Recently, billionaire Elon Musk has announced that the global broadband Internet service based on the low-altitude Starlink satellite cluster will be commercialized in October.
Accordingly, satellite broadband Internet services tested in beta 10 have received "good feedback" from customers and now SpaceX is planning to provide beta test version 10.1 starting from September 24, before officially launching the commercial version next October.
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Currently, SpaceX's beta satellite broadband Internet service is being offered in 11 different countries around the world.
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According to SpaceX, the broadband Internet service in beta testing could offer customers data speeds of 50 Mbps to 150 Mbps and latency of 20ms to 40ms in most locations over the next few months, in the coming months. while the Starlink satellite beam system is continuously improving in quality. However, the company also said, there will be short periods of total no connection.
In August, SpaceX provided customers with 100,000 terminals. At the time, billionaire Elon Musk noted that the approval of a license to provide telecommunications services was still pending in many other countries around the world.
In other news from SpaceX, the company's first private crewed mission returned safely to Earth on September 18.
After three days orbiting Earth at 590 km above the Earth's surface, the Inspiration4 crew landed on the coast of Florida on September 18, 2021, aboard the fully automated Crew Dragon spacecraft.
This flight had four crew members including, founder and CEO of the company that provides payment processing services for shops and restaurants Shift4 Payments – billionaire Jared Issacman, who survived Hayley Arceneaux, geologist Sian Proctor and aerospace officer Chris Sembroski. Each went through six months of training before joining the flight.
