The Falcon 9 illuminated darkened Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 12 a.m. EDT, then ascended to the southeast and deployed 27 Starlink satellites.

A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 27 of the company's Starlink internet satellites lifted off at midnight (0400 GMT) on Monday (April 14) from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

On the night of Saturday, April 5, a Falcon 9 rocket lit up the skies over the Space Coast. Its payload was the next batch of Starlink satellites.