SpaceX lines up back-to-back Starlink launches from Florida as orbit crowding comes into focus
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Jan 7, 2026, 21:04 EST SpaceX is set to launch another 29 Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral on Saturday, with liftoff listed for 1:34 p.m. local time. Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex The mission lands as SpaceX tries to keep expanding Starlink while addressing growing concerns about traffic in low Earth orbit — the band of space a few hundred miles above Earth where most broadband constellations operate. “Lowering the satellites results in condensing Starlink orbits, and will increase space safety in several ways,” Michael Nicolls, SpaceX’s vice president of Starlink engineering, wrote, citing lower debris