The Starlink company intends to provide the entire Earth with satellite Internet by the fall. This is reported by Reuters .
The plans of Starlink were announced by the president of SpaceX Gwynne Shotwel (Gwynne Shotwel). "We have successfully deployed about 1,800 satellites, and once all these satellites reach their working orbit, we will have continuous global coverage," Shotwell noted. According to her, the company intends to achieve large-scale coverage of the entire planet by September.
The company's top manager, Ilona Musk, said that then the corporation will deal with the issues of obtaining permission to provide telecommunications services in various countries. According to Shotwell, in total, Starlink intends to launch 12 thousand satellites into space. The cost of the project is estimated at $ 10 billion.
Currently, Starlink provides communication services in a test format for subscribers from 11 countries. The debut group of satellites of Musk's global network project was launched in May 2019.
Earlier, Starlink promised to provide fast Internet access to airplane passengers. "We have an aviation product that is under development. To date, we have already conducted several demonstrations, " said Jonathan Hofeller, the company's vice president of commercial sales.
Andrey Stavitsky
