Elon Musk's ambition to cover the global Internet with SpaceX

With about 12,000 satellites expected to launch into space, billionaire Elon Musk wants everywhere in the world to use high-speed Internet.

21h30 on 24/5 (Falcon time), Falcon 9 rocket departs from space launch complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (USA), taking 60 satellites to broadcast Internet into space, belonging to Low Orbit. (LEO) with a height of about 400 km. After the successful launch, the first floor of the missile gently landed on barges floating on the sea. This is the 40th time this rocket has successfully recovered.

Elon Musk is gradually realizing his ambition to broadcast the global Internet by satellite.

A representative of SpaceX said the newly launched satellite group is the largest cargo volume Falcon 9 has ever put into orbit (each device weighs 227 kg). More importantly, however, they are a successful start of a part of SpaceX's Starlink network - Musk's ambitious project, which helps to provide global Internet coverage at an affordable cost.

According to Gizmodo, the SpaceX owner has long embraced the idea of ​​launching low-cost Internet-enabled satellites, accessible to remote areas of the world, and started implementing Starlink in 2015.

In February 2018, after successfully launching microsat 2a and 2b - the two satellites that started the Starlink project, Musk continued to share that joy on Twitter. Though not detailed, he sees this as a new and important source of revenue for SpaceX, supporting a bigger ambition: funding a project to send people to Mars. SpaceX owners expect this Internet service once launched will make a profit of about $ 3 billion per year.

SpaceX shows off satellites before launch.

According to SpaceNews, 60 satellites have just launched and the previous two satellites prove Musk is not talking. In the past, there were some who doubted the project, but Tesla CEO showed enthusiasm and wanted to realize global Internet coverage.

SpaceX plans to launch nearly 12,000 satellites into the LEO region, divided into two constellations with 4,409 satellites and 7,518 satellites. The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved half this number over the next six years.

To operate, the Starlink network must have at least 400 satellites activated. But according to Musk, 800 new satellites are the optimal number to reach high speeds. Also, in the second half of 2020, this system will broadcast the first network signal.

For each satellite launched, its time on space does not exceed 5 years, to ensure that the Starlink system is always up to date with the latest hardware. They are equipped with technology that helps prevent collisions in LEO.