Last week Virgin Galactic company shared plans to create a network of communications satellites, which will help solve the problem of access to a global network for the residents of the remote corners of the planet.
The joint venture will allow Virgin Galactic OneWeb arrange delivery to orbit the respective satellites, and for the telecommunications component will be responsible Qualcomm company . The authors of the initiative are hoping that they will be able to establish frequent and inexpensive orbiting telecommunications satellites, and the largest network in the world will be able to deploy quickly.
Interestingly, this project will compete with the initiative SpaceX - private aerospace company formed founder of Tesla Motors Elon Musk. Representatives OneWeb even say that competitors may have trouble gaining access to certain radio frequencies necessary for the operation of telecommunication networks of low-orbit satellites. Elon Musk, us ready to spend at least $ 10 billion. To build a fleet of 4,000 satellites that can solve the problem of access to the resources of a global network on the
planet. They will fly at an altitude of about 1200 km above the Earth's surface, and updated every five years.
This project, according to Elon Musk, SpaceX will allow the company to accumulate sufficient funds to implement another idea: create a colony on Mars.
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