Riding atop a fuel cell filled with a million pounds of liquid kerosene, SpaceX launched 21 Starlink communications satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 6:45 p.

Update by the edhat staff The SpaceX launch was successful at 6:45 p.m. Thursday. The Falcon 9 rocket launched 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

The four-person Polaris Dawn mission launched aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule early Tuesday morning (Sept. 10). Later that day, the astronauts got farther from Earth — 870 miles (1,400.7 kilometers) — than any crewed mission since the Apollo era.

SpaceX has scrubbed their Wednesday afternoon launch attempt of a Starlink mission. Now, 21 satellites are expected to head to low-Earth orbit tomorrow morning.

A Starlink mission is set for launch out of Vandenberg Space Force Base on Thursday. On Sept. 12, SpaceX is planning on launching 21 Starlink satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. Officials say 13 of the satellites will have ‘direct to cell’ capabilities.

It was SpaceX 's second launch of the day; another Falcon 9 delivered 21 of the company's Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast this morning.

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink satellites blasted off Thursday evening from Vandenberg Space Force Base, becoming the 30th of the year from the

SpaceX successfully launched another batch of Starlink satellites into space from Florida on Thursday morning, after postponing the initial launch on Wednesday due to “unfavorable booster recovery conditions in the Atlantic.

The airline has used other providers to offer Wi-Fi on board, typically for an extra charge to passengers. Currently, Starlink’s high-speed Wi-Fi is only available on JSX or Hawaiian airlines in the U.S. Some international airlines have also announced plans to use Starlink.