17.01.2026

SpaceX targeting Sunday for Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida

Fresh off another launch pad turnaround record, SpaceX crews are targeting Sunday, Jan. 18, for the company's next Falcon 9 rocket liftoff at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

SpaceX's four-hour launch window will extend from 5:04 p.m. to 9:04 p.m. This Falcon 9 will deploy 29 Starlink broadband satellites into low-Earth orbit, with a first-stage booster landing scheduled on the SpaceX drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean.

On Monday, Jan. 14, SpaceX shattered its speed record by launching the Starlink 6-98 mission exactly 45 hours after the Starlink 6-97 mission. Both Falcon 9s lifted off from Launch Complex 40.

"New year, new records!" SpaceX Vice President of Launch Kiko Dontchev said in a tweet confirming the milestone.

Quelle: Florida Today