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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Elon musk s spacex launches first phone service satellites | Mind Blowing Facts

Elon Musk, the head of SpaceX.
Elon Musk, the head of SpaceX. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

SpaceX launched a rocket on Tuesday carrying the first set of Starlink satellites that can beam signals directly to smartphones from space.

Elon Musk’s space business struck a deal in August 2022 with wireless carriers to provide phone users in “dead zones” with network access via its Starlink satellites.

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