People at Washington had mistaken SpaceX's Starlink as UFOs. Elon Musk's satellites flew across the night, making it look like passing unusual flying objects on the sky above the state.
The morning before the false extraterrestrial sighting, SpaceX had their new batch of Starlink satellites put into orbit. Reports say that the batch is enough to seem like a group of extraterrestrials hovering up in the sky.
Sixty satellites up and running, added with a bit of sunlight reflection, could indeed create a chain of interesting flying objects, reports Fast Company. Anyone can recreate the scene with the complete and correct setup, resembling the ships from outer space.
Starlink Satellite
In 2020, SpaceX launched Starlink's low-orbit satellites in beta. Since its success, SpaceX has had several projects tested and implemented in just a span of 2 years.
Elon Musk's perspective is to deliver the fastest internet to across the globe through the Starlink project. While few are aware of SpaceX's program, many experts, including researchers and scientists, are patiently waiting if the Tesla guy could actually pull it off.
The billion-dollar SpaceX founder sure knows how to put his best foot forward. Regardless of a whopping subscription price of $99 per month, many people (especially those who have slow or no internet options) will gladly bite the deal. Throw in $499, and you will get yourself a satellite dish and a WiFi Router that SpaceX will deliver right to your doorstep.
Elon Musk's Internet Service Pre-Order Increases
Elon Musk said that the Starlink internet has reached 500,000 pre-orders, reports Reuters. However, SpaceX founder shared that the company doesn't worry about meeting the demand. Once launched, the internet service is guaranteed to have no technical issues on producing the service. Musk said the challenge is only when the distribution of the service gets higher to millions of users.
SpaceX's anticipated service doesn't have a precise date yet. But on top of that, the company continues to deploy satellites like the one seen in Washington. The goal is to launch 12,000 satellites to orbit the Earth, so each time Elon Musk decides to add more, expect plenty of fake unusual flying objects sightings.
Fastest Internet Will Pay for Mars
The whole point of building an entire fleet of Starlink satellites is to provide the fastest internet and pay for Mars. Elon Musk's ISP speed is around 150 megabits per second, but the company plans to reach a 10 gigabit-mark. After achieving this milestone, Elon Musk will build more rockets and facilities for a city on the Red Planet.
There is no surprise in Musk's desires, as he already told it in a 2015 interview. The purpose of the Starlink project was to generate revenue to pay for not one or two pods but an entire Martian city that costs around $100 billion to $10 trillion, Inverse reported.
Even for a billionaire, Elon Musk's ambition is not cheap. Aside from being money-wise, traveling and living to Mars is challenging, or instead, impossible. But the eagerness to find hope in other planets is what drives the SpaceX founder to fund more research that will take us further beyond our reach. SpaceX's Starship is currently being developed and tested to be used as a vessel for cargo and humans, a gateway to populate a self-sustaining city on Mars by 2050.
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