SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Completes 35th Flight in Starlink Launch Written 3 September 2026

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SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Completes 35th Flight in Starlink Launch

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launches September 2, 2026, from California with 27 Starlink satellites. Liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base occurred at 1:42 a.m. PDT (4:42 a.m. EDT). | Credit: Spaceflight Now; YouTube; Framegrab

SPACE reports a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 27 Starlink satellites from California early this morning (Sept. 2). It was the 35th flight for the rocket’s first stage, Booster 1063, “just two shy of the SpaceX reuse record,” Space.com reports.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 launches September 2, 2026, from California (Launch occurs at the 30:12 mark).
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