The ambitious program seeks to provide satellite broadband to the world
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/02/27
By: Ryan Drillsma, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwanese technology businesses ought to be clambering to be a part of Elon
Elon Musk presenting at a SpaceX conference (By Associated Press)
Musk’s ambitious new Starlink program, Business Next claims.
Musk’s aerospace manufacturing company SpaceX is currently recruiting global businesses to be a part of the supply chain for the Starlink low-Earth orbit satellite project. The venture provides Taiwanese tech firms with the perfect opportunity to flex their muscles in the international arena as part of a potentially groundbreaking project.
Starlink is the planned launch of satellites around the globe into a constellation that will provide everyone, everywhere with internet access. SpaceX needs to send 4,425 satellites into orbit to bring the idea to fruition, which will require a heavy amount of fuel, rockets and investment. [FULL STORY]
