Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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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, launching for a 24th time, will land on SpaceX's drone ship 'A Short Fall of Gravitas', stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, roughly 8.5 minutes after leaving the launch pad.

The mission, designated Starlink 6-100, will take a south-easterly trajectory on departure from Florida's Space Coast.

Our live coverage with commentary from Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith will start about one hour prior to launch.

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