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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-103

Name: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-103
Start: 2026-02-16T07:59:40.000Z
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 638th launch · 19th this year · humanity's 7,209th orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--February 16, 2026 · 07:59 UTCAdd to calendar

Success20% go

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

Weather concerns: Cumulus Cloud Rule, Surface Electric Fields Rule, Anvil Cloud Rules

Window: Feb 16, 05:00 – Feb 16, 09:00 UTC

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Starlink Group 6-103

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

B1090 · flight 10 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-79 · zone record 161/162

Watch

SpaceX Starlink Group 6-103 — The Space Devs
Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch 29 Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral — Spaceflight Now
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-103 — 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 successful.
hitura-nobad · 2/16/2026 · source
Liftoff!
hitura-nobad · 2/16/2026 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 2/16/2026 · source
Unofficial Webcast by Spaceflight Now has started
LL2 · 2/16/2026 · source
Now targeting Feb 16 at 07:59 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/16/2026 · source
Now targeting Feb 16 at 06:54 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/16/2026 · source
Now targeting Feb 16 at 05:35 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/16/2026 · source
Now targeting Feb 16 at 05:34 UTC (Launch weather update per https://45thweathersquadron.nebula.spaceforce.mil/assets/LaunchForecasts/Falcon%209%20Starlink%206-103%20L-1%20Forecast%20-%2016%20Feb%20Launch.pdf, 20% GO)
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/15/2026 · source
Now targeting Feb 16 at 05:00 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/10/2026 · source
Now targeting Feb 14 at 05:00 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/4/2026 · source

Pad — Space Launch Complex 40

Local pad time: Feb 16, 2:59 AM EST

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

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