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posted by on Friday May 05 2017, @05:37PM   Printer-friendly
from the wireless-everything dept.

SpaceX today said its planned constellation of 4,425 broadband satellites will launch from the Falcon 9 rocket beginning in 2019 and continue launching in phases until reaching full capacity in 2024.

SpaceX gave the Senate Commerce Committee an update on its satellite plans during a broadband infrastructure hearing this morning via testimony by VP of satellite government affairs Patricia Cooper. Satellite Internet access traditionally suffers from high latency, relatively slow speeds, and strict data caps. But as we reported in November, SpaceX says it intends to solve these problems with custom-designed satellites launched into low-Earth orbits.

SpaceX mentioned 2019 as a possible launch date in an application filed with the Federal Communications Commission in November and offered a more specific launch timeline today.

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  • (Score: 2) by stormreaver on Friday May 05 2017, @07:13PM (1 child)

    by stormreaver (5101) on Friday May 05 2017, @07:13PM (#505090)

    Since Google Fiber is fizzling out, perhaps this will be our savior from our current crop of ISP's. Any company that allows me to tell the incumbent ISP's to piss off is going to be my hero.

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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by fustakrakich on Friday May 05 2017, @07:21PM

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Friday May 05 2017, @07:21PM (#505097) Journal

    Yeah, well, unless these things are just passive repeaters, the "ISP" that operates them isn't likely to be any better. And the government will still want their kill-switch.

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