SpaceX say they'll be able to provide internet anywhere on Earth by September

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By Matthew Griffin Connected Society 14th July 2021

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF

SpaceX’s ambitious Starlink communications project is smashing all expectations and every record, and it shows no signs of slowing down.

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Starlink, the satellite internet unit of Elon Musk’s SpaceX which aims to connect the other 4 billion people on the planet who don’t have any internet connectivity with superfast internet, has just announced that they expect to be able to provide “continuous global coverage by around September” but will then need to seek regulatory approvals for the countries it wants to operate in – as it did with the US – said its president Gwynne Shotwel.

Starlink is one of a growing number of makers of small satellites that also includes Amazon’s Kuiper, Britain’s OneWeb, venture capital-backed Planet, and Raytheon’s Blue Canyon Technologies. But while most of these competitors are interested in selling connectivity in Starlink’s case Musk’s using the project to fund his much grander project – colonising Mars.

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