SpaceX launches 24 Starlink internet satellites into space

LOS ANGELES -- US private space company SpaceX launched 24 Starlink satellites into orbit on Thursday.

According to SpaceX, the satellites were launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 11:07 am Eastern Time.

SpaceX later confirmed the deployment of the 24 satellites.

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