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Watch: SpaceX Launches 60 Starlink Satellites Into Orbit

In this Dec. 6, 2020, file photo, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39-A at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., carrying the CRS-21 Cargo Dragon 2 capsule. Headed to the International Space Station, it is the first flight of the Dragon 2 spacecraft in the second phase of NASA's Commercial Resupply Service.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Wednesday morning from Cape Canaveral in Florida with another load of Starlink Internet satellites.

The rocket will carry 60 satellites into orbit.

The launch is part of an effort to build an interconnected internet network with thousands of satellites, known in the space industry as a constellation. The satellites are designed to deliver high-speed internet to consumers anywhere on the planet.

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