Starlink- SpaceX

As of May 2019, SpaceX has deployed 62 satellites. They plan to deploy 60 more per launch, at a rate of one launch every two weeks beginning in November 2019. In total, nearly 12,000 satellites will be deployed by the mid-2020s, with a possible later extension to 42,000.[7] The initial 12,000 satellites are planned to orbit in three orbital shells: first placing approximately 1,600 in a 550-kilometer (340 mi)-altitude shell, then approximately 2,800 Ku- and Ka-band spectrum satellites at 1,150 km (710 mi) and approximately 7,500 V-band satellites at 340 km (210 mi).  Commercial operation could begin in 2020.

Starlink is a satellite constellation being constructed by American company SpaceX, to provide satellite Internet access. The constellation will consist of thousands of mass-produced small satellites, working in combination with ground transceivers. SpaceX also plans to sell some of the satellites for military,scientific or exploratory purposes.


SpaceX says that it will launch the next batch of satellites in its Starlink mega constellation on Monday, November 11, as it steps up its efforts to blanket Earth in satellites and beam high-speed internet across the globe.

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