SpaceX wants to blanket the Earth in high-speed internet

There are grand plans, and then there are grand plans.

Elon Musk seems to specialize in the latter, and his plan to launch more than 4,000 satellites into orbit around Earth is no exception. The goal is to bring internet service to all corners of the globe. Here are the details.

In IT Blogwatch, we wait for the go-ahead from ground control.

So what exactly is the plan here? Arjun Kharpal has the background:

Elon Musk's SpaceX wants to...provide super-fast global internet coverage...SpaceX...outlined plans to put 4,425 satellites into space in a Federal Communications Commission filing from earlier this week.
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That's three times the 1,419 satellites that are currently in space...Reports...suggested Google and Fidelity had invested $1 billion into SpaceX to support the satellite project.

And how would this actually work? Irene Klotz has the details:

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