September 29, 2020 06:21 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/29/21493158/spacex-starlink-internet-washington-emergency-wildfires-first-responders
SpaceXs internet-from-space Starlink system helping first responders fight fires in Washington
Responders fighting wildfires in Washington are getting some extra help from SpaceX and the company’s internet-from-space Starlink initiative. SpaceX loaned the Washington Emergency Management Division a handful of user terminals that can tap into the company’s Starlink satellites, providing internet to rural areas where first responders are battling raging wildfires.
SpaceX is still at the very beginning of building out its Starlink constellation, which could consist of nearly 12,000 satellites when it’s complete. That number of satellites could beam broadband internet services to every spot on Earth at all times from relatively low orbits, potentially providing global internet coverage from space. There’s still a ways to go. So far, S...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/29/21493158/spacex-starlink-internet-washington-emergency-wildfires-first-responders
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