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Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch 29 Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 satellites for Elon Musk's Starlink internet service. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for Monday, February 16, at 2:59:40 a.m. EST (0759:40 UTC). The first-stage booster for this mission, B1090, …

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-103

Launch Window: February 16th from 12AM to 4AM EST (05:00-09:00 UTC) Current T0: February 16th at 02:59:40 AM EST Mission: Falcon 9 launch of 29 Starlink v2 Mini satellites into orbit. Launch location: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth. Target orbit: Low-Earth Orbit (LEO); 257x270km …

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Starlink Group 6-103

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Communications

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 20%
B1090 - A Shortfall of Gravitas

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

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Updates

hitura-nobad • Feb. 16, 2026, 9:28 a.m.

Launch successful.


hitura-nobad • Feb. 16, 2026, 8 a.m.

Liftoff!


LL2 • Feb. 16, 2026, 7:49 a.m.

Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started


LL2 • Feb. 16, 2026, 6:59 a.m.

Unofficial Webcast by Spaceflight Now has started


Cosmic_Penguin • Feb. 16, 2026, 5:54 a.m.

Now targeting Feb 16 at 07:59 UTC


Falcon 9

Family:
Configuration: Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    549.0 T
  • Thrust
    7607.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon 9
  • Family
  • Variant
    Block 5
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Falcon 9 Block 5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $52000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    22800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    8300.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Booster Info


B1090

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: December 17, 2024
Last Flight: February 16, 2026
Flights: 10
Landings Attempted: 10
Landings Successful: 10
Previous B1090 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1090 has landed on ASDS ASOG after its 10th flight.

Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at A Shortfall of Gravitas.

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 631 Failures: 15 Pending: 122

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

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