SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites into orbit from Florida (video)
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 29 Star link satellites in low Earth orbit from Florida on Monday, January 12.
The two-stage booster took off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Station at 4:08 p.m. EST (9:08 p.m. GMT) and entered space approximately nine minutes later. Satellites (Group 6-98) were deployed approximately 50 minutes later after a coast period and a second Falcon 9 upper stage burn.
“Deployment of 29 Starlink satellites confirmed,” SpaceX reported on social network X.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites launches from the Cape Canaveral space station in Florida on Monday, January 12, 2026. | Credit: SpaceX
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This was the 13th flight of the Falcon 9 first stage, Booster 1078. It again made a successful propulsive landing, landing on the drone.A lack of gravity” in the Atlantic Ocean.
Starlink service provides high-speed Internet access, especially in areas of the world where other means of connection are not present. The megaconstellation of nearly 9,500 active satellites also supports Wi-Fi on airliners and cell-to-satellite capabilities for some carriers.
Monday’s launch was SpaceX’s fifth for the year out of 615 in the company’s history.
