AR ZONE
THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET
DID YOU KNOW?
The average person spends 2 hours and 22 minutes a day looking at social media
In 2019, SpaceX launched 60 satellites. They are set to become part of a constellation of more than 12,000. Known as Starlink, the project aims to bring high-speed internet to every corner of the planet. As it stands, fast internet access is only available in places with fibre-optic cables. In remote locations, communications satellites provide links to the internet, but the connections are notoriously slow. These satellites traditionally fly high above Earth. They sit in geostationary orbit, moving at the same speed as Earth’s rotation. They have a wide view of Earth’s surface and always hover over the same point on the ground. This makes it easy for satellite a cage of dishes to find them. The downside is that getting data to them takes time.