SpaceX’s Starlink eyed by US military as co. raises $500-750M for development

Teslarati
By Eric RalphDec 21, 2018, 7:00 am340 pts
In a reasonably predictable turn of events, SpaceX has been awarded a healthy $28.7M contract to study, develop, and test possible military applications of its prospective Starlink internet satellite constellation. Previously reported by Teslarati in August 2018, FCC applications related to Starlink revealed…

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