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    SpaceX has outlined its plan to launch 4,425 satellites to space in order to provide fast internet to the world http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/spacex-wants-launch-4-425-satellites-space-bring-internet-world-n685226

    "That's three times the 1,419 satellites that are currently in space, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists, a not-for-profit group made up of scientists across the world.

    The plan is to launch 800 satellites initially to expand internet in the U.S. And then the rest of the satellites would follow, although there was no timeline for the launch.

    "The system is designed to provide a wide range of broadband and communications services for residential, commercial, institutional, government and professional users worldwide," SpaceX said in the FCC filing.

    Once "fully optimized", the system will be able to provide bandwith of 1 gigabytes per second for users globally. That's over 180 times faster than the current global internet speed average of 5.6 megabytes per second which was recorded in the Akamai State of the Internet report at the end of last year."

    When I have internet this fast, I'm going to use it to view hundreds of 32K space photos, and save them to my Alone Time folder.
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