Online retailer Amazon also has ambitions in this market. SpaceX has launched 12,000 Starlink satellites on a Falcon-9 rocket to begin setting up its orbiting broadband connection system of an expected 12,000 spacecraft. The space company said the less than 2,000km electric propulsion satellites were deployed 22:30 local time into the flight. The launch came amid fears that the increasing number of satellites in orbit could create collisions. Musk said its craft could track debris and avoid it, and that 95% of the satellites were made from materials that would burn up on re-entry when the craft is decommissioned.
SpaceX has launched 12,000 Starlink satellites on a Falcon-9 rocket to begin setting up its orbiting broadband connection system of an expected 12,000 spacecraft. The space company said the less than 2,000km electric propulsion satellites were deployed 22:30 local time into the flight. The launch came amid fears that the increasing number of satellites in orbit could create collisions. Musk said its craft could track debris and avoid it, and that 95% of the satellites were made from materials that would burn up on re-entry when the craft is decommissioned.