SpaceX launches 21 more Starlinks in first flight of weekend triple header

In the first launch of a planned weekend triple header, a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink satellites, 13 with direct-to-cell capability, blasted off from Cape Canaveral early Saturday and successfully delivered its payload to orbit. 

It was the 187th launch of the company's Starlink internet relay satellites.

The satellites are designed to provide communications services across high-latitude regions not served by traditional geosynchronous satellites.