Just saw a video and was amazed by what looked like a laser beam across the sky
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It’s a network of satellites that will, once the satellites have all been launched, provide a global satellite internet service.
This does already kind of exist, but satellite internet requires specialist equipment, and has some serious limitations. Starlink aims to solve these problems and basically give everyone, anywhere in the world, modern high speed internet access.
When launched, they’re deployed from the spacecraft they’re taken up in in a tight line, which over time will spread out as they’re manoeuvered into their final position. At the moment, you’re seeing the satellites at their early stages.
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