RV_ Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 This just announced today. I had written here many times about the plans for a minisat LEO fast INternet and cell phone everywhere on earth by Musk, with his still privately owned Space X. Back in 1999 and 2000 I wrote here about Echostar as the first guy to try out the two way ground-sat systems before they were approved for mobile use, at their then HQ in Sacramento, and posted here about it before we could get them. But I also wrote about Teledesic, a Bill Gates backed venture to do the same but it fizzled out as they could only use the ULA and other over priced launch platforms. Musk has his own launch company so can and is doing it. Little antennas just like the Sirius radio ones on cars will be all we need for Internet and phones. RVrs with high speed at home prices or less. Excerpt: "The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has endorsed SpaceX's ambitious plan to provide internet service to folks around the world using thousands of satellites. The first prototypes of those satellites are due to launch Saturday (Feb. 17). FCC Chairman Ajit Pai issued a statement of support for SpaceX's envisioned Starlink constellation, a huge network of spacecraft that will set up shop in low-Earth orbit. "To bridge America's digital divide, we'll have to use innovative technologies. SpaceX's application — along with those of other satellite companies seeking licenses or access to the U.S. market for nongeostationary satellite orbit systems — involves one such innovation," Pai said in a statement Wednesday (Feb. 14). [SpaceX's 1st Falcon Heavy Rocket Test Flight in Pictures] "Satellite technology can help reach Americans who live in rural or hard-to-serve places where fiber-optic cables and cell towers do not reach," he added. "And it can offer more competition where terrestrial internet access is already available." In the statement, Pai also said that he has urged the other four FCC commissioners to green-light Starlink. And he noted that the FCC has already approved three other satellite-internet projects: those in development by OneWeb, Space Norway and Telesat. SpaceX aims to get Starlink up and running soon, with initial operations starting by 2020. And the company will make big strides toward that goal on Saturday, with the launch of the first two Starlink prototype satellites. These craft will ride as secondary payloads aboard a Falcon 9 rocket whose main task is lofting the Paz satellite for Spanish company Hisdesat. Paz will collect radar imagery of Earth, for a variety of purposes.a.m. local California time). You can watch the event live here at Space.com, courtesy of SpaceX, or directly via the company." More here: https://www.space.com/39715-spacex-starlink-satellites-fcc-approval.html Even more here Business INsider today: today: Elon Musk is about to launch the first of 11,925 proposed SpaceX internet satellites — more than all spacecraft that orbit Earth today http://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-starlink-microsat-launch-global-internet-2018-2 SpaceX is about to launch two of its space internet satellites — the first of nearly 12,000 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/spacex-is-about-to-launch-two-of-its-space-internet-satellites-e2-80-94-the-first-of-nearly-12000/ar-BBJbrhg RV/Derekhttp://www.rvroadie.com Email on the bottom of my website page.Retired AF 1971-1998 When you see a worthy man, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy man, look inside yourself. - Confucius “Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” ... Voltaire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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