Low Orbit Satellite Wifi

By stephanie mlot june 15 2020.

Low orbit satellite wifi.

Spacex the private spaceflight company known for reusable rockets and a giant shiny starship will begin offering its own satellite internet service in 2020 according to spacenews in fact the. The constellation will consist of thousands of mass produced small satellites in low earth orbit leo working in combination with ground transceivers spacex also plans to sell some of the satellites for military scientific or exploratory purposes. Enabled by a constellation of low earth orbit satellites starlink will provide fast reliable internet to populations with little or no connectivity including those in rural communities and places where existing services are too expensive or unreliable. Because of that relatively short distance spacex claims the latency should be between 25ms and 35ms.

Starlink is a satellite internet constellation being constructed by spacex providing satellite internet access. Spacex has announced that its looking for beta testers for its starlink satellite constellation. Instead of using geostationary satellites these services will rely on a constellation of low earth orbit satellites. Project kuiper is a new initiative to launch a constellation of low earth orbit satellites that will provide low latency high speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities.

But to put enough satellites in orbit to cover the world requires a huge investment in infrastructure in space. Like satellite tv this has always been wireless by nature. Apparently a secret team. The startup has launched 500 satellites into earth s orbit this year with the aim of providing internet coverage to most of the world by 2021.

If a december report in bloomberg turns out to be correct there s a good chance apple satellites will soon be joining an ever growing constellation in low earth orbit. The federal communications commission doesn t believe low earth orbit satellite providers can deliver internet service while keeping latency below 100ms. It plans to begin trial of the space based internet broadband platform this summer.