Early iterations of Starlink featured a shark-fin-like solar array.
Credit: SpaceX
In 2015, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk had a problem: His long-term plan to colonize Mars was short on cash. So Los Angeles-based Musk went north to Seattle to resurrect an old idea—internet service beamed down from low-Earth-orbit satellites. Stepping on stage that January, wearing a puffy black down jacket...
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