SpaceX set to launch 47 Starlink satellites

SpaceX plans to launch another big batch of its Starlink internet satellites early Thursday morning (June 22), and you can watch the action live, Report informs, citing space.com.

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 47 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Thursday at 3:19 a.m. EDT (0719 GMT; 12:19 a.m. local time).

To date, SpaceX has launched nearly 4,600 Starlink satellites, more than 4,200 of which are currently operational, according to astrophysicist and satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell.

And the broadband megaconstellation will continue to grow far into the future. SpaceX has permission to deploy 12,000 Starlink satellites, and the company has applied for approval to launch another 30,000 spacecraft on top of that.