Satellites that will form part of SpaceX's Starlink constellation await release into orbit from a Falcon 9 rocket on May 24. (Picture: SpaceX)Satellites that will form part of SpaceX's Starlink constellation await release into orbit from a Falcon 9 rocket on May 24. (Picture: SpaceX)
Satellites that will form part of SpaceX's Starlink constellation await release into orbit from a Falcon 9 rocket on May 24. (Picture: SpaceX)
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Satellite internet failed 20 years ago. But this time is different.

  • China and the US are racing to offer internet from space, with Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the lead
Topic |   Space
Xinmei Shen
Xinmei Shen

Updated: 3:32pm, 18 Jun, 2020

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Satellites that will form part of SpaceX's Starlink constellation await release into orbit from a Falcon 9 rocket on May 24. (Picture: SpaceX)Satellites that will form part of SpaceX's Starlink constellation await release into orbit from a Falcon 9 rocket on May 24. (Picture: SpaceX)
Satellites that will form part of SpaceX's Starlink constellation await release into orbit from a Falcon 9 rocket on May 24. (Picture: SpaceX)
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