SpaceX launches another Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral

June 04, 2026 at 7:41 am EDT

SpaceX launches another Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral The rocked lifted off at 6:26 a.m. Thursday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. (WFTV)

By Gene Saladna, WFTV.com

June 04, 2026 at 7:41 am EDT

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast early Thursday.

The rocked lifted off at 6:26 a.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Watch Falcon 9 launch 29 @Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida https://t.co/7iIDydKU5U
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 4, 2026

The mission, delayed from Wednesday, sent 29 new Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit, helping to expand the company’s global high-speed internet network.

Roughly eight minutes after the launch, SpaceX landed the rocket’s booster on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.

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