When there’s a nighttime Florida rocket launch, there’s a photo opp perfect for Instagram or social: Falcon 9 lights up the sky and the contrail after

SpaceX sent 27 of its Starlink internet satellites toward low Earth orbit from California this evening (April 3).

With patches of blue sky peeking through a mostly overcast sky, SpaceX launched 27 Starlink Internet satellites into low-Earth orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Amazon will begin deploying its satellite broadband constellation, Project Kuiper, this month in what is expected to become the first serious challenge to the dominance of Elon Musk’s Starlink. As soon as April 9,

Amazon on Wednesday said it plans to launch this month the first 27 satellites for its Project Kuiper internet network, a long-awaited moment for a budding constellation that will pose the biggest challenge yet to Elon Musk's massive Starlink system.

In October 2023, it sent two prototype satellites into orbit in order to test their systems. It had aimed to get its first operational satellites into space last year, but the launch was delayed as its launch partner ULA was forced to prioritize two U.