SpaceX launches first Starlink satellites

By Joey Roulette
Updated May 24 2019 - 1:48pm, first published 1:46pm
SpaceX has launched its first rockets from Florida for the new Starlink internet service.
SpaceX has launched its first rockets from Florida for the new Starlink internet service.

High-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX company has launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida on a mission to carry the first batch of five dozen small satellites into low-Earth orbit for the new Starlink internet service.