SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

SpaceX followed up its predawn launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station with the flight of another Falcon 9 rocket, this time carrying the company’s Starlink internet satellites on board. The mission, dubbed Starlink 10-16, had 27 of the Version 2 Mini Optimized satellites on board that add to a growing constellation of nearly 8,000 satellites in low Earth orbit. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 3:54 p.m. EDT (1954 UTC).

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jun 26)