SpaceX Starlink 345 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 14 January 2026
Jan 14, 2026
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 29 Starlink satellites (Starlink-345 / Starlink 6-98) to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 14 January 2026, at 18:08 UTC (13:08 EST). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1085) previously supported 12 missions: Crew-9, RRT-1, Blue Ghost M1, Fram2, SXM-10, MTG-S1 and 6 Starlink missions.