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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-101

Name: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-101
Start: 2026-01-30T07:22:00.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

SpaceX's 632nd launch · 13th this year · humanity's 7,196th orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--January 30, 2026 · 07:22 UTCAdd to calendar

Success95% go

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Weather concerns: Thick Cloud Layers Rule

Window: Jan 30, 04:00 – Jan 30, 08:00 UTC

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Starlink Group 6-101

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

Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Booster

B1095 · flight 5 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Just Read the Instructions · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-86 · zone record 156/157

Watch

SpaceX Starlink Group 6-101 — The Space Devs
Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch from Cape Canaveral with 29 Starlink internet satellites — Spaceflight Now
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-101 — NASASpaceflight
Starlink Mission — SpaceX

Flight timeline

T+1M12SMax-Q
T+2M24SMECO
T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
T+2M36SSES-1
T+2M57SFairing Separation
T+6M8SEntry Burn Startup
T+6M34SEntry Burn Shutdown
T+7M55SStage 1 Landing Burn
T+8M20SStage 1 Landing
T+8M40SSECO-1
T+53M52SSES-2
T+53M54SSECO-2
T+1H4M59SStarlink Deployment

Updates

Launch success
Nosu · 1/30/2026 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 1/30/2026 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/30/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 30 at 07:22 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/30/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 30 at 05:51 UTC
hitura-nobad · 1/29/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 30 at 04:24 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/29/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 30 at 04:01 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/29/2026 · source
Updated launch weather, 95% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/28/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 30 at 04:00 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/23/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 29 at 04:00 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/21/2026 · source

Pad — Space Launch Complex 40

Local pad time: Jan 30, 2:22 AM EST

393 launches from this pad · 1,121 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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