Amazon's third set of operational Kuiper satellites lifted off at 2:30 am EST (06:30 UTC) on Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket arced downrange over the Atlantic Ocean, heading northeast to place its payload into the Kuiper constellation at an inclination of 51.9 degrees to the equator.

An early Sunday morning SpaceX launch marked the 60th orbital mission from the Space Coast from all companies for the year, but also the 500th successful mission for the workhorse Falcon 9 rocket.

Live updates from SpaceX's Amazon mission Wednesday, July 16, that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

See a SpaceX Falcon 9 fairing separate and expose a batch of Starlink satellites to the vacuum of space. Cameras aboard both halves of the fairing captured the footage. Credit: Space.com | footage cou