Supervisory Role of Earth’s Scattered Children

Earth’s scattered children, i.e., artificial satellites, not only keep an eye on the earth and capture the earth’s high-resolution pictures but also beam down the internet to its surface. Satellite internet service providers have crafted satellite internet solutions to allow their clients access to a stable, secure, and seamless internet connection. However, a few off-shore areas still struggle to send out satellite signals.

Breathe a sigh of relief as different industry giants are all set to design a network of internet satellites to erase the internet problem, especially in off-shore areas. Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) isn’t the only entity giving life to the idea of giant rotating internet beamers. A handful of companies are also developing new business plans to give birth to endless opportunities in the future. Every now and then, a new internet satellite is taking shape behind the towering walls of satellite factories. 

Big money and big names, from Richard Branson to Elon Musk, are involved. OneWeb’s aim to blanket the earth with low-orbiting Ku-band satellites seems to be fulfilled soon. This satellite telecom startup has already raised a total of $1.7 billion. By 2027, One Web is expecting to connect the world’s four billion unconnected citizens to the rest of the world.

Gwynne Shotwell, the president and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of SpaceX, estimated the price tag for the constellation of low-orbiting internet satellites to be $10 billion.

 

Satellite internet technology is fast, reliable, and responsible but still not enough to make other technologies, such as fiber internet, bite the dust. The efforts from SpaceX and OneWeb, however, are likely to diminish the problems the satellite internet industry sees today. This is, of course, a big challenge as the demand for the data is skyrocketing. Still, there could never be a more reliable way except for satellites to beam down the internet at a place where previously there was none.

 

Seeing internet capacity rising and inter-satellite communications improving, more and more satisfactory satellite internet solutions are crafting their way out.