NASA is two spacewalks away from completing a major, years-long upgrade to the International Space Station that will power the orbiting lab through to its planned decommissioning in 2030.
The anticipated launch will be the first for the heavy-lift rocket since a mid-flight nozzle failure on a solid rocket booster. The rocket will carry 40 Amazon Leo satellites to orbit.
Liftoff of the Starlink 15-16 mission from Space Launch Complex 4E happened Tuesday, October 27, 2026, at 12:25 a.m. PDT (3:25 a.m. EDT / 0825 UTC).
SpaceX succeeded in its fourth attempt to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Liftoff happened at 3:48 p.m. PDT (6:48 p.m. EDT / 2248 UTC) on Friday, Oct. 23.
This will be the second launch of SpaceX’s uncrewed reentry capsule, Starfall. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled at 7:04 a.m. EDT (1104 UTC) on Tuesday, Oct. 20.
The launch infrastructure improvements also include a substantial manufacturing expansion at Rocket Park and the addition of new landing barges.
