The production of Starlink satellite Internet terminals has overcome the psychological mark.
What is known
Elon Musk tweeted thatThe American company has manufactured more than 1 million terminals. At the same time, SpaceX began accepting orders only in February 2021. In just a month, the company received more than 500 million applications. But at that time, the service was only available to residents of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the US, Mexico, and the UK.
Starlink now over 1M user terminals manufactured
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 25, 2022
By mid-2023, use satelliteInternet Elon Musk will be able to residents of almost all countries. Recently, the Iranians joined them, where Starlink also earned. Afghanistan, China, Syria, Belarus, Russia, Venezuela and North Korea remain on the blacklist.
Last weekend, SpaceX launched a newbatch of satellites, increasing the total number to almost 3,400 units. The company already has permission to launch 12,000 spacecraft. At the same time, the Federal Communications Commission denied SpaceX government funding in the amount of $900 million for the development of satellite communications.
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