An earlier launch of the Starlink satellites had to be scrubbed due to poor weather at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. SpaceX hope it can go ahead this evening - their third attempt at the ninth launch of Starlink satellites. Astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley were launched into space on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on May 30. While astronauts are regularly launched from Earth to the International Space Station, these launches don’t usually take place in the US. What are the Starlink satellites?

Source: Daily Mirror July 11, 2020 11:16 UTC