SpaceX flies Falcon 9 booster B1067 a record 37th time, ends Florida Starlink launches
The booster's 100th Falcon 9 launch of 2026 was also the last planned Falcon 9 Starlink mission from Florida, per SpaceX.
what happened
SpaceX launched Falcon 9 booster B1067 for a 37th time on Aug. 25, lifting off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 5:33 a.m. with 29 Starlink satellites and landing on a droneship in the Atlantic about 8.5 minutes later, per Yahoo News Canada (UPI wire copy). It was the 100th Falcon 9 launch of 2026. SpaceX Vice President of Launch Kiko Dontchev said on X that the mission was "the last planned Falcon 9 Starlink launch from Florida," and that Florida Starlink missions will now fly on Starship; mynews13.com reports Falcon 9 has flown roughly 260 Starlink missions from the Cape since the first one on May 23, 2019.
why it matters
Falcon 9 booster reuse, now at 37 flights and closing in on the Space Shuttle's 39-flight record, is the operating data point behind SpaceX's launch cost floor, and the company is retiring it for Starlink specifically on the East Coast in favor of Starship. That is a concrete signal of how close Starship is to carrying operational commercial payload cadence rather than test flights. Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy continue flying other missions from Florida, and Starlink launches from Vandenberg continue on Falcon 9.
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quick facts
- Companies
- SpaceX
- Category
- launch
- Impact
- notable
- SNR
- 4 / 5
- Event date
- 2026-08-25
- Published
- 2026-08-26 05:35 UTC