Starlink is the largest satellite constellation ever deployed — and it's continuously growing, as today's launch demonstrates. There are currently more than 6,850 active Starlink spacecraft, according to satellite tracker and astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell.

Blue Origin got its license, the payload is secure and now it has a target launch window to try and send up its New Glenn rocket for the first time. The company announced late Monday that it was aiming for and early Friday liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 36 during a three-hour window that opens at 1 a.