SpaceX currently operates close to 6,500 Starlink satellites in orbit and has plans to loft thousands more. The satellites have been used to provide vital communications to hard-hit areas following natural disasters such as Hurricane Helene or in the wake of conflicts such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

It's another launch day! NASA and SpaceX are teaming up on a mission tonight to send a Dragon spacecraft filled with nearly 6,000 pounds of supplies up to the International Space Station. The 230-foot Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off at 9:29 p.m ...