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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-96. It is scheduled to be launched by SpaceX from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA at 2026-01-09 18:03:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 355 out of 1077 launches from this location. The launch status is currently Go 🟩 . The mission type is Communications and the payload will be injected into a Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

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

• [2026-01-09 18:03:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-96 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-01-11 13:19:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Pandora / Twilight rideshare mission from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-01-11 18:08:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-97 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-01-12 04:15:00 UTC] 🟩 PSLV-DL | EOS-N1 and others from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India.
• [2026-01-13 15:38:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 8A | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-01-14 18:01:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-98 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-01-15 16:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Long March 3B/E | Unknown Payload from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-01-17 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Spectrum | Flight Two from Andøya Spaceport.
• [2026-01-17 04:18:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-105 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-01-18 05:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-100 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.

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