SpaceX Launches 29 New Starlink Satellites as Reused Falcon 9 Booster Ties Flight Record
SpaceX successfully launched 29 Starlink satellites on January 12, 2026, aboard a reused Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. The mission marked SpaceX’s fifth launch of the year and demonstrated booster reuse, with the first stage landing on the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas. After a long coast phase, the upper stage deployed the satellites into low Earth orbit, further expanding SpaceX’s rapidly growing global broadband internet constellation.
