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Elon Musk's internet satellite launch has been postponed
SpaceX postponed the launch of Falcon 9 on Wednesday, February 21, postponing the orbiting of two experimental satellites that will be the beta testers of a broadband internet service that Elon Musk wants to put into orbit.
The idea for this service was revealed about three years ago, but the entire project has been kept a secret, and this postponement of the Falcon 9 launch is only a minor delay.
Initially the launch of Falcon 9 was scheduled for 17, Saturday, being postponed later to yesterday, 19th, and now the confirmed date for the next launch window is February 21, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, in Califórnia.
The "internet spread around the world" project with low-cost services is developed through Starlink and originated even before Elon Musk achieved major successes with SpaceX. The inventor tested several concepts, including the possibility of developing a satellite company with Greg Wyler, and set the plan in a network of 12,000 micro satellites with global coverage.
The Starlink project has been kept secret, but at the end of last year the FCC, the agency responsible for regulating the communications sector in the United States, gave SpaceX permission to transport two satellites, Microsat-2A and Microsat-2B, which should do the first tests of this new internet network.
The main load of the Falcon 9 is the PAZ, a Spanish radar satellite, but everything indicates that the secondary load may be more relevant.
The Starlink project has been kept secret, but at the end of last year the FCC, the agency responsible for regulating the communications sector in the United States, gave SpaceX permission to transport two satellites, Microsat-2A and Microsat-2B, which should do the first tests of this new internet network.
The main load of the Falcon 9 is the PAZ, a Spanish radar satellite, but everything indicates that the secondary load may be more relevant.
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