SpaceX Starlink 384 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 1 May 2026
May 1, 2026
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 29 Starlink satellites (Starlink-384 / Starlink 10-38) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 1 May 2026, at 18:06 UTC (14:06 EST). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1069) previously supported 30 missions: CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 15, SES-18/SES-19 and 26 Starlink missions.