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Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral as shares hit Nasdaq

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 satellites for the company's Starlink internet service. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for Friday, June 12, at 8:37 a.m. EDT (1237 UTC). The launch comes as SpaceX completes its …

SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 with Starlink 10-54

Launch Window: June 12th from 8:27AM to 12:27AM EDT (12:27-16:27 UTC) Current T0: June 12th at 8:27AM EDT (12:27 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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Starlink Group 10-54

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Communications

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 80%
B1080 - A Shortfall of Gravitas

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

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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • June 12, 2026, 3:07 p.m.

Launch success.


LL2 • June 12, 2026, 12:37 p.m.

Official Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started


hitura-nobad • June 12, 2026, 12:37 p.m.

Liftoff


LL2 • June 12, 2026, 12:25 p.m.

Official Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started


Cosmic_Penguin • June 11, 2026, 8:16 p.m.

Now targeting Jun 12 at 12:37 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
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


B1080

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: May 21, 2023
Last Flight: June 12, 2026
Flights: 27
Landings Attempted: 27
Landings Successful: 27
Previous B1080 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1080 has landed on ASDS ASOG after its 27th flight.

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

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 678 Failures: 15 Pending: 133

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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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