SpaceX Launches Starlink 15-24, Its 80th Starlink Mission of 2026

SpaceX launched the Starlink 15-24 mission at 7:26 a.m. PDT (10:26 a.m. EDT / 1426 UTC) on September 6, 2026 from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, deploying 27 Starlink satellites. Booster B1088 flew its 19th mission — following three national security flights, Transporter-12, NASA's SPHEREx, and 13 prior Starlink batches — and landed on the droneship 'Of Course I Still Love You' in the Pacific roughly 8.5 minutes after liftoff, the 223rd landing on that vessel and the 659th Falcon booster landing to date. The mission was SpaceX's 103rd Falcon 9 launch of 2026 and the year's 80th dedicated Starlink mission, continuing the post-Florida-Starlink-era pattern of concentrating West Coast Starlink cadence at Vandenberg while Starship prepares for Flight 14's first full-orbital attempt, targeted for September 15.