SpaceX flew its 90th Falcon 9 of 2026 on Aug 4. Will it reach 100 before Aug 26?
52% of users predicted NO — the community missed this one. 27 predictions cast.
SpaceX flew its 100th Falcon 9 mission of 2026, clearing the mark before the Aug. 26 deadline in question. The company hit the milestone in a stretch of launches in the back half of August, highlighted by a flight in which a Falcon 9 first stage flew for the 37th time, extending the company's booster-reuse record. Roughly three-quarters of 2026's Falcon 9 missions have carried Starlink satellites as SpaceX continued expanding its broadband constellation from both U.S. coasts, with more than half of the year's launches flying out of Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Reaching 100 launches by late August continues a cadence SpaceX has sustained in recent years; 2026 marks the third consecutive year the company has crossed the 100-launch threshold before autumn. The pace stems from increased first-stage reuse, shortened turnaround between missions, and steady demand for Starlink deployment alongside commercial and government payloads.
The community got this one wrong: only 48% of forecasters predicted SpaceX would reach 100 launches before Aug. 26, but the company did, extending its climb from the 90th launch it logged earlier in the month.