socalTECH
MAY 4, 2017
Hawthorne-based SpaceX is planning to launch its own network of satellites to provide Internet access, starting in 2019, the company said on Wednesday. SpaceX said its network will provide high-speed Internet to rural areas using mesh networking between its satellites. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
JULY 8, 2019
Amazon is quickly moving forward on its plans to challenge Hawthorne-based SpaceX in the race to providing high speed Internet across the globe, saying in an FCC filing last week that it hopes to launch 3,236 satellites as part of its own satellite network.
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socalTECH
MAY 14, 2021
Hawthorne-based SpaceX and Sunnyvale-based Google Cloud said on Thursday that the two are in a new partnership, where Starlink will locate its ground stations within Google's data center properties.
socalTECH
JULY 14, 2020
Hawthorne-based SpaceX has told users who have expressed interest in becoming a beta tester for the company's Starlink satellite Internet service that it hopes to launch a beta of its service sometime this summer. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 15, 2019
Hawthorne-based SpaceX has applied to deploy an additional 30,000 Starlink satellites , in addition to an existing 12,000 it has already gotten approval for from the Federal Communications Communications (FCC). The network of low-earth orbit satellites are intended to provide broadband for the entire globe.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX has received a new, $149M contract to help develop new, missile tracking satellites for the U.S. The Elon Musk company is planning on ultimately launching nearly 12,000 satellites for its own broadband Internet network. The award was through the Pentagon's Space Development Agency. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Hawthorne-based SpaceX has been testing encrypted, military communications through its broadband Internet, Starlink satellite constellation, according to Reuters , saying the U.S Air Force has been testing very high speed communications using Elon Musk's network of low earth orbit satellites.
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