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SpaceX launches first satellites of its internet network

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk during a past event. His firm, which is leading the private space race when it comes to rocket launches, is now looking to seize a chunk of the future space internet market. FILE PHOTO | AFP

By  AFP

What you need to know:

  • Billionaire Elon Musk's firm, which is leading the private space race when it comes to rocket launches, is now looking to seize a chunk of the future space internet market.

  • The launch will make it an early forerunner, along with rival OneWeb, a startup, but well ahead of Amazon's Project Kuiper, the brainchild of Musk's space rival Jeff Bezos.

WASHINGTON

SpaceX on Thursday launched a rocket containing the first 60 satellites of its "Starlink" constellation, which is intended to provide internet from space and could one day number 12,000 satellites.

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