The launch is set to occur no earlier than 12:42 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12 from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The mission will be a Falcon 9 rocket sending the company's next batch of 29 Starlink internet satellites to orbit.

Florida's Space Coast — home of NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station — remains the reigning rocket launch capital of the world. Last year ushered in a new annual record of 109 orbital launches,

SpaceX is starting to get the ball rolling on its Florida launch card with its fourth mission of the year coming less than two days since the last launch setting a record for its Cape Canaveral launch pad.

SpaceX is gearing up for its third rocket launch of 2026 from Vandenberg in California, which you can watch either in person or via livestream at home.

China’s first launches of 2026 send Yaogan spacecraft into unusual orbit, loft Guowang satellites  China conducted a pair of Long March rocket launches Tuesday, kicking off what is likely to be a record-breaking year for the country.

SpaceX launched its third mission of the year from Florida's Space Coast on Monday afternoon while preparing for the early return later this week of Crew-11 from the International Space Station.