author: Bart Swiatek
Tests of Starlink Internet Will Start Soon
SpaceX started to send emails to people interested in testing the Starlink system. Elon Musk's company asks the users for an update of their home address. We have also learned about the appearance of the antenna that will be required to use the service.
IN A NUTSHELL:
- SpaceX started to ask users interested in testing Starlink system for their addresses;
- Closed tests will start in the summer in the USA and Canada;
- The users will be charger one dollar as part of checking the payment system;
- We also know what Starlink's antenna looks like.
It looks like closed tests of Starlink, the Internet offered by SpaceX, founded by billionaire Elon Musk, will begin soon. The company has started sending out e-mails to potential testers asking them to update their address. According to the information contained in the message, the beta-test will start in the summer, which coincides with previous reports.
After the end of the first, closed test phase, the second one will start, during which access to the service will be open to all interested.
According to information dug up by Reddit user Bubby4j (he screened the metadata of support website), testing will initially be carried out in the northern United States, southern Canada, and some locations in Washington State. Testers must be able to observe the so-called northern sky, and more specifically, be located between the 44th and 55th degree of latitude. Use of the service will require a special antenna and router - SpaceX will send them to the testers (below the picture of the dish).
Users will be charged almost no money - except for a single dollar, which will be transferred as part of the payment system check.