Elon Musk Low Orbit Satellite

Elon musk s company spacex is inviting people to beta test its starlink satellites a mega constellation promising access to the internet from virtually anywhere on earth.

Elon musk low orbit satellite.

The new approval was for the addition of a very low earth orbit non geostationary satellite orbit constellation consisting of 7 518 satellites operating at altitudes from 335 kilometres 208 mi to 346 kilometres 215 mi below the iss. Tesla and spacex ceo elon musk has used twitter to tease the imminent launch of the first batch of low earth orbit satellites for providing broadband to humans across the planet. The 36 billion company now has over 500 satellites in orbit. Satellites cast into low earth orbit by elon musk s rocket company spacex are disrupting astronomy research due to the vehicles brightness in night skies and the problem could get much worse.

The goal of the elon musk starlink effort is to launch thousands of small satellites all of which will be in low earth orbit. The most satellites operated by a single company. They will be able to transmit fast internet signals down to earth.