- June 22, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
- SpaceX could provide global Starlink satellite internet coverage as early as September, its president said.
- Gwynne Shotwell said SpaceX had launched 1,800 Starlink satellites, enough for global coverage.
- Shotwell said SpaceX would need regulatory approval in a given country to offer Starlink.
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SpaceX will be able to beam down Starlink satellite internet to the whole world by about September, the company’s president, Gwynne Shotwell, said on Tuesday.
“We’ve successfully deployed 1,800 or so satellites and once all those satellites reach their operational orbit, we will have continuous global coverage, so that should be like September timeframe,” Shotwell said in a video conference with Macquarie Group, reported by Reuters.
SpaceX’s end goal is to launch…