Project Kuiper’s constellation aims tot total more than 3,600 satellites by 2028. SpaceX’s Starlink, which already has had more than 8,500 satellites launched since 2019, has nearly 6,700 that remain operational in orbit, according to statistics maintained by astronomer Jonathan McDowell.

SpaceX early Tuesday launched another batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit from Florida's east coast.

Live updates from Sunday's early morning SpaceX Starlink 6-84 mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.