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Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch 29 Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 satellites for Elon Musk's Starlink internet service. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for Sunday, January 18, at 6:31:40 p.m. EST (2331:40 UTC). The first-stage booster for this mission, B1080, …

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-100

Current T0: January 18th at 5:04PM EST (22:04 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) ⚡ Become a member of NASASpaceflight's channel for exclusive discord access, …

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Starlink Group 6-100

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Communications

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 60%
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 • Jan. 19, 2026, 12:46 a.m.

Launch success.


Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 18, 2026, 11:31 p.m.

Liftoff.


LL2 • Jan. 18, 2026, 11:21 p.m.

Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started


Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 18, 2026, 8:08 p.m.

Now targeting Jan 18 at 23:31 UTC


Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 18, 2026, 12:12 a.m.

Now targeting Jan 18 at 22:06 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: April 14, 2026
Flights: 26
Landings Attempted: 26
Landings Successful: 26
Previous B1080 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1080 has landed on ASDS ASOG after its 24th flight.

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

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 654 Failures: 15 Pending: 120

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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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