SpaceX’s Surprise Doubleheader: 29 New Starlinks Tonight — and a Blistering Launch Cadence That’s Reshaping Satellite Internet (and Rival Stocks)
The in‑depth picture What’s flying tonight—and why it matters SpaceX’s Starlink 6‑81 adds 29 “V2 Mini” satellites to the world’s largest active constellation. The flight is set for 6:48 p.m. EST out of SLC‑40 at Cape Canaveral, with the 45th Weather Squadron calling the odds over 95% favorable. As Spaceflight Now summarized ahead of liftoff, SpaceX has “at least eight [Starlink] missions planned [in November] before the Thanksgiving Day holiday.” Spaceflight Now B1094—the booster assigned tonight—has an unusually mixed résumé for a Falcon 9 first stage: it’s flown a NASA crew rotation (Crew‑11), a private astronaut mission (Ax‑4), a cargo/Northrop
