SpaceX To Deploy 1 Million Satellite Uplinks

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SpaceX has been talking about their desire to build a space-based array of satellites to bring affordable broadband to the planet. This array of low-earth orbit satellites would orbit as low as 208 miles to provide for reduced latency (pesky physics y’all). Now their subsidiary company, SpaceX Services has reached out to the FCC to get approval to deploy up to a million of earth-based uplinks. Always working at break-neck pace, SpaceX says they could have this service up and running by 2020. Check out more at extremetech.com