Drones

January 9, 2026, 10:36 PM EST. SpaceX lifted a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Friday at 4:41 p.m. local, delivering the Starlink 6-96 mission into low-Earth orbit. The launch deployed 29 Starlink broadband satellites, marking the second orbital flight from Florida this year. A second Florida launch is tentatively slated for Monday, Jan. 12, another Starlink mission from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral. The Florida schedule underscores ongoing demand for satellite broadband and commercial launches. For updates on SpaceX activity from Cape Canaveral and NASA's Kennedy Space Center, visit floridatoday.com/space.