Friday, February 23, 2018

SpaceX’s satellites for beaming internet access to earth are now in orbit


SpaceX is now one step closer to delivering broadband access via satellite, as it’s successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket (seen above) that delivered two Starlink demo satellites into low-earth-orbit. The company’s been working on this for some time now, and the two Starlink satellites will help it test its systems for beaming internet access down to earth before more of them are deployed into space. The launch was slated for last weekend and then delayed to allow for more stringent testing of the updated fairing. First two Starlink demo satellites, called Tintin A & B, deployed and communicating to…

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