SpaceX wants to beam internet across the southern U.S. by late 2020
5 years, 3 months ago

SpaceX wants to beam internet across the southern U.S. by late 2020

CNN  

New York CNN Business — SpaceX wants to become one of the world’s largest internet providers by deploying a constellation of thousands of satellites to beam broadband from space. SpaceX recently asked regulators for permission to rearrange its planned constellation, dubbed Starlink, in a way that would allow fewer satellites to cover more territory, according to documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission. Separately, a report published by Morgan Stanley on Tuesday estimates that Starlink could turn SpaceX into a $52 billion company, adding about $20 billion to its current valuation and potentially making it the most valuable private company in the US. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai last year applauded Starlink as an “innovative technology” that could help “reach Americans who live in rural or hard-to-serve places” that ground-based services don’t reach.

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Amazon reveals UK satellite internet plan
2 days, 16 hours ago

Amazon reveals UK satellite internet plan

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Amazon has revealed plans to provide high-speed broadband and mobile phone signal through …

SpaceX Falcon 9 sends 24 Starlink satellites into orbit, boosting worldwide internet reach
1 month ago

SpaceX Falcon 9 sends 24 Starlink satellites into orbit, boosting worldwide internet reach

Live Mint  

SpaceX achieved a significant milestone on Wednesday as its Falcon 9 rocket launched on its record-breaking 24th mission, carrying 24 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. This mission, designated Starlink-213 / Starlink 6-70, marks the continued expansion of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation, designed to provide high-speed internet access globally. Starlink's growing global reach The launch also represents a major step forward …

Elon Musk’s monopoly on space is alarming internet advocates and astronomers
4 months ago

Elon Musk’s monopoly on space is alarming internet advocates and astronomers

The Independent  

On Thursday morning, a reusable rocket on its 15th flight lifted off from Cape Canaveral on a mission that has become so routine that only local news outlets bothered to cover the event. Shortly after the Falcon 9 rocket touched back down, SpaceX boss Elon Musk posted to his social media platform X: “Starlink now constitutes roughly two-thirds of all …

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Ready To Bring Satellite Internet To Regular Phones In 2024: What It Means
1 year, 2 months ago

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Ready To Bring Satellite Internet To Regular Phones In 2024: What It Means

News 18  

SpaceX will have its satellite to phone internet service available to consumers by next year. SpaceX has been offering satellite internet service with plans already in place to offer 2 Mbps LTE internet speeds on mobile by 2025. The reason to delay the high-speed LTE service to 2025 is because SpaceX needs bigger satellites that will be launched with the …

Starlink can now be used on the move ‘almost everywhere on earth’
1 year, 7 months ago

Starlink can now be used on the move ‘almost everywhere on earth’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy SpaceX has launched a new service for its space-based Starlink internet service that …

This European Satellite Giant Is Coming for Starlink
1 year, 7 months ago

This European Satellite Giant Is Coming for Starlink

Wired  

Eva Berneke describes her first year at the helm of the world’s third-largest satellite company as a “whirlwind.” That’s an understatement. When she arrived at Eutelsat, the French company’s bread-and-butter business was beaming TV channels into homes using geostationary satellites—which move at the same speed as Earth and so stay in a fixed position. The entrance of two of the …

Elon Musk says SpaceX will ‘do the right thing’ for UK satellite competitor OneWeb
2 years, 9 months ago

Elon Musk says SpaceX will ‘do the right thing’ for UK satellite competitor OneWeb

The Independent  

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The Government Absolutely Should Not Subsidize Elon Musk’s Satellite-Internet Venture
3 years, 4 months ago

The Government Absolutely Should Not Subsidize Elon Musk’s Satellite-Internet Venture

Slate  

The huge infrastructure package that recently passed the Senate allocates billions of dollars for expanding affordable internet access nationwide, raising the question of who and where should get that money. The technology is promising, enough that one of these networks, SpaceX’s Starlink, won $885.5 million in federal funding in 2020 from the Federal Communications Commission’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. In …

SpaceX Starlink Has New Competition as Amazon May Launch Satellite Internet in India
3 years, 7 months ago

SpaceX Starlink Has New Competition as Amazon May Launch Satellite Internet in India

News 18  

Amazon is reported to begin steps for bringing high-speed satellite internet services to India soon, people familiar with the matter were quoted in an Economic Times report as saying. Amazon will soon approach the government to discuss the modalities, authorisations, permits, landing rights, and satellite bandwidth leasing costs, the ET report cited sources as saying. The sources told ET that …

Space X Starlink Will Be Using Google Cloud Services As Satellite Broadband Rollout Speeds Up
3 years, 7 months ago

Space X Starlink Will Be Using Google Cloud Services As Satellite Broadband Rollout Speeds Up

News 18  

Google has won a deal to provide cloud services to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which has launched a slew of Starlink satellites to provide high-speed internet, it said on Thursday. SpaceX will set up ground stations within Google’s data centers that connect to the Starlink satellites, enabling fast and secure internet services via Google Cloud, the search giant said. Last October, …

SpaceX's Internet to go global by 2022
3 years, 10 months ago

SpaceX's Internet to go global by 2022

The Hindu  

Tesla's chief Elon Musk revealed his plans to provide SpaceX's satellite-based Internet connection to most parts of the world by this year end, and everywhere by 2022. "Most of Earth by end of year, all by next year, then it’s about densifying coverage," Musk tweeted in response to a question on SpaceX's coverage. Musk acknowledged that satellite-based Internet connections are …

SpaceX to press ahead with Starlink tests, delays commercial service
4 years, 1 month ago

SpaceX to press ahead with Starlink tests, delays commercial service

The Hindu  

SpaceX will continue beta testing its satellite-based broadband service Starlink into next year, the company said late Tuesday, indicating commercial service would not likely be offered in 2020 as previously planned. Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX, Elon Musk's private space exploration company, has launched nearly 900 Starlink satellites to orbit since 2019 with the goal of offering high-speed Internet to rural locations …

SpaceX Starlink satellites used to help Washington towns affected by wildfires
4 years, 3 months ago

SpaceX Starlink satellites used to help Washington towns affected by wildfires

CNN  

CNN — SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are being used by emergency responders in Washington to help fight fires while bringing internet access to residents in areas devastated by wildfires. The company loaned seven terminals to access its satellites to the Washington Emergency Management Division, public information officer Steven Friederich told CNN. WEMD reached out to SpaceX and was already in discussions …

Amazon takes on SpaceX to build satellite broadband service
4 years, 5 months ago

Amazon takes on SpaceX to build satellite broadband service

The Hindu  

Amazon said it has received approval to build low earth orbit satellites to provide high-speed and low latency broadband service to under-served regions. The US Federal Communication Commission approved Amazon’s Project Kuiper in a 5-0 vote, allowing the technology company to deploy and operate a constellation of 3,236 inter-connected satellites to provide internet. The technology company said it will provide …

SpaceX launches 60 more satellites for its Starlink broadband internet constellation
4 years, 11 months ago

SpaceX launches 60 more satellites for its Starlink broadband internet constellation

CNN  

New York CNN Business — SpaceX launched its fourth batch of internet-beaming satellites Wednesday as the company makes an unprecedented push to build a broadband internet business by deploying hundreds of satellites in one year. About 60 small satellites were fired into orbit atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. As many as …

SpaceX launches 60 more internet satellites
5 years, 1 month ago

SpaceX launches 60 more internet satellites

CNN  

New York CNN Business — SpaceX sent another 60 satellites into orbit on Monday, one of many such launches the company hopes to conduct over the next year as it works to build a massive broadband-from-space business. SpaceX’s internet constellation, called Starlink, will require hundreds of satellites working in tandem to provide seamless internet connections on the ground. The 60 …

SpaceX says most of its internet satellites are fully functional
5 years, 6 months ago

SpaceX says most of its internet satellites are fully functional

CNN  

New York CNN Business — The majority of SpaceX’s first 60 internet-beaming satellites have now reached their final destinations in Earth’s orbit. The company said Friday that it will test “latency and capacity by streaming videos and playing some high bandwidth video games.” SpaceX hopes its satellite internet project, called Starlink, will one day grow to include thousands of satellites …

SpaceX satellites pose new headache for astronomers
5 years, 7 months ago

SpaceX satellites pose new headache for astronomers

The Hindu  

It looked like a scene from a sci-fi blockbuster: an astronomer in the Netherlands captured footage of a train of brightly-lit SpaceX satellites ascending through the night sky this weekend, stunning space enthusiasts across the globe. Not starstruck “People were making extrapolations that if many of the satellites in these new mega-constellations had that kind of steady brightness, then in …

SpaceX launches first 60 satellites of its internet network
5 years, 7 months ago

SpaceX launches first 60 satellites of its internet network

Live Mint  

SpaceX on Thursday launched a rocket carrying the first 60 satellites of its "Starlink" constellation, which is intended to provide internet from space and could one day number 12,000 satellites. Billionaire Elon Musk's firm, which is leading the private space race when it comes to rocket launches, is now looking to seize a chunk of the future space internet market. …

Beaming cheap internet from space has bankrupted other companies. Here’s how SpaceX plans to survive
5 years, 7 months ago

Beaming cheap internet from space has bankrupted other companies. Here’s how SpaceX plans to survive

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Elon Musk has tepid optimism that his rocket company SpaceX will be the company that delivers cheap satellite-based internet to the masses — finally turning a longtime industry fantasy into reality. Here’s what is known: Musk said last week that SpaceX has “sufficient” funds to get Starlink off the ground -— “but of course if …

Space race to bring satellite internet to the world may be five to ten years away
5 years, 8 months ago

Space race to bring satellite internet to the world may be five to ten years away

Firstpost  

Internet beamed from space is a priority for isolated zones more than cities & still at least 5-10 years away. Anxiety has set in across the space industry ever since the world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos, revealed Project Kuiper : a plan to put 3,236 satellites in orbit to provide high-speed internet across the globe. “These guys coming in, I …

Amazon plans to launch 3,236 satellites to provide broadband access around the world
5 years, 9 months ago

Amazon plans to launch 3,236 satellites to provide broadband access around the world

India Today  

Amazon is joining the space-race to provide internet accross the globe. The Seattle-headquartered tech company is planning to launch a network of 3,236 satellites in the lower Earth orbit in an ambitious attempt to provide broadband access to people around the globe. According to a GeekWire report, last month, Kuiper Systems LLC made three sets of filings with the International …

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