SpaceX To Enter The World Of Internet: Elon Musk’s Company To Deploy 7,000 Satellites To Provide Fast, Cheap Internet

To avail the facility of high-speed internet, US federal regulators are gearing up to allow Elon Musk’s SpaceX to make use of an expanded range of wireless airwaves that will enable him to deliver cheap internet in the country.

As soon as the decision was approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), SpaceX is began work to establish a network of satellites that will boost wireless internet access.

Washington Post quoted Ajit Pai, Chairman of FCC as saying, “I’m excited to see what these services might promise and what these proposed constellations have to offer. Our approach to these applications reflects this commission’s fundamental approach to encourage the private sector to invest and to innovate and allow market forces to deliver value to American consumers.”

Earlier this year, SpaceX launched its Starlink program that aimed to deploy a set number of satellites into the orbit. On Thursday (November 15), FCC has given a go-ahead to satellites that belong to Telesat, Leosat and Kepler. SpaceX plans to deploy 1,600 satellites in the near future but it would take about six years to complete the whole network.

Besides launching satellites, FCC is also planning on forming rules to curb orbital debris from being formed. The report quoted Jessica Rosenworcel, who happens to the FCC Commissioner as saying, “My favorite example is an innocuous little screwdriver that slipped through an astronaut’s grasp and has been circling low Earth orbit at up to 21,600 miles per hour for the last 35 years. At these speeds, even a common household item can wreak havoc.”

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