Exploring the "Internet from space" with Hypatia
Simon Kassing, Debopam Bhattacherjee, André Baptista Águas, Jens Eirik Saethre, Ankit Singla
Abstract
SpaceX, Amazon, and others plan to put thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit to provide global low-latency broadband Internet. SpaceX's plans have matured quickly, such that their underdeployment satellite constellation is already the largest in history, and may start offering service in 2020.
Topics & Concepts
The InternetConstellationBroadbandComputer scienceSatelliteTelecommunicationsCommunications satelliteWorld Wide WebAstronomyPhysicsSatellite Communication SystemsOpportunistic and Delay-Tolerant NetworksInterconnection Networks and Systems