What is StarLink broadband?
HIGH SPEED INTERNET ACCESS ACROSS THE GLOBE

With performance that far surpasses that of traditional satellite internet, and a global network unbounded by ground infrastructure limitations, Starlink will deliver high speed broadband internet to locations where access has been unreliable, expensive, or completely unavailable.

Starlink is targeting service in the Northern U.S. and Canada in 2020, rapidly expanding to near global coverage of the populated world by 2021.

Image Credits: Starlink

KEEPING THE SPACE CLEAN

Starlink is on the leading edge of on-orbit debris mitigation, meeting or exceeding all regulatory and industry standards.

At end of life, the satellites will utilize their on-board propulsion system to de-orbit over the course of a few months. In the unlikely event the propulsion system becomes inoperable, the satellites will burn up in Earth’s atmosphere within 1–5 years.

SpaceX now has more than 400 flying routers in orbit, with plans to more than triple that number in the coming months. While it has the go-ahead to launch more than 12,000 satellites in the coming years. Musk said in a tweet that a “private beta” test of the service is about to begin, followed by a public beta for testers at northern latitudes.
['Lakshay Budhiraja']
['Technology', 'Future', 'Internet', 'Elon Musk', 'Spacex']