SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Starlink Group 6-88
Launched
January 4, 2026 · 06:48 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Starlink Group 6-88 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on January 4, 2026 at 06:48 UTC. The launch window ran from 05:00 to 08:17 UTC. It was SpaceX's 621st launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 7,175th orbital launch attempt. It was the 528th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 2nd this year. Booster B1101 flew for the 1st time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of Starlink 36490, one of 29 catalogued objects, from January 7, 2026, was 267 × 270 km inclined 43.0°. 29 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 6-88The Space Devs
- Watch Live: SpaceX launches 1st Starlink mission of 2026 on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape CanaveralSpaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-88NASASpaceflight
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXStarlink
- Booster
- B1101 · flight 1 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 600 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 528th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 2nd this yearSpaceX's 621st launch2nd this yearhumanity's 7,175th orbital launch attempt2nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Starlink 36490 · NORAD 67305 · 2026-002 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 29 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2026-002A
- Epoch
- 2026-01-07 18:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.04745886 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0002111
- Inclination
- 43.0008°
- Ascending node
- 321.2964°
- Arg. of perigee
- 256.9833°
- Mean anomaly
- 119.3812°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 168
- B*
- -0.0013172
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
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
Catalogued objects
29 catalogued: 29 payloads; 29 still in orbit
- Starlink 36490 · NORAD 67305 · in orbit
- Starlink 36488 · NORAD 67306 · in orbit
- Starlink 36481 · NORAD 67307 · in orbit
- Starlink 36449 · NORAD 67308 · in orbit
- Starlink 36482 · NORAD 67309 · in orbit
- Starlink 36491 · NORAD 67310 · in orbit
- Starlink 36495 · NORAD 67311 · in orbit
- Starlink 36485 · NORAD 67312 · in orbit
- Starlink 36445 · NORAD 67313 · in orbit
- Starlink 36476 · NORAD 67314 · in orbit
- Starlink 36463 · NORAD 67315 · in orbit
- Starlink 36461 · NORAD 67316 · in orbit
Show 17 more payloads
- Starlink 36450 · NORAD 67317 · in orbit
- Starlink 36498 · NORAD 67318 · in orbit
- Starlink 36470 · NORAD 67319 · in orbit
- Starlink 36500 · NORAD 67320 · in orbit
- Starlink 36462 · NORAD 67321 · in orbit
- Starlink 36434 · NORAD 67322 · in orbit
- Starlink 36497 · NORAD 67323 · in orbit
- Starlink 36471 · NORAD 67324 · in orbit
- Starlink 36473 · NORAD 67325 · in orbit
- Starlink 36430 · NORAD 67326 · in orbit
- Starlink 36501 · NORAD 67327 · in orbit
- Starlink 36489 · NORAD 67328 · in orbit
- Starlink 36496 · NORAD 67329 · in orbit
- Starlink 36483 · NORAD 67330 · in orbit
- Starlink 36494 · NORAD 67331 · in orbit
- Starlink 36492 · NORAD 67332 · in orbit
- Starlink 36427 · NORAD 67333 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
355th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 1st this year · 1,077th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jan 4, 1:48 AM EST, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
20 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
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
Questions
When did Starlink Group 6-88 launch?
Starlink Group 6-88 launched on January 4, 2026 at 06:48 UTC. The launch window ran from 05:00 to 08:17 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 6-88?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 6-88; Watch Live: SpaceX launches 1st Starlink mission of 2026 on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral; SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-88. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 6-88?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 6-88 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Jan 4, 1:48 AM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1101 flew for the 1st time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Starlink Group 6-88 reach?
The tracked orbit of Starlink 36490, one of 29 catalogued objects, from January 7, 2026, was 267 × 270 km inclined 43.0°.
How many satellites did Starlink Group 6-88 launch?
29 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 29 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Starlink Group 6-88 part of?
Starlink. About Starlink