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Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with 29 Starlink satellites

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, January 9, at 4:41 p.m. EST (2141 UTC). The first-stage booster for this mission, B1069, …

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-96

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 8th from 1:29PM to 5:29PM EST (18:29-22:29 UTC) Current T0: January 8th at 1:29PM EST (18:29 UTC) Mission: Falcon 9 launch of 29 Starlink v2 Mini satellites …

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Starlink Group 6-96

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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%
B1069 - 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. 9, 2026, 10:51 p.m.

Launch success.


LL2 • Jan. 9, 2026, 9:45 p.m.

Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started


hitura-nobad • Jan. 9, 2026, 9:41 p.m.

Liftoff!


hitura-nobad • Jan. 9, 2026, 6:04 p.m.

Now targeting Jan 09 at 21:41 UTC


hitura-nobad • Jan. 9, 2026, 5:12 p.m.

Now targeting Jan 09 at 20:29 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


B1069

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: December 21, 2021
Last Flight: January 9, 2026
Flights: 29
Landings Attempted: 29
Landings Successful: 29
Previous B1069 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1069 has landed on ASDS ASOG after its 29th flight.

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

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 619 Failures: 15 Pending: 124

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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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