Live updates from SpaceX's Amazon mission Wednesday, July 16, that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

The July 16 mission expanded Amazon's newly established Project Kuiper internet constellation in low-Earth orbit from 54 satellites to 78.

Amazon's third set of operational Kuiper satellites lifted off at 2:30 am EST (06:30 UTC) on Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket arced downrange over the Atlantic Ocean, heading northeast to place its payload into the Kuiper constellation at an inclination of 51.9 degrees to the equator.