Bill Gates has been a believer in new technology for satellite internet since the 1990s and failed Teledesic. A recent investment in Kymeta is his longest bet.
SpaceX has launched 60 Starlink satellites to join its growing megaconstellation. Its aim: Global internet with a constellation of 40,000 satellites. Its nearest competitor, OneWeb, aims to launch just 600. Wait, what?
Networks of tens to thousands of spacecraft in low Earth orbit have proven controversial, especially among astronomers, as they leave streaks in images of space.
I’m outside at my rural Saskatchewan farm, Canada, chatting with my neighbours who I’ve invited over to appreciate the night sky through my telescope. After exclamations and open-mouthed wonder over Saturn’s rings, and light that has been travelling through space for more than two million.