A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Starlink 12-17 mission Saturday night (April 12) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center ( KSC ). The Falcon 9 lifted off from KSC's historic Launch Complex-39A at 8:53 a.m. EDT (0053, April 13 GMT), carrying a stack of 21 Starlink satellites toward low Earth orbit ( LEO ).

Starlink is a satellite internet project developed by billionaire Elon Musk's aerospace company SpaceX. Its goal is to provide high-speed internet access to users around the world. View on euronews

SpaceX successfully launched 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 equipped with Direct to Cell capabilities, into low-Earth orbit. The launch took place from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, utilizing Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A).