A bitcoin investor who bought a SpaceX flight for himself and three polar explorers blasted off on Monday night on the first rocket ride to carry people

A crew of four international spacefarers on a private mission will soon seek to become the first humans to travel over Earth's poles.

April 1 (UPI) -- The SpaceX rocket and spacecraft technology company will attempt to launch 27 satellites into orbit Tuesday. SpaceX announced in a press release that it will launch one of its Falcon 9 reusable, two-stage rockets at 5:06 p.m. PDT from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, Calif.

SpaceX plans to launch 27 Starlink satellites from its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday afternoon, April 1 which can be seen above Southern California.

Who's up for a historic late-night launch? Weather permitting, SpaceX will launch a spacecraft carrying the first people to orbit the earth's poles Monday.

During the first quarter of the year, 27 orbital rockets took flight from Florida's Space Coast. That equates to a cadence of 108 launches by year's end — a record-breaking pace that would erase last year's record of 93 annual liftoffs.

Who's up for a historic late-night launch? Weather permitting, SpaceX will launch a spacecraft carrying the first people to orbit the Earth's poles Monday.

SpaceX will attempt to launch 28 Starlink satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Rocket Lab and startup Stoke Space were selected to compete for a Department of Defense contract through 2029 along with SpaceX and others.