A new SpaceX rocket launched a pristine batch of Starlink internet satellites into orbit late Wednesday (Feb. 26) in a dazzling nighttime liftoff.

SpaceX plans to launch 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell capabilities, from Cape Canaveral on Sunday night.

SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 rocket with 23 new Starlink satellites. The launch took place at 10:19 a.m. Friday from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with 23 Starlink satellites on Friday morning from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

SpaceX is targeting a late Wednesday night launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink internet satellites to low Earth orbit.

Who's up for a late-night rocket launch? Weather permitting, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket should be visible from Palm Beach County after liftoff Sunday.

And the springtime launch schedule looks loaded at NASA's Kennedy Space Center and neighboring Cape Canaveral Space Force Station: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10; United Launch Alliance's USSF-106 national security mission;