SpaceX continued the growth of its broadband internet service with the launch of 24 more Starlink satellites from California on Thursday (Aug. 14).A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 1:05 a.m. EDT (0505 GMT or 10:05 p.

SpaceX plans to send up a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Tuesday morning. The rocket will deploy another 28 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. The mission will be used to expand the company’s global internet service.

United Launch Alliance completed its first US national security mission with the newly developed Vulcan rocket, a key test of the vehicle’s ability to put satellites into high orbits above the Earth.