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Starlink Internet is a side project of SpaceX. Through this SpaceX CEO Elon Musk promises high-speed internet all over the world at affordable price. It will float in low Earth orbit that will allow faster internet speeds and much lower latency.
Federal Communications Commission approved 12,000 satellites and from 2020, Starlink has about 895 operational satellites.
The idea of Starlink was made commercially viable due to SpaceX’s successes in reusable rocket technology.
SpaceX would produce the first satellite prototypes in 2016 and get them flying.
The first Starlink satellites went up by the end of June 2019 and in October 2019, Elon Musk first tested Starlink’s internet capabilities publicly by using it to make a post on Twitter. According to Practical Ookla Speedtest, Starlink’s maximum download speed is 80 Mbps, which is already much faster than regular internet service providers and other satellite internet providers. Public beta testing for Starlink internet is expected to remain in testing till January 2021.
The current pricing of the Starlink beta program is $100 a month with the equipment cost being $500 which is high. Bringing costs down will take SpaceX several years as launching 12,000 satellites is a lot of work.
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