SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral overnight, delivering a payload of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit.
The company is just shy of its goal of 1,440 Starlink satellites in the constellation, with some 1,300 currently in orbit.
Watch the mission coverage step by step:
The mission finalises SpaceX's 10th take-off of 2021.
[Related: SpaceX making final preparations for Crew-2 mission to the ISS]
Liam Garman
Liam began his career as a speechwriter at New South Wales Parliament before working for world-leading campaigns and research agencies in Sydney and Auckland. Throughout his career, Liam has managed and executed a range of international media and communications campaigns spanning politics, business, industrial relations and infrastructure. He’s since shifted his attention to researching and writing extensively on geopolitics and defence, specifically in North Africa, the Middle East and Asia. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney and is undertaking a Masters in Strategy and Security from UNSW Canberra.
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