Project Kuiper's constellation aims to total more than 3,600 satellites by 2028. SpaceX's Starlink, which has already 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.

Live updates from the May 14 lunchtime SpaceX Starlink 6-67 mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 26 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on California's central coast Monday at 9:15 p.m. EDT (6:15 p.m. local California time; 0115 GMT on May 13).