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Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 satellites for the company's Starlink internet service. Liftoff of the Starlink 10-39 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for Thursday, August 20, at 11:38 a.m. EDT (1538 UTC). The first-stage Falcon 9 booster, serial number B1078, launching for a 30th 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: https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/08/20/live-coverage-spacex-to...
