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Watch Live: SpaceX launches 1st Starlink mission of 2026 on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with another 29 satellites for the company's Starlink internet service. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for Sunday, January 4, at 1:48 a.m. EST (0648 UTC). The first-stage booster for this mission, …

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-88

SpaceX launch of a batch of 29 Starlink v2-mini satellites for their second-generation high-speed low earth orbit internet satellite constellation. Launch Window: January 4th from 12:00AM to 03:17AM EST (05:00-08:17 UTC) Current T0: January 4th at 12:00AM EST (05:00 UTC) Mission: Falcon 9 launch of 29 Starlink v2 Mini satellites …

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Starlink Group 6-88

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Communications

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 70%
B1101 - Just Read the Instructions

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Telemetry

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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 24, 2025, 5:37 a.m.

Updated launch window precision and set GO.


Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 30, 2025, 4 p.m.

Now targeting Jan 04 at 05:00 UTC


Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 10, 2025, 1:17 a.m.

Added launch.


hitura-nobad • Jan. 3, 2026, 1 p.m.

Now targeting Jan 04 at 05:00:10 UTC


Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 3, 2026, 5:42 p.m.

Updated launch weather, 30% at start of window (70% at end).


Falcon 9

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Configuration: Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    549.0 T
  • Thrust
    7607.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon 9
  • Family
  • Variant
    Block 5
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Falcon 9 Block 5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $52000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    22800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    8300.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Booster Info


B1101

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: No
First Flight: January 4, 2026
Last Flight: February 13, 2026
Flights: 2
Landings Attempted: 2
Landings Successful: 2

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1101 has landed on ASDS JRTI after its 1st flight.

Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Just Read the Instructions.

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 694 Failures: 15 Pending: 126

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

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