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Elon Musk sent the first tweet through a network of satellites for the distribution of the global Internet Starlink
The American IT-entrepreneur Ilon Musk sent the first tweet through the network of satellites for the distribution of the global internet Starlink, which is developed by his SpaceX.
“I am sending this tweet through the satellite Starlink,” Musk wrote on Twitter. - Wow, it worked !! "
Whoa, it worked !!
- Elon Musk (@lonmusk) October 22, 2019
Starlink is a global Internet program, within the framework of which SpaceX plans to send 42 thousand small satellites to near -Earth orbit. They will ensure the distribution of high -speed Internet around the world.
The first 60 satellites Starlink were taken to orbit in May 2019. It is planned that already in 2020 the Internet Starlink will begin to work in the south of the United States.
The program similar to Starlink began to be developed in Russia. However, Roscosmos refused the project called "Ether" due to the lack of funding.