Elon Musk May Now Launch 30,000 Satellites In Earth Orbit, For 100% Internet Coverage For All
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Oct 19, 2019 - Saturday
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is always looking for the next best thing. So when he decided to set up a globe-spanning Internet satellite network in 2018, no one batted an eye. And now, that constellation may turn out to be bigger than any of us ever imagined.
Starlink is Musk's idea to
broadcast high speed Internet down to the world from a satellite network in low-Earth orbit. The company, after obtaining permissions, first began deploying the first 60 satellites in May.
The plan was to launch an additional 1,584 satellites by 2024 and 2,200 more by 2027. Starlink had a main goal to eventually create a constellation of 12,000 satellites between 328 to 580 kilometers up.
However, according to recent filings with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), SpaceX is now aiming to send at least 30,000 Starlink satellites into orbit in the coming years.