The company will in the first instance, about 800 satellites in orbit around the earth, for better and faster internet in the United States, reports Reuters Thursday on the basis of the application to telecomwaakhond FCC.
In the longer term, SpaceX, the number of satellites even extend to 4.425, around the world internetdekking to take care of. Currently, there are more than 1,400 operating satellites in the air, so the plans of SpaceX would provide for a duplication of that number.
Fiber
SpaceX – and-Tesla-ceo Elon Musk made the plans for a satellite network already in 2015 from the cloths. He thinks that the technology is the rivalry with fast glasvezelinternet.
For simple connections, Musk the satellites lower in the air than usual: at a distance of about 1,200 kilometres from the earth.
According to Musk, the network is an important first step to internet access to expand to other planets. The long-term goal of SpaceX is to get people to Mars. “It will be important for Mars to have a global communications network to have,” said Musk earlier.
Costs
According to the entrepreneur, the structure of the satellietennetwerk about 10 billion dollars. It is unclear when SpaceX thinks it can start with the necessary launches. Allegedly were the satellietplannen of Musk an important reason for Google to invest in SpaceX.
The space launches all regular satellites of other companies. The rockets of SpaceX remain for the time being, however, on the ground, because there is still research being done on a failed launch, which in september caused a large explosion at Cape Canaveral.
currently, There are already a few companies that satellite internet offering, but that is very expensive and not an attractive service for consumers.
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