Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-99

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Launch Window

Dec. 17, 2025, 12:19 p.m. - Dec. 17, 2025, 4:19 p.m.

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Watch Live: SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with another 29 satellites for the company's Starlink internet service. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for Wednesday Dec. 17 at 8:42 a.m. EST (1342 UTC). The first-stage booster for this mission, B1094, making …

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-99

SpaceX launch of a batch of 29 Starlink v2-mini satellites for their second-generation high-speed low earth orbit internet satellite constellation. Launch window: December 17th from 7:19AM to 11:19PM EST (12:19-16:19 UTC) Current T0: December 17th at 8:42:10AM EST (13:42:10 UTC) Mission: Falcon 9 launch of 29 Starlink v2 Mini satellites …

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Communications

Low Earth Orbit Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA Probability: 95%
B1094 - Just Read the Instructions

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

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Updates
Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 17, 2025, 2:50 p.m.

Launch success.

Link https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2001303610487971925
LL2 • Dec. 17, 2025, 1:42 p.m.

Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SGOvgqwzys
Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 17, 2025, 1:42 p.m.

Liftoff.

Link https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1kvJpMElqrLxE
LL2 • Dec. 17, 2025, 1:32 p.m.

Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SGOvgqwzys
Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 17, 2025, 12:25 a.m.

Now targeting Dec 17 at 13:42 UTC

Link https://www.spacex.com/launches/sl-6-99
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Falcon 9

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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
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  • 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
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Booster Info

B1094

Status: Active

Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: April 29, 2025
Last Flight: December 17, 2025
Flights: 6
Landings Attempted: 6
Landings Successful: 6
Previous B1094 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1094 has landed on ASDS JRTI after its 6th flight.

Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Just Read the Instructions.

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 612 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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