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Watch SpaceX launch the first 60 satellites of its massive Starlink internet constellation

Update May 15th, 10:50PM ET: SpaceX delayed Wednesday’s launch just before takeoff due to high winds above the launch site. The company will try again Thursday, May 16th.

Original Story: Tonight, SpaceX will attempt to jumpstart its ambitious internet-from-space initiative known as Starlink, by launching the first 60 production satellites of nearly 12,000 planned spacecraft into a low orbit above Earth. These inaugural probes do not have all of the capabilities that the finalized satellites are supposed to have, but their launch will get the ball rolling on Starlink — and should help SpaceX learn what it takes to operate a large crop of vehicles in space.

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