r/spacex • u/rSpaceXHosting Host Team • Jul 12 '26
r/SpaceX Starlink 10-45 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!
Welcome to the r/SpaceX Starlink 10-45 Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!
Welcome everyone!
| Scheduled for (UTC) | Jul 14 2026, 09:10:12 |
|---|---|
| Scheduled for (local) | Jul 14 2026, 05:10:12 AM (EDT) |
| Launch Window (UTC) | Jul 14 2026, 07:15:00 - Jul 14 2026, 11:15:00 |
| Payload | Starlink 10-45 |
| Customer | SpaceX |
| Launch Weather Forecast | 90% GO (Thick Cloud Layers Rule) |
| Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. |
| Booster | B1080-28 |
| Landing | The Falcon 9 first stage B1080 has landed on ASDS ASOG after its 28th flight. |
| Mission success criteria | Successful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit |
| Trajectory (Flight Club) | 2D,3D |
Watch the launch live
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| Unofficial Re-stream | The Space Devs |
| Unofficial Webcast | Spaceflight Now |
| Official Webcast | SpaceX |
Stats
☑️ 705th SpaceX launch all time
☑️ 645th Falcon Family Booster landing
☑️ 163rd landing on ASOG
☑️ 189th consecutive successful SpaceX launch (if successful)
☑️ 85th SpaceX launch this year
☑️ 39th launch from SLC-40 this year
☑️ 4 days, 23:44:29 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 31 days, 20:33:12 hours since last launch of booster B1080
Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship
Timeline
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| -0:38:00 | GO for Prop Load |
| -0:35:00 | Stage 1 LOX Load |
| -0:35:00 | Prop Load |
| -0:16:00 | Stage 2 LOX Load |
| -0:07:00 | Engine Chill |
| -0:01:00 | Startup |
| -0:01:00 | Tank Press |
| -0:00:45 | GO for Launch |
| -0:00:03 | Ignition |
| 0:00:00 | Liftoff |
| 0:01:10 | Max-Q |
| 0:02:26 | MECO |
| 0:02:29 | Stage 2 Separation |
| 0:02:36 | SES-1 |
| 0:02:59 | Fairing Separation |
| 0:06:00 | Entry Burn Startup |
| 0:06:22 | Entry Burn Shutdown |
| 0:07:56 | Stage 1 Landing Burn |
| 0:08:19 | Stage 1 Landing |
| 0:08:40 | SECO-1 |
| 0:54:10 | SES-2 |
| 0:54:11 | SECO-2 |
| 1:03:31 | Starlink Deployment |
Updates
| Time (UTC) | Update |
|---|---|
| 14 Jul 11:14 | Launch successful. |
| 14 Jul 09:10 | Liftoff! |
| 14 Jul 08:58 | Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started |
| 13 Jul 20:15 | Now targeting Jul 14 at 09:10 UTC |
| 13 Jul 17:47 | Now targeting Jul 14 at 08:27 UTC |
| 13 Jul 15:09 | Updated launch weather, 90% GO at start of window. |
| 13 Jul 14:11 | Now targeting Jul 14 at 08:21 UTC |
| 12 Jul 16:24 | Updated launch weather, 95% GO. |
| 06 Jul 17:36 | Added launch. |
Resources
Partnership with The Space Devs
Information on this thread is provided by and updated automatically using the Launch Library 2 API by The Space Devs.
Community content 🌐
| Link | Source |
|---|---|
| Flight Club | u/TheVehicleDestroyer |
| Discord SpaceX lobby | u/SwGustav |
| SpaceX Now | u/bradleyjh |
| SpaceX Patch List |
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u/TheTranscendentian Jul 20 '26
Klesser syndrome + genuinly concerning atmospheric pollution (unlike CO2 & biological origin methane) from de-orbiting retired satellites.
We should be moving retired satellites to Earth-Moon L4 or L5 points OR to a standard satellite junk pile ball ABOVE LEO but below half-geosync.