Just four days into the New Year, SpaceX has launched its first Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast in 2026.The rocket carried 29 Starlink V-2 mini satellites into low Earth orbit.Liftoff was delayed due to clouds and rainy weather at first, but the rocket eventually took off around 1:48 a.m. from SLC-40 in Cape Canaveral.The first-stage booster landed successfully on the drone ship, ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’, in the Atlantic Ocean. Watch the launch below
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. —
Just four days into the New Year, SpaceX has launched its first Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast in 2026.
The rocket carried 29 Starlink V-2 mini satellites into low Earth orbit.
Liftoff was delayed due to clouds and rainy weather at first, but the rocket eventually took off around 1:48 a.m. from SLC-40 in Cape Canaveral.
The first-stage booster landed successfully on the drone ship, ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’, in the Atlantic Ocean.
Watch the launch below
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