Archive · 23 Aug 2026
SpaceX Launches 27 Starlink Satellites on 100th Falcon Mission
SpaceX sent 27 Starlink satellites into space on Saturday.
The satellites will orbit Earth in a region called low Earth orbit.
A Falcon 9 rocket carried them from California.
This launch was counted as SpaceX’s 100th Falcon mission of 2026.
It was the 99th launch using a Falcon 9 rocket.
The other Falcon mission this year used a larger Falcon Heavy rocket.
The launch shows that SpaceX is launching rockets very often.
However, SpaceX launched 165 Falcon missions in 2025, so it has not yet beaten that record.
SpaceX launched 27 Starlink internet satellites into low Earth orbit on Saturday.
A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:25 a.m. EDT.
The mission marked SpaceX’s 100th Falcon rocket mission of 2026.
It was the year’s 99th Falcon 9 launch; the other Falcon mission used a Falcon Heavy.
SpaceX’s 2026 pace remains below its 2025 record of 165 Falcon launches.
- Who
- SpaceX launched the satellites.
- What
- A Falcon 9 rocket carried 27 Starlink internet satellites into low Earth orbit, marking the 100th Falcon mission of 2026.
- When
- Saturday, at 3:25 a.m. EDT, or 12:55 p.m. IST.
- Where
- Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
- Why
- To place Starlink internet satellites into low Earth orbit and continue SpaceX’s launch schedule.
- Satellites launched
- 27 Starlink internet satellites
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Launch site
- Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
- Mission milestone
- 100th Falcon rocket mission of 2026
- Falcon 9 launches in 2026
- 99
- 2025 record
- 165 Falcon launches
- Orbit
- Low Earth orbit