SpaceX intends to send another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast this morning (Jan. 13).
A Falcon 9 rocket, which is transporting 21 Starlink units, including 13 equipped with direct to cell functionality, is set to take off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today within a 3.5-hour launch window that begins at 10:08 a.m. EST (1508 GMT).
SpaceX will stream the event live on X this morning, starting around five minutes before launch.
If everything proceeds as planned, the first stage will return to Earth approximately eight minutes after liftoff, landing in the Atlantic Ocean on the drone vessel “A Shortfall of Gravitas.”
This marks the 15th flight and landing for this specific booster, as per a SpaceX mission description. Out of its 14 previous missions, eight have been Starlink launches.
The upper stage of the Falcon 9 will carry on transporting the Starlink spacecraft to low Earth orbit, deploying them approximately 65 minutes post-launch.
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This morning’s liftoff will be the sixth of 2025 for SpaceX. Last year, the company completed over 130 Falcon 9 missions, with around two-thirds being Starlink launches.