May 13, 2022 at 7:35 PM PDT HAWTHORNE — Hawthorne-based SpaceX launched another batch of satellites into low orbit Friday as part of its expanding Starlink broadband internet array. The Falcon 9 rocket carrying the satellites into orbit launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base along the central coast shortly after 3 p.m. The rocket was carrying 53 more Starlink satellites, adding to an array that already includes thousands of satellites in a low orbit around the planet. Starlink is envisioned as a worldwide satellite-based broadband service, providing internet links in areas that previously had connectivity issues. A SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:07 p.m. Friday,My 13, 2022. The rocket carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites. The booster landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer) A SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:07 p.m. Friday,My 13, 2022. The rocket carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites. The booster landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer) A SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:07 p.m. Friday,My 13, 2022. The rocket carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites. The booster landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer) A SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:07 p.m. Friday,My 13, 2022. The rocket carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites. The booster landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer) A SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:07 p.m. Friday,My 13, 2022. The rocket carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites. The booster landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer) A SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:07 p.m. Friday,My 13, 2022. The rocket carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites. The booster landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer) A SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:07 p.m. Friday,My 13, 2022. The rocket carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites. The booster landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer) A SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:07 p.m. Friday,My 13, 2022. The rocket carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites. The booster landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer) A SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:07 p.m. Friday,My 13, 2022. The rocket carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites. The booster landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer) A SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:07 p.m. Friday,My 13, 2022. The rocket carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites. The booster landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer) A SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:07 p.m. Friday,My 13, 2022. The rocket carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites. The booster landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer) This video image provided by SpaceX shows a SpaceX Falcon 9 mission to launch 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E), takes off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., on Friday, May 13, 2022. (SpaceX via AP) This video image provided by SpaceX, a SpaceX Falcon 9 mission to launch 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E), takes off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., on Friday, May 13, 2022. (SpaceX via AP) This video image provided by SpaceX, a SpaceX Falcon 9 mission to launch 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E), takes off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., on Friday, May 13, 2022. (SpaceX via AP) This video image provided by SpaceX shows a SpaceX Falcon 9 mission to launch 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E), takes off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., on Friday, May 13, 2022. (SpaceX via AP) Show Caption