Tesla co-founder's space company plans to launch 12,000 low-orbit internet satellitesThe Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has approved an Elon Musk-owned company's application to provide low Earth orbit satellite internet to rural Canadians...
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and up to 60 of them can fit into one of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets. Once put in orbit, a single large solar array comes out to power the satellite. The central portion includes four powerful antennas for internet transmissions. Each satellite relies on a set of...
In a move as rogue-ishly provocative as his moonshot, Elon Musk is inserting himself into the drama of international conflict by bolstering Ukraine's internet connection to the outside world. Last Wednesday, his trucks delivered a second shipment of satellite-based Starlink internet terminals to ...
Elon Musk traveled to Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Sunday to launch Starlink satellite internet service in the world's largest archipelago nation.
Mashable's Jennimai Nguyen answers the most pressing questions about SpaceX's internet system, how it all really works, and how to sign up.
Elon Musk hasconfirmedan exciting update fromSpaceX. In just three days, on January 27, the company will begin beta testing its Starlink Direct-to-Cell feature. This new technologywill allow smartphones to connectdirectly to satellites for internet and cellular service. ...
SpaceX is busy expanding its Starlink service to all parts of the globe. Musk haspromisedto seek exemptions to sanctions that keep it from delivering internet to places like Iran. Meanwhile, SpaceX hsapartnered with T-Mobile to put an end to mobile dead zones. Using its existing midband spe...
SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell has said that Starlink satellite internet service in the U.S. would probably begin sometime this year. Musk’s tweet seems to pin that start date down a bit more. The company hasasked for permissionto launch a total of up to 42,000 satellites into orbit ...
Musk, the owner of the social media platform X formerly known as Twitter, as well as the Tesla electric car company and Starlink satellite network, made the comments to the All-In Summit in Los Angeles uploaded to YouTube this week. "Their (Beijing's) policy has been to reunite Taiwan ...