SpaceX Rolling Out Satellite Broadband Service

Irene Klotz December 14, 2020
Starlink internet satellites
SpaceX has launched more than 950 Starlink internet satellites into orbit as it builds toward an initial constellation of about 4,400.
Credit: SpaceX
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, which slowed launch activity, the U.S. Department of Commerce estimates about 1,200 satellites reached orbit in 2020, a 50% jump over the 2019 tally. But 70% of the newcomers belong to a single constellation: SpaceX’s Starlink. Public beta trials of SpaceX satellite...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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