How many launches will SpaceX have in 2026?

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As of June 19, 2026, SpaceX has successfully completed 9 launches for the month spacex.comspaceflightnow.com. Over the first 19 days, this establishes a cadence of roughly one launch every 2.1 days (~0.47/day).

Looking at the remaining 11 days of June, SpaceX has four officially targeted missions on the manifest: Starlink flights on June 21, 25, and 28, alongside a Starfall Demo on June 23 spacex.comspacex.comspacex.comspacex.com. If only these four scheduled flights launch successfully, the final count will be exactly 13. Accordingly, thresholds up to 'Above 12' are highly probable (94%), as hitting this mark only requires executing the existing firm manifest, with sufficient buffer for minor delays.

Reaching the 'Above 13' threshold (14+ launches) requires at least one additional mission to materialize before month-end. SpaceX routinely adds short-notice Starlink filler missions, and several strong candidates are currently listed as NET/TBD June, including Globalstar 2-R spacex.comnextspaceflight.com, SXM-11 nextspaceflight.com, and Transporter-17 nextspaceflight.com. Extrapolating the current 0.47/day launch rate through the end of the month yields an expected total of ~14.2 launches. Because adding at least one TBD or fill-in mission aligns closely with historical scheduling behavior and the established run rate, the 'Above 13' threshold remains highly likely (78%).

The probabilities drop sharply at 'Above 14' (15+ launches). Reaching 15 launches would require 6 more flights in the remaining 11 days, demanding a sustained pace of one launch every ~1.8 days with zero schedule slips. This exceeds the demonstrated monthly cadence, bounding the upside at 22%.

The primary downside risks that constrain higher probabilities are routine weather or range scrubs pushing late-June launches into July, specific slip risk associated with the Starfall Demo, and the ever-present but low-probability risk of a Falcon 9 anomaly temporarily grounding the fleet.