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Elon Musk Considers Building Smaller, Cheaper Internet Satellites

posted by azrael on Sunday November 09 2014, @11:06AM   Printer-friendly
from the interplanetary-internet-soon dept.

AnonTechie writes:

Elon Musk is talking with satellite industry executives about creating smaller, less-expensive satellites "that can deliver Internet access across the globe", according to a Wall Street Journal article today.

Citing anonymous sources, the Wall Street Journal reported that Musk is working with Greg Wyler, a former Google executive who founded a new company called WorldVu Satellite.

"In talks with industry executives, Messrs. Musk and Wyler have discussed launching around 700 satellites, each weighing less than 250 pounds, the people familiar with the matter said," the Journal wrote. "That is about half the size of the smallest communications satellites now in commercial use. The constellation would be 10 times the size of the largest current fleet, managed by Iridium Communications Inc."

 
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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 09 2014, @11:30AM

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