Starlink Group 11-14 lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California today at 4:13 p.m. EST (2113 GMT; 1:13 p.m. local California time), carrying 28 satellites to join the company's growing megaconstellation in low Earth orbit (LEO).

Blue Origin is targeting an afternoon launch window from 2:45 p.m. to 5:11 p.m., a Federal Aviation Administration operations plan advisory indicates. The massive 321-foot New Glenn will rumble into flight from Launch Complex 36 — a vantage point readily visible to spectators along the Cape Canaveral-Cocoa Beach oceanfront.

During a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch attempt from Cape Canaveral, something was spotted in the sky. Photo, video of a "fireball" lit up social media.

SpaceX is targeting a 10:21 p.m. EST liftoff tonight from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, sending 29 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket.

Starlink rival Starlink Viasat, working with United Launch Alliance (ULA), is making final preparations for the launch of an Atlas V rocket carrying the ViaSat-3 Flight 2 ultra-high-capacity broadband satellite. The Atlas V will lift off from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday, and you can watch the launch as it happens (more details below).

SpaceX is working toward a Saturday, Oct. 18, launch of its Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County. Rocket launches from Vandenberg can often be seen not just from near the launch site, but across California as the ...