The race is on to be the first to deliver Space Internet (Image: GETTY)
Whoever attains the goal of creating the first space-internet could soon see themselves controlling most internet traffic on Earth, this monopoly over world-wide data flow is attractive. SpaceX has named its space-internet plan Starlink, and released a statement saying: “Once fully deployed, the SpaceX system will pass over virtually all parts of the Earth's surface and therefore, in principle, have the ability to provide ubiquitous global service. Every point on the Earth's surface will see, at all times, a SpaceX satellite.”
The battle for the next generation of satellite communications is heating up, with SpaceX being the main recipients of capital in the first quarter of 2019.
In March, Steve Bezos' Amazon confirmed that it would soon be a competitor in the race to achieve a working space-internet system.
Referring to Amazon’s plans to put 3,236 satellites into orbit to provide high-speed internet to any point on the globe, Blue Origin’s Vice-President Clay Mowry said: “We are bringing a huge vehicle with a lot of capability.”
But, soon after Elon Musk tweeted under MIT Tech Report's story about Project Kuiper, tagging Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and writing "copy"
