More than 50 new Starlink satellites are now in orbit after launches from California and Florida.
Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket climbs into a vibrant dawn sky after lifting off with Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on June 4, 2026.
SpaceX now has 53 more Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit after two successful launches in less than 19 hours from opposite U.S. coasts.rockets lifted off within hours of each other on missions to expand the private spaceflight company's broadband internet relay megaconstellation. The flights, which left their launch pads at 11:40 a.m. EDT on Wednesday and 6:26 a.m. EDT on Thursday , carried 24 and 29Both missions successfully deployed their payloads into their target orbits about an hour after leaving the ground, as confirmed by Both also safely recovered their first stage boosters.
B1088, launched Wednesday, completed its 16th flight with a landing on the"Of Course I Still Love You" droneship stationed in the Pacific Ocean. B1090 concluded its 12th launch by touching down on"A Shortfall of Gravitas" off the coast of Florida in the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday morning. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carries Starlink satellites to orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on June 3, 2026.
, a daily news publication and community devoted to space history with a particular focus on how and where space exploration intersects with pop culture. Pearlman is also a contributing writer for Space.com and co-author of"Space Stations: The Art, Science, and Reality of Working in Space” published by Smithsonian Books in 2018. In 2009, he was inducted into the U.S. Space Camp Hall of Fame in Huntsville, Alabama.
In 2021, he was honored by the American Astronautical Society with the Ordway Award for Sustained Excellence in Spaceflight History. In 2023, the National Space Club Florida Committee recognized Pearlman with the Kolcum News and Communications Award for excellence in telling the space story along the Space Coast and throughout the world.
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