Starlink fleet is strengthened day by day. The Internet service provider continues to implement its satellites with a considerable month of May. In X, Michael Nicolls, Vice President of Starlink, welcomes the sending of 398 additional satellites in May. With the help of Spacex, 15 rocket releases were needed to transport the devices to the low orbit.
With these successive shipments, Starlink now represents a network of 7,556 functional satellites reports Space.com. Elon Musk’s company is consumed even more as a satellite Internet market leader.
Starlink affirms himself as a leader
Among the devices sent in orbit, there are two different models. Of the 398 satellites, 372 were Internet satellites that ensure an internet connection of the antennas connected to the satellite network. These new implementations will ensure slightly broader network coverage throughout the planet.
But there are also 26 direct to cells “satellites. This feature allows you to make calls or send SMS between two phones, passing directly through satellites. These mass implementations have an objective: eradicate white areas on Earth.
On the competition side, Amazon and its Kuiper project have only 27 orbit satellites with the aim of having 3,000. China is not exempt from remains and the Chinese government has also promised to send almost 15,000 satellites by 2030. The project must have 648 satellites by the end of 2025. For their part, the Europeans continue the Eutelsat project with more than 600 orbit satellites to date.
Source: BFM TV
