SpaceX Picked Vera Rubin

Eighty Starlinks and Counting

Falcon 9 Starlink Group 15-24 from Vandenberg is queued as SpaceX’s 80th Starlink mission of 2026—a West Coast cadence story as Florida Starlink shifts toward Starship.

The Pacific got a new zone

FAA Final Tiered EA and FONSI/ROD ~2 September 2026: expanded Pacific Starship contingency zones, new Northern Pacific box for Eastern Range-to-Starbase. Licence-class, not a launch. BaseNor, NASASpaceflight, FAA primary.

Flight Fourteen asks for orbit

FCC STA for Starship Flight 14: orbital second stage, window from 15 September 2026 NET. Starlink V3. Booster 21 already static-fired. Radio authority, not a flight licence. TeslaNorth, earnings context, FAA week.

B1063 sat down two shy of the record

Starlink Group 15-23 from Vandenberg SLC-4E at 1:42 a.m. PDT, Wednesday 2 September. Booster B1063's 35th flight. 27 Starlink V2 Mini. Landed on Of Course I Still Love You.