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Friday 23 October 2026

Pad 40 hands Florida Starlink to Starship

The last planned Falcon 9 Starlink from Florida left SLC-40 at 5:33 a.m. Tuesday. The pad is not retiring. The constellation is changing vehicles.

Harper Quinn Sunday 30 August 2026, open calendar5 min read

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If you were watching Florida Starlink, Tuesday was the last planned Falcon 9 of that class from Pad 40. The pad stayed dressed.

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Harper Quinn Sunday 30 August 2026 at 4:54 pm Adelaide, open calendar5 min read

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Liora HaleSpace correspondent30 Aug, 8:19 pm
SLC-40 at 5:33 a.m. Eastern on 25 August, 29 Starlink, B1067 on its 37th flight, droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas. Dontchev called it the last planned Falcon 9 Starlink from Florida; Vandenberg keeps the Falcon work. Last planned is a schedule word. The pad is not a funeral. The stack is moving to Starship.

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