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U.S. Launch Week Accelerates: SpaceX Stacks Starlink and Kuiper Flights as Blue Origin Readies Crew Hop and Starship Targets Oct. 13

A dense Oct. 6–12 manifest showcases Falcon 9 reuse driving near-daily launch operations across both coasts.

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Overview

  • SpaceX’s Starlink 10-59 from Cape Canaveral opened a four-hour window at 12:10 a.m. EDT on Oct. 7 with a 65% favorable forecast, flying 28 satellites on booster B1090’s eighth mission toward a droneship landing.
  • Vandenberg’s Starlink Group 11-17 is slated for the evening of Oct. 7 Pacific time with a droneship recovery, and officials warned California communities of possible sonic booms as the base operates at a record-setting pace.
  • Blue Origin plans New Shepard’s NS-36 crewed suborbital flight at 9:00 a.m. EDT on Oct. 8 from West Texas with six passengers, marking the program’s 15th human mission.
  • A Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch Amazon’s Project Kuiper KF-03 at 9:34 p.m. EDT on Oct. 9 from Florida, carrying 24 broadband satellites with a planned droneship recovery for the first stage.
  • SpaceX targets the 11th Starship flight test as early as Oct. 13 from South Texas to trial a new Super Heavy landing-burn profile, fly with select heatshield tiles removed, and deploy eight Starlink simulators, with timing noted as subject to change.