A Falcon 9 rocket launched 21 of the company's Starlink broadband satellites to orbit early this morning (Feb. 15), rising off a pad at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 1:14 a.m. EST (0614 GMT).

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX launched 21 Starlink satellites into space aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday. Liftoff for the launch happened at 1:53 p.m. Feb. 11 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

SpaceX will launch a new round of Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station into lower Earth orbit on Saturday afternoon after its plans to fly on Friday were scrubbed.

This is the spectacular moment a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket illuminated the sky in southern California. The first-stage booster, launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, completed its 23rd flight on1.