SpaceX launched its 13th mission of the year Monday (Dec. 16) as a twice-flown Falcon 9 booster took to the skies for the third time carrying a satellite for a Singapore-based startup and Japanese broadband provider.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lit up the skies over Florida’s Space Coast as it carried its payload, a heavyweight communications satellite, into space from Space Launch Complex 40 here at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The powerful telecom craft lifted off from Florida at 7:10 p.m. EST Monday after a smooth countdown.
The hefty communications satellite built by Boeing is on the way to a lofty perch more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) over the Pacific Ocean, where the satellite will be especially beneficial to residents in remote provinces and villages across the South Pacific, especially healthcare institutions and schools. Many of the schools and hospitals throughout the region are remote and therefore could rely on the coverage this satellite will provide to ensure patients receive proper care and children have access to better education with more access to online resources.
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and you believe this. its more like best and new way to spy on you and everyone else.yea millions spent on helping those on little islands to improve the class room. ha ha ha ha big spoon for you all
Thank ET
I thought all internet was done through cables.
so spaceX launches internet satalite. only for it to be made obsolete in a couple of years when they got their own starlink operational lol
I bet this is not part of the Green New Deal !
My cable bill is high enough to lease/buy a medium priced car. Why so high?
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Team elon lets go I can't wait to get cheap internet
once starlink is operational yhis will be defunct !
Nice intro Sir I liked it
Just a note for correction. SpaceX has yet to build super heavy thus not even landing them yet. I think you meant Falcon Heavy boosters and not Super Heavy booster which is what StarShip will be using.
Why would anyone pay Boeing to do anything ?
10 years ago this venture would not have been feasible. The numbers of users would not have justified the cost. But with Falcon 9 and the economy of reusable rockets, more and more people are getting services that the developed world take for granted.
good videos, thank you, but I can't read your video titles when they scroll onto the screen, It's really annoying…
So not really competition for Starlink.
To the world or only USA
very cool!
Do you have an idea of what kind of latency you get from geostationary orbit? The throughput sounds good, but can you play live action games?
They recovered falcon heavy boosters, not super heavy boosters. They have not even flown the super heavy yet…
My internet connection is 4mbps on a good day due to antiquated service lines. Looking forward to Starlink, the cable and internet providers have been screwing their customers for decades, time for change!
Kacifica has a steep penetration curve to make before Starlink comes online.