The Broadband Satellite Internet Race has Begun!

Currently in Operation

Starlink!

OneWeb

Telesat

Swarm

Upcoming services

Amazon, Inc.

Apple Inc.!

NEWS AND INFORMATION

AT&T and low Earth orbit satellite company OneWeb are teaming up to improve access for AT&T's business customers in "challenging" geographic locations. More info here.

A Canadian satellite operator has become the latest player to join the low-earth orbit action over Earth's skies. The company Telesat announced on Feb 9th that it intends to build a constellation of 300 satellites in order to deliver high-speed internet worldwide in the next two years. Known as Lighspeed, it will be designed to serve fixed and mobile network operators, aeronautical and maritime users, enterprise customers.

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• Starlink Dish Phased Array Design, Architecture & RF In-depth Analysis.
• Beta users of SpaceX Starlink reveal report speeds of 11 to 60Mbps!
• SpaceX launches seventh batch of 60 Starlink broadband satellites, and sets a rocket record
• OneWeb files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, attempting to sell business. Coronavirus?
• Laser-Linked Satellites Could Deliver 'Internet from Space'

• Bloomberg reports that Apple hopes to deploy satellites within the next five years! Click here to read!

• On May 23rd SpaceX launched 60 satellites the first installment of a Starlink "mega-constellation" that could number 12,000 by the time the project is complete. Starlink plans to surround the Earth with satellites and provide broadband internet to every corner of the globe! There are reports that the satellites flare when the sun hits their flat surface and are very bright like a magnitude 0, brighter than any star! Astronomers won't be happy, however, until SpaceX finds a way to dim these flares.