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Share with friends and circle of friends with wechat scan QR code < / P > < p > local time on Tuesday, Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, the US space exploration technology company, delivered a keynote speech at the World Mobile Communications Conference (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, disclosing more details about the Starlink Satellite Internet program According to musk, the number of test users of star Link Internet has recently reached 70000, and it is expected that there will be a rapid growth in the next year. "We're going to have hundreds of thousands of users, and we're going to be over 500000 in 12 months," he said < p > Star chain is a capital intensive project of SpaceX, which aims to build a space-based Internet with tens of thousands of satellites, so as to provide high-speed and low latency Internet services to consumers anywhere on the earth. SpaceX has launched a beta version of the service for some consumers, charging $99 a month. In the past year, SpaceX has sought regulatory approval to test the use of the network on aircraft and extend it to large mobile vehicles such as ships and trucks < p > Starlink is currently the largest satellite internet project in the world. SpaceX has launched more than 1500 satellites into orbit, and more satellites will be added every month. Starting in August this year, the service will provide Internet access "anywhere but the poles." SpaceX claimed last month that so far, Starlink has received more than 500000 orders and deposits, although these people may not all become users. The number of star chain users has grown rapidly, from about 10000 in February to nearly 70000, which musk called a "strategic number" < p > compared with traditional satellite services, satellite chain satellites are deployed in low earth orbit, which reduces the delay of their services. Musk emphasized this point. Delay time and download speed are the key indicators to measure Internet services. "The delay time of the star link system is similar to that of terrestrial fiber and 5g, but we want to reduce the delay to less than 20 milliseconds," Musk said According to musk, although people have strong demand for star chain services and promise to conduct early evaluation, the project has not come out of financial difficulties. He said SpaceX was "at a loss" on the satellite antennas it provided to customers because the cost of each set of hardware was close to $1300, but SpaceX charged users only $499 < p > musk predicts that the cost of satellite antenna will drop from more than $1000 to $300 to $500 in the next 12 months. "We are developing the next generation of satellite antennas that will provide roughly the same functionality, but at a much lower cost," he said < p > long before SpaceX started to build its star chain Internet and allow testers to start using this service, industry experts warned that developing affordable user terminals would be one of the most difficult technical obstacles that SpaceX had to overcome. In the 1990s, several well funded enterprises tried to build satellite networks similar to star chains. After realizing that the goal is difficult to achieve or the cost is too high, all these companies either change their plans or go bankrupt or liquidate As SpaceX's leadership has said before, musk estimates that the construction of the star chain network may cost the company $5 billion to $10 billion. In the long run, the investment will be as high as 20 billion to 30 billion US dollars. But SpaceX believes that it can develop a larger market. It is estimated that the star chain can generate as much as $30 billion a year, about 10 times the annual revenue of its rocket launch business On Tuesday, musk said SpaceX's current goal is to make sure it doesn't go bankrupt. SpaceX has launched satellites for the satellite chain network since 2019, and is rapidly deploying satellites. In the past six months alone, more than 780 satellites have been launched < p > musk pointed out that the star chain Internet "has been put into operation in about 12 countries, and more countries will join each month.". He also disclosed that SpaceX is negotiating with potential partners because some countries require operators to provide rural coverage as a condition for obtaining 5g licenses. He also said that if telecom operators have cellular stations in remote areas, they can use star link services to connect to the core network < p > he said: "we have two important partners now, and I want to announce the relevant news now, but obviously we will listen to the wishes of our partners. At the same time, we are negotiating with other telecom companies to provide star link access. " < p > musk also said that SpaceX will soon launch the next generation of satellite chain. "We are about to launch a new satellite with a laser link between satellites, which will be suitable for continuous connectivity between the Arctic and Antarctic regions," he said. Next year we will launch our second version of satellites, and their capabilities will be greatly enhanced. " < p > but some analysts question whether Satellite Internet can be a viable business model, because it is mainly aimed at remote areas, where there may not be enough people to afford high service charges and electricity charges < p > according to Tim Farrar, President and analyst of TMF associates, the star chain needs millions of subscribers to pay about $99 a month to recover $5 billion of investment within one year. He said that investing $30 billion in the construction of Satellite Internet within 10 years may not require a substantial increase in subscribers, but it will require tens of millions of subscribers to achieve the annual revenue of about $30 billion predicted by musk in 2020 "It's not impossible for star chain services to attract tens of millions of subscribers and maintain business operations, but it's not enough to prove that SpaceX's valuation is reasonable," Farrer added. The more musk trumpets that he will invest tens of billions of dollars, the harder it will be for others. Obviously, this is one of Musk's purposes, that is, to limit competition. " < p > Star chain project is facing competition from Amazon subsidiary Kuiper, oneweb, telesat and other companies. Paolo Pescatore, an analyst at PP foresight, said the star chain needed to expand to reduce costs, so it needed to work with telecom companies（ Small) < / P > < p >

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