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SpaceX is promising that its network will be just as fast as the best fiber-optic based services. Its satellites are flying much closer to the ground than most other telecommunications satellites, which the company says will eliminate the frustrating lag times.
SpaceX gets almost $900 million in federal subsidies to deliver broadband to rural America
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Space X Rocket Explodes During Landing
The massive experimental Space X Rocket that is planned to shuttle large satelites into orbit, shuttle people at warp speed between cities and launch inhabitants to Mars had a successful launch and basically a flawless mission until it crashed and exploded at the initial point of landing.
It was in its developmental stage and no one was on board.
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