CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – After successfully sending two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station last week, commercial space company SpaceX is back on the launch pad Wednesday -- this time launching dozens of satellites to build its Starlink network of internet-beaming spacecraft.
SpaceX is targeting 9:25 p.m. for liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Inside the rocket’s nose cone, or fairings, are 60 Starlink satellites. SpaceX plans to create a space-based internet with thousands of spacecraft providing connectivity to remote locations around the world. [MORE COVERAGE: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk officially launched humans to space -- here’s what he’s planning next] The launch