Elon Musk: “100 lasers per satellite, each operating above 10 Tb/s, with over 100k satellites should be able to outcompete undersea cables.”
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Ilon Mask reported that the fourth generation of Starlink satellites would be able to transmit as much data as would be necessary to compete with the world's Internet submarine network. According to SpaceX, each machine will be equipped with approximately 100 laser links with over 10 Tbits per channel. The company expects, over time, to create a constellation of more than 100,000 of these ... The post Ilon Musk plans to replace the underwater In…
Elon Musk Believes SpaceX's ~100,000 V4 Starlink Satellites Are Enough To "Outcompete Undersea Cables," As Iran-Linked Ships Seen Lingering Over Such Cables In The Gulf Of Oman
Elon Musk believes SpaceX is building a redundant backbone for the internet in the Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). And, just around 100,000 V4 Starlink satellites will suffice to gain an acceptable level of redundancy, one that can't be easily threatened en masse by hostile actors. Each SpaceX V4 satellite will sport 100 lasers, where each such laser operates at a throughput of 10 Tbsp As we noted in July, SpaceX is now ready to mass produce its V3 (or G…
Elon Musk argues that future generations of Starlink satellites could provide an alternative to the global infrastructure of [...]
Elon Musk: “100 lasers per satellite, each operating above 10 Tb/s, with over 100k satellites should be able to outcompete undersea cables.”
Speed of light in space is ~40% faster than cable and the path is direct, instead of following the outline of land masses. ~100 lasers per satellite, each operating above 10 Tb/s, with over 100k satellites should be able to outcompete undersea cables. Speed of light in space is ~40% faster than cable and the path is direct, instead of following the outline of land masses. https://t.co/l7aqDUoTAK — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 6, 2026 Elon Mus…
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