SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
SpaceX said in a filing on Thursday that Starlink had more than 10,000 users in the US and abroad.
Elon Musk’s aerospace company launched the Starlink public beta in October.
In the filing, SpaceX requested that it be made eligible for federal cash to expand Starlink.
SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service has amassed more than 10,000 users across the world just four months after entering beta, Elon Musk’s aerospace company said in a filing on Thursday.
SpaceX said in a petition to the Federal Communications Commission that “over 10,000 users in the United States and abroad are using the service today.”
Spaceflight Insider
Cullen Desforges
January 20th, 2021
SpaceX launches its latest batch of Starlink satellites atop a Falcon 9 rocket. Credit: Theresa Cross / SpaceFlight Insider
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. SpaceX has successfully launched its 17th batch of Starlink satellites this morning aboard a Falcon 9 rocket.
Liftoff took place at 8:02 a.m. EST (13:02 UTC) Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A. This mission marks the first batch of Starlink satellites delivered to orbit this year after the company successfully lofted over 900 of the internet-providing satellites in 2020.
The launch was originally scheduled to take place Monday, but SpaceX decided to reschedule to Tuesday due to impending poor weather conditions in the recovery area. The company then decided to target Wednesday to allow more time for pre-launch inspections.
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How SpaceX teamed up with a small Canadian IT company to bring its Starlink internet service to an indigenous community
How SpaceX teamed up with a small Canadian IT company to bring its Starlink internet service to an indigenous community
Kate DuffyDec 19, 2020, 19:30 IST
FSET delivering SpaceX s Starlink to PikangikumFSET
The first location in
Starlink internet service was Pikangikum, a remote 3,000-person indigenous community in north-western Ontario.
The project was initiated by a Canadian IT company called FSET. The CEO, Dave Brown told Business Insider how he went about contacting SpaceX to get help for the community.
Residents were only receiving 3 megabites per second (Mbps). With Starlink, they re receiving around 130.