The Briefing Room
General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Computers => Topic started by: Elderberry on October 07, 2020, 02:42:12 am
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PCMag By Michael Kan 10/6/2020
SpaceX has successfully launched another 60 satellites into orbit, clearing the way for the public beta of its Starlink satellite broadband network to begin.
“Once these satellites reach their target position, we will be able to roll out a fairly wide public beta in northern US and hopefully southern Canada,†CEO Elon Musk tweeted today.
The Starlink satellite broadband network can currently deliver 100Mbps download speeds with latency at around 30 milliseconds, which is on par with ground-based internet services.
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