Deployed 29 Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral on the Starlink 6-97 mission; the booster, a veteran of Crew-6 and USSF-124, completed its 25th flight with a droneship landing.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 16.7 T
- Flight
- 530th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 12 January 2026, 21:08 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2026-005
- Launches in 2026
- 6th of 243
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