Plans for LEO satellite Internet network filed... Elon Musk's SpaceX has filed plans for a low earth orbit (LEO) network of satellites to provide broadband Internet service to the entire world. This is a key step toward bringing the plan to fruition. Funding seems to be assured, especially with Google's enormous commitment. LEO satellites are vastly superior to the geosynchronous satellites used by existing satellite-based Internet service providers, for the simple reason that they're (much) closer to Earth. This reduces the latency from awful (for the geosynchronous birds) to normal (for the LEO birds).
If Google and Musk pull this off, the world is going to suddenly get very much smaller, again...
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