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Low orbital satellite constellations -


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_internet_constellation


Globalstar — an operational constellation of 24 low Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites for satellite phone and low-speed data communications, covering most of the world's landmass. The launch of the second-generation constellation was completed on February 6, 2013

Iridium — an operational constellation of 66 cross-linked satellites in a polar orbit, used to provide satellite phone and low-speed data services over the entire surface of Earth. Iridium NEXT, a second-generation constellation of the communications satellites, was completed on January 11, 2019

Orbcomm — an operational constellation used to provide global asset monitoring and messaging services from its constellation of 29 LEO communications satellites orbiting at 775 km

Starlink — a satellite constellation development project underway by SpaceX to deploy nearly 12,000 satellites in three orbital shells by the mid-2020s

Lynk Global — a satellite-to-mobile-phone satellite constellation with the objective of coverage to traditional low-cost mobile devices

Teledesic — a former (1990s) venture to accomplish broadband satellite internet services

Viasat, Inc. — a current broadband satellite provider providing fixed, ground mobile, and airborne antennas

OneWeb constellation — 648-satellite network is planned for completion by late 2022

Project Kuiper — Amazon's constellation planned to consist of 3,236 satellites operating in three orbital shells

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