"Space X", a private space development venture, is planning to construct an Internet environment that can communicate on Mars using hundreds of communication satellites



Space development is a field we have done almost exclusively by government agencies in the United States and Russia, because enormous funds are needed. However, as a private company to develop and launch rockets and spacecraft "Space X"ButTesla MotorsEntered by entrepreneur Mr. Eulong Mask who is active as CEO of the company, space development is about to undergo major change involving private enterprises.

Mr. Eulon Mask, founder and CEO of Space X, a pioneer in space development by private enterprises, participated in the company's event held in Seattle and in Space X launched several communication satellites and launched Mars However, I made it clear that I am planning a plan to build a communicable Internet environment.

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Eiron Mask Space X CEO is the latest idea of ​​launching multiple communication satellites on the orbit of the earth at the company's event held in Seattle and building a network that allows the Internet to be used in outer space I am clarifying. This seems to enable communication not only in the Internet in space but also in all places on the earth. Regarding the advantage of maintaining the Internet environment using communication satellites, it provides Internet communication service that is faster and cheaper than the current Internet communication to over 3 billion people who do not currently have a decent internet connection environment It seems to be able to be able to do.

"Our concern is building a huge global communication system than we have been told," Mask CEO talks about the space planning plan for space X planned.


In space X plan, hundreds of communication satellites are about 1,200 km from the earthLow orbitIt is expected that we will go around. Communication satellite is a distance of 1400 km to 36,000 km from EarthMiddle orbitHowever, by placing communication satellites at positions closer to the Earth than these, it is possible to reduce the power generated by the transmitter and receiver and to increase the communication speed.

For example, when Internet packets travel from Los Angeles to Johannesburg, you usually need to go through dozens of networks on the planet. However, with space X planned by space X, packets can travel through outer space and move from communication satellite to the nearest antenna to Johannesburg. In the vacuum space, the speed of light is 40% faster than moving in the optical fiber, so the benefits of improving the Internet environment in the universe are that the packet will lead to faster communication speed by moving in outer space Mask CEO says.

This project started in the Seattle office, beginning at about 60 people and collecting more than 1,000 members within 3 to 4 years. Furthermore, Mask CEO also reveals that it is planned to expand it so that it can be used on Mars, based on the Internet environment built in space.

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OneWeb led by Mr. Greg Wire, who has the same idea as such a space X satellite system, aiming to develop an environment where people not currently connected to the Internet can connect to the Internet. OneWeb already has Qualcomm andVirgin groupAnd has acquired the right to arrange multiple satellites in outer space.

Richard Branson of the Virgin Group who invests in OneWeb said, "Space X does not have the necessary rights to place hundreds of communication satellites on a low orbit, originally placing hundreds of communication satellites in the first place It seems that there is not enough physical space for Earlon Mask.When Mr. Eilon Mask wants to advance into this field, if you think logically, we will only have a partnership with us, but if we collaborate on communication satellite It is far more likely that the possibility of doing it separately is higher than the possibility of building an Internet environment using. "


Although space X is a concern for future development, it is currently undergoing the launch test of the reusable launch vehicle "Falcon 9". In the past a rocket named Grasshopper made by Space XSuccessful vertical take-off and landing test of 40 m altitudeHowever, in Falcon 9, we are anchored on the seabargeI have been doing the test to land on 2015 and I have failed to land.

The situation when Falcon 9 failed to land is published by Eiron Mask CEO himself on Twitter.


The movie that captured the moment of landing failure is uploaded to Vine.


According to Mask CEO, the stabilizer of Falcon 9 has run out of fuel before landing and touched leaning against the deck's deck at 45 degrees. However, this is not a big problem from the viewpoint of engineering, but rather that controlling the rocket tightly up to about 30 meters of deck is a big advance for Space X.

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