the company's record-setting 2026 cadence. The Starlink constellation stood at about 11,003 satellites in orbit following the launches.