California ties its annual launch record at Vandenberg — with two more Starlink missions on deck
From the Space digest for Oct 26, 2026
What happened: Hoodline reports (October 26) that California has tied its rocket launch record, with two more Vandenberg Starlink missions scheduled this week set to push the annual count past that mark. USA Today's Arizona edition (October 26) tells late-night viewers the next Falcon 9 Starlink launch — expected the night of October 26 — should be visible in Arizona skies as it climbs.
What's genuinely new: the record is now tied as of October 26, and two more Starlink launches this week would set a new annual high — a state-level metric for the Falcon 9 cadence carrying SpaceX's own constellation while commercial bookings close around it.
Watch: whether the launches clear this week and the final annual count; how long the West Coast Falcon 9–Starlink cadence holds as the manifest shifts.