Why Elon Musk's satellite internet venture, Starlink, is a big deal

Starlink picked up the pace in 2021 after years of development within SpaceX and securing nearly $885.5 million in grant funds from the Federal Communications Commission at the end of 2020. After three years of successful launches, the project surpassed 1,000 satellites delivered into orbit in January. By June, SpaceX claimed the figure had risen to around 1,800. Musk’s company revealed in February that Starlink was serving over 10,000 customers. Musk claims that Starlink has shipped more than 100,000 satellite internet terminals to customers in 14 countries after expanding preorders to even more potential customers and exploring the possibility of providing in-flight Wi-Fi for passenger aircraft