SpaceX added yet more satellites to its ever-growing Starlink internet megaconstellation on Monday night (Nov. 27). A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Monday at 11:20 p.m. EST (0420 GMT on Nov. 28).

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX announced it is set to launch its Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday night as part of its latest Starlink mission. According to the company, the mission will send 23 Starlink satellites into orbit from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

South Korea has launched its first military spy satellite, a little over a week after rival North Korea claimed to put its own spy satellite into orbit for the first time

SpaceX plans to launch 23 more Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Florida tonight (Nov. 21), continuing a busy stretch for the company. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station during a nearly four-hour window that opens at 11:01 p.m. EDT (0401 GMT on Nov. 22).

South Korea confirmed Saturday its first military spy satellite had reached orbit after a successful SpaceX rocket launch and that communication was established with ground control.

North Korea said on Saturday it would consider any interference with its satellite operations a declaration of war and would mobilise its war deterrence if any attack against its strategic assets were imminent.

The United States on Thursday targeted North Korea with fresh sanctions after its launch of a spy satellite last week, designating foreign-based agents it accused of facilitating sanctions evasion to gather revenue and technology for its weapons of mass destruction program.