[1st-mile-nm] SpaceX Internet

[Harold Skow]

May the Indian reservations be lit up, amen.

On Friday, February 7, 2020, Owen Densmore <owen at backspaces.net> wrote:

> From the TL;DR newsletter:
>
> SpaceX may spin out internet-from-space business and make it public (2
> minute read)
> <https://tracking.tldrnewsletter.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2F2020%2F2%2F6%2F21126540%2Fspacex-starlink-internet-space-mega-constellation-ipo-spinoff-gwynne-shotwell/1/010001701f525ced-39f5340f-13e4-44b7-84a1-2f5e1e0c9756-000000/lrU1Kik3u5sJs9J6NkMyJZJweDwiO0BdU84QiWxUQWQ=127>
>
> The president of SpaceX's Starlink business has said that the company is
> considering going public as it is ripe to do so. Starlink has already
> launched 240 satellites and plans to launch up to another 1,440 satellites
> this year. These satellites are designed to beam down broadband internet
> coverage all over the world. Elon Musk is known for hating publicly traded
> companies and has said in the past that SpaceX won't be going public until
> its Mars vehicle is complete. SpaceX has recently been valued at around
> $33.3 billion. The revenue from Starlink will help fund SpaceX's plans to
> send people to the Moon and Mars. Those in the astronomy community have
> criticized broadband satellite projects as the resulting constellation
> could obstruct their observations of the night sky.
>


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