Elon Musk's SpaceX was due to launch 60 small satellites into low-Earth orb...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Elon Musk’s SpaceX was due to launch 60 small satellites into low-Earth orbit on Wednesday, part of his rocket company’s plan to sell Internet service beamed from space to fund his grander interplanetary ambitions.
“It’s possible that some of these satellites may not work,” Musk said. “It’s a small possibility that all of the satellites will not work. We’ve done everything we can to maximize the probability of success.” The first 60 Starlink satellites, stacked together atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, were due to blast off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 10:30 p.m.
Companies LeoSat Enterprises and Canada’s Telesat are also working to build data networks with hundreds or even thousands of tiny satellites that orbit closer to Earth than traditional communications satellites, a radical shift made possible by leaps in laser technology and computer chips.
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