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==History==
 
==History==
The first concept of Starlink was first announced in January 2015<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcJcQA0-qDU Elon Musk Announces Plan for Internet Satellite Network 2015]''. YouTube.</ref> by Elon Musk. The project was kept closely under wraps for the next four years until scheduling the launch of the first batch of experimental Starlink satellites in May 2019.<ref>"[https://www.elonx.net/starlink-compendium/ Starlink Compendium]". ElonX. December 21, 2019. </ref>
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The first concept of Starlink was first announced in January 2015<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcJcQA0-qDU Elon Musk Announces Plan for Internet Satellite Network 2015]''. YouTube.</ref> by Elon Musk. The project was kept closely under wraps for the next four years until scheduling the launch of the first batch of experimental Starlink satellites in May 2019.<ref>"[https://www.elonx.net/starlink-compendium/ Starlink Compendium]". ElonX. December 21, 2019. </ref> These sixty satellites launched aboard a Falcon 9 on 24 May 2019 from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
  
 
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Revision as of 16:16, 4 January 2020

Starlink is a satellite constellation currently being constructed by SpaceX to provide fast internet access worldwide.

History

The first concept of Starlink was first announced in January 2015[1] by Elon Musk. The project was kept closely under wraps for the next four years until scheduling the launch of the first batch of experimental Starlink satellites in May 2019.[2] These sixty satellites launched aboard a Falcon 9 on 24 May 2019 from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

References