Tag: Starlink
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SpaceX Confirms Early Starlink Speed Test Results
Just before the launch of Falcon 9 in SpaceX’s twelfth Starlink mission, the company went to Twitter to offer an official update on the satellite internet service. SpaceX confirmed that the service is in private beta testing, with public testing coming later this year, and shared some general results of early speed testing. The tweets…
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SpaceX Raises $1.9 Billion in Latest Round of Funding
SpaceX has raised $1.9 billion in funding in this month alone. The funding came from around 75 investors, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing also shows that the company is selling $165 in stock, putting the total at around $2.07 billion. Reuters first reported on the SEC filing earlier…
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SpaceX Launches 11th Set of Starlink Satellites
Today, August 18, SpaceX launched 58 more Starlink satellites to build out its broadband constellation. With the 11th launch today, Starlink now has over 600 satellites in orbit. The launch once again took place at SpaceX’s launch site in Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The launch used the first stage booster for today’s mission,…
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SpaceX Early Speed Test Results Are In: How Do They Compare to Expectations?
In early 2019, Elon Musk’s SpaceX was approved to launch 12,000 satellites into space to create a low orbit network of satellites with a goal to bring affordable high speed internet to the US and the rest of the world. When Starlink internet was first announced, SpaceX promoted it as being faster than current internet…
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SpaceX Plans to Bring Internet to 5 Million US Households
SpaceX has requested permission from the FCC to increase the number of terminals it will deploy to 5 million. Originally, SpaceX was granted a license from the FCC for 1 million terminals in March. “SpaceX Services requests this increase in authorized units due to the extraordinary demand for access to the Starlink non-geostationary orbit satellite…
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SpaceX Internet Beta Testing Will Start Soon, Shows Code Discovered on Starlink Site
Featured Image: Starlink Images and code found within SpaceX’s site suggest a beta test for the satellite-based internet service could be on the way. The company has been placing hundreds of its Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit over the past few years with aim of offering worldwide internet coverage in the future. The Starlink page…
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Almost 50 Percent of Americans Would Pay More For Faster Internet Like Starlink
New research conducted by Broadband Now shows that nearly half of the U.S. customers surveyed would be willing to take an internet bill increase if it meant faster speeds. That means if a new internet service like Starlink, Space X’s low latency broadband satellite internet which is still in development, provided faster speeds,, it would…
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SpaceX Will Launch Another Set of Starlink Satellites Today
SpaceX is set to launch a new set of 57 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral, Florida, today keep building its internet project. The last group of Starlink satellites took off last month. SpaceX will continue scheduling missions to build its constellation of satellites, until reaching a total of 1,584 satellites for this phase. The satellite launch…
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FCC Unsure SpaceX Satellites Can Hit Low-Latency Goals
This week, the Federal Communications Commission expressed uncertainty over whether SpaceX and other companies developing low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite networks for internet delivery can offer latencies below 100 milliseconds (ms). Hitting that mark could allow satellite providers to apply for rural broadband funding as low-latency providers, but the FCC’s latest statements cast doubt on whether…
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SpaceX Starlink Will Be in Beta for the Public in Six Month, Says Elon Musk
Elon Musk took to Twitter yesterday to answer some questions about SpaceX’s Starlink broadband service. Musk said that private beta testing for the service will begin in around three months, with public beta testing beginning in about six months. The private beta “will almost certainly be reserved for SpaceX and Tesla employees and their…