Elon Musk’s SpaceX Company is in the process of constructing Starlink, a satellite internet constellation made of thousands of satellites launched into low earth-orbit.
SpaceX’s Starlink is eyeing to provide internet to the enterprises market in the second half of 2021. It has teamed up with Google Cloud to boost its efforts.
Google Wins Deal to Help Deliver Internet Via SpaceX Satellites
Google reportedly reached a multiyear deal to help deliver internet service via SpaceX s Starlink satellites.
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The deal could last seven years, CNBC said, citing a person who declined to be named.
“This is one of a kind. I don’t believe something like this has been done before,” Bikash Koley, Google’s head of global networking, said, according to CNBC.
Google and SpaceX join forces to provide Starlink internet locations at the network edge via Google Cloud. Starlink terminals will be placed at Google s data centers worldwide with service later this year.