Q&A with Marc Eisenberg, Orbcomm’s chief executive

A hefty communications satellite built by Boeing and launched by SpaceX Monday night from Cape Canaveral is on the way to a lofty perch more than 22,000 miles over the Pacific Ocean, where a startup named Kacific will use it to link remote populations seeking connectivity for health clinics, schools and other basic services.

SpaceX test-fired a Falcon 9 rocket Friday in preparation for launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying 60 more Starlink satellites into orbit.

Boeing Satellite Systems, Airbus Defense and Space and Orbital ATK have won orders from Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES for three new communications spacecraft for launch in 2017.