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  • SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral; next Florida launch planned Jan. 12
    January 9, 2026, 10:38 PM EST. SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Friday at 4:41 p.m., deploying 29 Starlink broadband satellites into low-Earth orbit (LEO). The mission, the second orbital launch of the year from Florida, keeps the state on pace for a busy winter. A 1,400-acre prescribed burn at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge generated a broad smoke plume during liftoff. The next flight is tentatively set for Monday, Jan. 12, another Starlink mission from Launch Complex 40. Coverage of Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center schedules remains available through local outlets. Reported by Rick Neale, FLORIDA TODAY.