Starlink has sold 100,000 sets of terminals

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SpaceX’s satellite network business Starlink should be known to everyone. The goal of this business is to use satellites to bring the Internet to people in remote areas of the world, and the speed of the Internet is relatively acceptable. Basically, it is used in daily life or even playing games without any major problems. Elon Musk, the creator of SpaceX, announced on Twitter that Starlink’s terminal has reached the milestone of 100,000 sales.
In order to make Starlink this business, SpaceX has launched more than 1,700 satellites into space since November 2019, and most terminal users can enjoy this service at a price of $99 per month. Of course, in addition to using the service, users also need to spend $499 to buy a set of terminals from SpaceX to receive Starlink satellite messages and access the Internet, including a dish-shaped receiver, router, power supply, and a tripod for installation.

Since the service targets are people in remote areas, Elon Musk has repeatedly stated that Starlink’s business will not conflict with existing telecommunications operators. Even in addition to the United States, SpaceX has reached agreements with individual countries to allow Starlink business to develop in these places.

In less than two years, 100,000 sets of terminals were sold. This development speed is quite reasonable for a business with such a huge investment. However, Elon Musk’s ambitions will not stop there. SpaceX eventually plans to launch about 30,000 satellites and strive to reduce the price of Internet terminals, thereby bringing the service to millions of consumers.

To launch so many satellites into the sky, of course, SpaceX has to modify the existing rockets or adopt a new generation of rockets to send as many as possible to the sky as quickly as possible. In the application for the next-generation Starlink system submitted to the US FCC, SpaceX also listed several options. One is to use the next-generation Starship heavy-duty launch vehicle, and the other option is to modify the existing Falcon 9 rocket.

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