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SpaceX ends Starlink Falcon 9 launches from Florida, shifting missions to Vandenberg and future Starship
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SpaceX launched its last planned Starlink mission on Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral, with future Starlink flights from Florida moving to Starship and ongoing Starlink launches continuing from Vandenberg, reducing the Florida spaceport's launch rate from eight or nine per month to approximately two.
This transition ends Florida's decade-long run as the world's busiest spaceport and signals a major operational shift for teams supporting launch infrastructure on the Space Coast. Engineers and operators at Cape Canaveral will see activity drop significantly while Vandenberg scales up to handle regular Starlink deployments.
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SpaceX's vice president of launch confirmed that future Starlink missions from Florida will fly on Starship, not Falcon 9.
The Florida spaceport launch rate drops from eight or nine per month to perhaps two per month for at least the rest of the year.
Vandenberg Space Force Base will continue regular Starlink launches, and SpaceX announced plans for a new Starship facility in Louisiana.
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