15.10.2025
Next on the Florida launch schedule is the next batch of SpaceX Starlink internet satellites. The liftoff is set for no earlier than 2:42 a.m. Thursday, October 16 from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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Update: 16.10.2025
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SpaceX launches Starlink 10-52 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida
Launch recap: Scroll down to review live updates from the Thursday, Oct. 16, liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on the Starlink 10-52 mission.
Original story: Rise and shine: SpaceX crews plan to launch a Falcon 9 rocket two hours before sunrise from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Welcome to FLORIDA TODAY Space Team live coverage of this morning's SpaceX Starlink 10-52 mission. SpaceX is targeting 5:27 a.m. for liftoff from Launch Complex 40.
The rising rocket will deploy 28 Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit — and launch weather looks pristine. The Space Force's 45th Weather Squadron pegged odds of favorable conditions at 95%, with only a slight chance of cumulus cloud interference.
However, the squadron warned of a moderate risk of poor Atlantic Ocean booster recovery weather. After soaring skyward to the northeast, the rocket's first-stage booster will target landing aboard a SpaceX drone ship out at sea about eight minutes after liftoff.
Update 5:40 a.m.: In a tweet, SpaceX announced the drone ship touchdown marked the Falcon 9's 500th landing.
SpaceX Falcon 9 booster lands on drone ship
Update 5:35 a.m.: The Falcon 9 first-stage booster just landed aboard SpaceX's drone ship Just Read the Instructions in the Atlantic Ocean, completing its third mission.
Liftoff!
Update 5:27 a.m.: Liftoff! SpaceX has just launched the Falcon 9 carrying 28 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Update 5:22 a.m.: SpaceX's launch webcast is now posted above, right below our countdown clock.
Liftoff is scheduled in five minutes from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
SpaceX rocket launch coming up
Update 5:17 a.m.: Ten minutes before SpaceX's Falcon 9 lifts off, the countdown appears to be proceeding as planned.
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