Delivered 29 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral on the Starlink 6-96 mission; the first-stage booster completed its 29th flight before landing on a droneship in the Atlantic.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 16.7 T
- Flight
- 528th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 9 January 2026, 21:41 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2026-003
- Launches in 2026
- 3rd of 243
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