SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites

A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket, with a payload of 60 satellites for SpaceX's Starlink broadband network, lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, May 23, 2019. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Credit: John Raoux

Credit: John Raoux

A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket, with a payload of 60 satellites for SpaceX's Starlink broadband network, lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, May 23, 2019. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 60 satellites as part of their Starlink mission on Thursday.

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Officials with SpaceX said they have created the satellite constellation system Starlink, with the goal to provide broadband internet service worldwide.

The launch comes after SpaceX postponed the mission twice, citing upper-level winds in one and the need to update satellite software in another.

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