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The first 60 satellites of the global Internet

14.05.2019

The head of SpaceX Elon Musk has unveiled the first batch of satellites that will provide Internet access for all the inhabitants of the planet.

The satellite internet project that SpaceX is building is called Starlink. The first developments began in 2015, and on February 22, 2018, the company launched test prototypes into space. Now that SpaceX engineers have taken into account all the flaws and fixed the problems, the first batch of Starlink is ready to launch.

Sixty satellites will be launched on the night of May 15-16 on a Falcon 9 rocket. In total, Elon Musk plans to launch 12 of these miniature repeaters into orbit, which will provide uninterrupted access to the Network for the entire population of the Earth.

Musk and Space X did not say if there would be a charge for the service, and if so, how much. Although Elon Musk has previously stated that the goal is to keep prices low and beat competitors like OneWeb or Jeff Bezos' Kuiper project.

If the project is successful, people around the world will have internet that is about 40 times faster than the average ISPs offer today.

The plan for further launches will be discussed. Elon Musk plans to cover the entire globe with satellite Internet by the end of 2020. The head of SpaceX intends to carry out the second and subsequent launches of Starlink satellites using the Starship spacecraft, the second stage of the Big Falcon Rocket rocket.

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