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Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch Starlink satellites and prototype 'Fabships' from Florida

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 satellites for the company's Starlink internet service plus a test flight for two prototype semiconductor manufacturing devices. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for Sunday, July 5, at 6:50 a.m. …

SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 with Starlink 10-50

Launch Window: July 5th from 6:36AM to 10:36AM EDT (10:36-14:36 UTC) Current T0: July 5th at 6:46:32AM EDT (10:46:32 UTC). Mission: Falcon 9 launch of 29 Starlink v2 Mini satellites into orbit. Launch location: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth. Target orbit: Low-Earth Orbit (LEO); …

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Communications

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 85%
B1090 - A Shortfall of Gravitas

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. The Falcon 9 1st stage carries 2 customer payload from Besxar Space Industries for testing their Fabships pilot reusable semiconductor wafers manufacturing pods in launch and re-entry environments.

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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • July 5, 2026, 11:55 a.m.

Launch success.


Cosmic_Penguin • July 5, 2026, 10:50 a.m.

Liftoff.


LL2 • July 5, 2026, 10:40 a.m.

Official Webcast by SpaceX has started


Nosu • July 5, 2026, 7:38 a.m.

Now targeting Jul 05 at 10:50 UTC



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
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  • 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


B1090

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: December 17, 2024
Last Flight: July 5, 2026
Flights: 13
Landings Attempted: 13
Landings Successful: 13
Previous B1090 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1090 has landed on ASDS ASOG after its 13th flight.

Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at A Shortfall of Gravitas.

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 691 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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