SpaceX's next rocket launch from Vandenberg in Southern California will be to deploy small satellites as part of a rideshare mission.

SpaceX had targeted 4:59 p.m. Thursday to send up the Falcon 9, but the company's Starlink 6-96 mission timeline is now listed as "to be determined."

🚨Mission Update: Rollout for Artemis II is less than two weeks away.This milestone begins final, system-wide testing as NASA prepares to send astronauts around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years, with a launch window opening as soon as February 6. pic.twitter.com/gKRqUXIfMg January 2, 2026

For the second time in 2026, a SpaceX rocket is due to blast off from Southern California. Here's where (and what time) you may spot Falcon 9 liftoff

What was meant to be SpaceX's final mission of 2025 from California will now be the first of 2026. Here's when and where to see the delayed launch.

Live updates from the Starlink 6-88 mission, which launched 1:48 a.m. Jan. 4 from Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

What was meant to be SpaceX's final mission of 2025 from California will now be the first of 2026. Will the delayed launch be visible in Arizona?

NASA could be sending a crew on the Orion spacecraft out past the moon in less than a month if everything falls into place. But first the agency has to get its rocket to the launch pad.