SpaceX Starlink exceeds 500,000 pre-orders

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The technical site reports that TechCrunch. SpaceX, the space company of entrepreneur Elon Musk, announced yesterday that it had passed the milestone of 500,000 orders for its next Starlink satellite service. That would be a significant increase from the 10,000 orders the company placed in February. In addition, 60 new satellites were also launched. This makes it the largest collection of satellites, with 1,500 more added.

Starlink

Starlink is SpaceX’s ambitious project to create an Internet network accessible from anywhere in the world. By providing this general connection, they hope to enable poor or remote areas to access the Internet as well. Currently, the service is only available to users in Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Mexico, United States and Canada. Interested parties can register through the website of Starlink register to participate. Due to the high demand, the company would find it difficult to process everything. This is currently causing delays in applications.

Satellites

The launch of the 60 satellites on May 4 took place five days after the previous one. Since the beginning of March, 420 satellites are now floating. To use the service, users must purchase a Starlink kit in addition to the subscription, which includes a receiver, router, and power supply. There will be other launches during this year. The goal is to have almost complete coverage by the end of 2021.

At the end of October, Starlink launched the first trial subscriptions for its Internet service. For just $ 99 per month, a select group of people were able to participate in the first trials. Internet speeds are still vastly different from our current standards. Elon Musk has already pledged to double download speeds from 150MB / s to 300MB / s this year.

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