Two Falcon 9 missions just four days apart—one completed June 24, one scheduled June 28—add roughly 48 broadband satellites to the Starlink constellation, illustrating the sustained launch tempo SpaceX maintains at the California military installation.
Years of business plans built around SpaceX's Falcon 9 rideshare programs are colliding with a tightening access crunch, prompting operators to pursue alternative pathways to orbit.
SpaceX successfully flew its new Starfall reentry capsule for the first time on June 23, opening a potential commercial pathway to regular, affordable microgravity access for science and in-space manufacturing.
A Falcon 9 is scheduled to lift off early Friday morning carrying an undisclosed number of satellites believed to be Starshield variants for the National Reconnaissance Office.
A Falcon 9 carrying an undisclosed number of Starshield satellites—SpaceX's government-specification variant of Starlink—is scheduled to lift off for the National Reconnaissance Office early Friday morning from California.
