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

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 Friday, January 30, at 2:22 a.m. EST (0722 UTC). The first-stage booster for this mission, 1095, …

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-101

Launch Window: January 29th from 11PM to 3AM EST (04:00-08:00 UTC on the 30th) Current T0: January 30th at 2:22AM EST 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 …

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Starlink Group 6-101

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Communications

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 95%
B1095 - Just Read the Instructions

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

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Updates

Nosu • Jan. 30, 2026, 10:55 a.m.

Launch success


LL2 • Jan. 30, 2026, 7:29 a.m.

Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started


Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 30, 2026, 7:22 a.m.

Liftoff.


Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 30, 2026, 2:18 a.m.

Now targeting Jan 30 at 07:22 UTC


hitura-nobad • Jan. 29, 2026, 9:24 p.m.

Now targeting Jan 30 at 05:51 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


B1095

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: May 21, 2025
Last Flight: April 21, 2026
Flights: 7
Landings Attempted: 7
Landings Successful: 7
Previous B1095 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1095 has landed on ASDS JRTI after its 5th flight.

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

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 672 Failures: 15 Pending: 135

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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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