- SpaceX launched its first Starlink satellite in 2019 with a vision of blanketing the globe in high-speed internet, and it has this week ticked off an important milestone in this grand plan.
- Researchers at the McMurdo Station in Antarctica are now tapping into the space-based internet service, where it’s boosting the bandwidth for scientific research at the end of the Earth.
- SpaceX currently has several thousand Starlink satellites orbiting the Earth, and has plans for many thousands more.
SpaceX’s Starlink internet reaches Antarctica, touching all 7 continents
