Live coverage: SpaceX to launch first West Coast Starlink mission of 2026

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveal Space Force Station to begin the Starlink 6-100 mission on Jan. 18, 2026. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update Jan. 18, 9:08 p.m. EST (0212 UTC):…

The NROL-105 mission is the first of about a dozen missions planned for 2026 that support the NRO’s so-called proliferated architecture satellite constellation. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 8:18 p.m.…

(Left to Right) Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya You inside the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour shortly after splashing down in the Pacific…

SpaceX’s Dragon Endeavour spacecraft drifts away from the International Space Station on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission winds down. Image: NASA via livestream Update Jan. 14, 6:30 p.m. EST (2330 UTC): NASA,…

The GPS III Space Vehicle 09, the ninth GPS III spacecraft, is pictured traveling by road from Lockheed Martin facilities in Denver, CO, to Florida’s Space Coast. Image: Lockheed Martin The next Global Positioning System satellite is…

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the planned launch of the Starlink 6-71 mission. Image: Spaceflight Now SpaceX aims to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flies from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on the Starlink 6-97 mission on Jan. 12, 2026. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now Update Jan. 12, 5:50 p.m. EST (2250 UTC): SpaceX…