Overview
- Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at about 1:48 a.m. after a weather delay, carrying 29 Starlink V-2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit.
- The first-stage booster landed on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean following liftoff.
- The mission, identified as Starlink 6-88, marked the Space Coast’s first launch of the year.
- Three additional Starlink flights are slated from SLC-40 over the next 10 days, with 6-96 targeted for Wednesday afternoon, 6-97 on Jan. 10, and 6-98 on Jan. 14.
- SpaceX’s 2025 cadence established the backdrop for this tempo, with 165 Falcon 9 launches worldwide and 101 from Florida.