Elon Musk's Starlink programme has successfully launched a further 60 satellites into orbit around Earth.

Axar.az reports that, SpaceX has permission from the FCC for a constellation of 12,000 such satellites and it is hoped they will beam internet down to all of Earth's inhabitants.

This launch takes the current total of Starlink satellites in orbit to 482 and the company says it will be able to offer a 'moderate' service when it reaches 800.

The project has received widespread criticism from astronomers for tainting the natural view of the night sky as the satellites are highly reflective.

As a result, SpaceX has included an experimental craft with an inbuilt sun visor in this batch.

It is hoped the system will reduce the amount of light that is reflected by the spacecraft and therefore reduce its visibility from Earth.