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They didn't invent Starlink. They bought the company.
by jzawodn 2y ago
They didn't invent Starlink. They bought the company.
- sweettea 2y agoI don't think this is correct. As far as I understand it, Elon/SpaceX did attempt a previous investment in satellite internet, but it had died long before Starlink came to be in 2014.
- andsoitis 2y agoIndeed. Starlink was publicly announced in January 2015 with the opening of the SpaceX satellite development facility in Redmond, Washington Full surrounding history at Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink