Update for 1 p.m. ET on June 16: The planned June 16 launch of the Kuiper-2 mission was scrubbed due to an issue with its United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket — specifically, "an engineering observation of an elevated purge temperature within the booster engine," ULA wrote via X on June 16. No new target launch date has been announced.

The United Launch Alliance liftoff planned for Monday with dozens of new satellites to join Amazon's "Project Kuiper" mission was delayed due to engineering issues.

SpaceX celebrated the 500th launch of a Falcon rocket last week with the Starlink 12-19 mission, which was also the company’s 70th launch of the year and its first for June. SpaceX achieved a total of 17 launches in May, with 16 Falcon 9 launches and the ninth test flight of Starship.

The spaceflight company released footage on Saturday showing the rocket’s upper stage -- called the Starship -- being moved toward the launchpad at SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas. SpaceX is gearing up for the ninth test flight of its Starship megarocket.

Project Kuiper aims to provide global broadband internet coverage through a network of low Earth orbit satellites.

Elon Musk’s Starlink secures licence to operate in India, becoming the third satcom provider. Its LEO satellites aim to bridge the digital divide, sparking competition with local telecoms like Jio and Airtel.