SpaceX Gets Connected: Satellite Broadband Meets the Data Center
Satellite company Telesat is preparing to deploy its Lightspeed network of low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites to provide broadband Internet from space. (Photo: Telesat)
Doug Mohney is the Editor in Chief of Space IT Bridge, which tracks the business of space-based satellites. He has been working in and writing about IT and satellite industries for over 20 years.
SpaceX, OneWeb, Telesat and Amazon are all moving forward with plans to deliver low-latency high speed broadband across the globe, leveraging the advantages of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. Both SpaceX and OneWeb are filling out their constellations of hundreds and thousands of spacecraft this year, while Telesat and Amazon plan to start launching their first satellites within two to three years.