SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-88
Countdown
No countdown — this launch time is not yet known to the minute.January 4, 2026 · 06:48 UTCAdd to calendar
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SpaceX's 621st launch · 2nd this year · humanity's 7,175th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Weather concerns: Cumulus Cloud Rule, Thick Cloud Layers Rule
Window: Jan 4, 05:00 – Jan 4, 08:17 UTC
Flight preview
Starlink Group 6-88
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
- B1101 · flight 1 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Just Read the Instructions · landed · zone record 156/157
Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-88 — The Space Devs
- Watch Live: SpaceX launches 1st Starlink mission of 2026 on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral — Spaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-88 — NASASpaceflight
- Starlink Mission — SpaceX
Flight timeline
- T+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M24SMECO
- T+2M27SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M35SSES-1
- T+2M56SFairing Separation
- T+6M7SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M35SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8MStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M24SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M39SSECO-1
- T+53M47SSES-2
- T+53M48SSECO-2
- T+1H4M54SStarlink Deployment
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/4/2026 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 1/4/2026 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/4/2026 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 1/4/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 04 at 06:48 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/4/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 04 at 06:21 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/4/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 04 at 06:07 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/4/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 04 at 05:44 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/4/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 04 at 05:14 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/4/2026 · source
Updated launch weather, 30% at start of window (70% at end).
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/3/2026 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 40
Local pad time: Jan 4, 1:48 AM EST
400 launches from this pad · 1,128 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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