SpaceX has delayed its latest launch - but you can still see its Starlink satellites in the sky tonight.
Another 60 Starlink satellites were due to be launched into orbit this evening from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
When the Falcon 9 rocket does have llft-off, it will be the tenth Starlink batch to leave the planet.
It will bring the total number of SpaceX satellites in orbit to over 500, Mirror Online reports.
No new date has been announced by Elon Musk's company - but there will still be several opportunities to see the Starlink satellites from the UK this week.
According to Find Starlink, the satellites will be visible from the UK at:
- 3:43 am, 24 Jun 2020
- 3:45 am, 25 Jun 2020
- 2:14 am, 26 Jun 2020
- 3:45 am, 26 Jun 2020
Their visibility varies depending on how close they are to the Earth and light pollution.
NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre said: “SpaceX is scheduled to launch 60 Starlink satellites from a Falcon 9.
“This will be the 10th mission in support of the constellation of networked satellites known as Starlink."
During the launch, the Falcon 9 rocket will carry the Starlink satellites into orbit, before attempting to land at sea.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk hopes the satellites will bring low-cost internet to remote areas on Earth.
Starlink says: “With performance that far surpasses that of traditional satellite internet, and a global network unbounded by ground infrastructure limitations, Starlink will deliver high-speed broadband internet to locations where access has been unreliable, expensive, or completely unavailable.”
What do they look like?
Some of the satellites may appear like a slow-moving star going in a straight line.
The satellites won't "twinkle" like a star but they may appear and disappear depending on cloud cover and atmospheric conditions.
