The technology was meant to provide connectivity in the Amazon rainforest, but criminals are using it. Brazilian federal agents are increasingly finding Starlink internet units on the sites they raid in the Amazon rainforest. The agents are shot at, and the criminals often escape, but the technology is being left behind. Starlink internet services are a division of Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The company has nearly 4,000 satellites in low orbit, providing with people in remote areas of the world – such as the Amazon rainforest – with online connectivity. The…
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Starlink satellite internet achieves important 400,000 subscriber milestone
The SpaceX company shared with the FCC the new number, which is up from 250,000 in March. SpaceX, the Elon Musk space company, shared with federal regulators in a recent presentation that its Starlink satellite internet service now has more than 400,000 subscribers worldwide. This new subscriber data shows that the company is experiencing substantial and rapid growth. The company has been taking in a rising number of subscribers for its satellite internet service, which first launched in October 2020. In just March, Starlink had announced that it had about…
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