SpaceX launches 23 Starlink internet satellites into space

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. private space company SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites into orbit on Friday.

According to SpaceX, the satellites were launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 10:19 a.m. Eastern Time.

It was the Falcon 9 rocket's 450th mission.

SpaceX later confirmed the deployment of the 23 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Call capabilities.

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