LOS ANGELES, May 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. private space company SpaceX launched 28 Starlink satellites into orbit on Wednesday.

According to SpaceX, the satellites were launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 12:38 p.m. Eastern Time.

SpaceX later confirmed the deployment of the 28 Starlink satellites.

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