SpaceX takes its first step toward selling Americans internet from space

SpaceX takes its first step toward selling Americans internet from space

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https://qz.com/1207629/spacex-takes-a-big-step-toward-selling-americans-space-internet/

SpaceX aims to launch two satellites of a new constellation on Feb. 18, the start of a network it expects to one day include more than 4,000 orbiting spacecraft beaming the internet to customers below—and generating billions of dollars in new revenue for the rocket maker.

Ajit Pai, chair of the Federal Communications Commission, which regulates satellite broadcasts in the US, endorsed the plan to “to unleash the power of satellite constellations to provide high-speed Internet to rural Americans.”