SpaceX launches 23 Starlink internet satellites into space

U.S. private space company SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites into orbit on Monday, reported Xinhua.

According to SpaceX, the satellites were launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 5:02 a.m. Eastern Time.

SpaceX later confirmed the deployment of the 23 satellites.

This was the 13th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission.

Starlink will deliver high-speed broadband internet to locations where access has been unreliable, expensive, or completely unavailable, according to SpaceX.