SpaceX launched its 1,000th Starlink satellite so far in 2026 with an early morning Falcon 9 rocket launch Tuesday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Starlink 10-24 mission will send 29 broadband internet satellites into low Earth orbit. This was SpaceX's 37th dedicated Starlink mission of the year and with a successful payload deployment about an hour after liftoff, the company has sent 1,002 Starlink satellites to orbit this year alone.
Useful because it quantifies how aggressively SpaceX is pushing Starlink deployment in 2026.
Watch whether Falcon 9 maintains that deployment rate and how quickly the next thousand satellites accumulate.
