SpaceX launches 54 mini-satellites into space

US company SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 rocket with another batch of mini-satellites for the Starlink global network orbital constellation.

The rocket carrying the satellites was launched from the Cape Canaveral Cosmodrome in Florida at 04:34 local time. The rocket launched 54 mini-satellites into space.

The flight was the first since SpaceX won a licence to launch satellites into new orbits and increase network capacity.