File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands in the launch position at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the planned liftoff of the Starlink 6-61 mission on Oct. 22, 2024. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now
SpaceX is slated to launch its 75th batch of Starlink satellites of the year on a Falcon 9 rocket launch from Florida late Thursday morning.
The Starlink 10-39 mission will add another 29 broadband internet satellites to the company’s low Earth orbit megaconstellation. The mission includes the 2,000th Starlink satellite launched in 2026 as well.
Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled at 11:38 a.m. EDT (1538 UTC).
Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning about an hour prior to liftoff.
