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Starlink, Elon Musk's company, and SpaceX's internet company are preparing to enter the Brazilian market; equipment has already been released by Anatel

Written by Valdemar Medeiros
Published 26/05/2021 às 10:00
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Illustration of the Starlink constellation around the Earth. Source: SpaceX

The aerospace systems company SpaceX, owned by the famous Elon Musk, carried out installations and orbital launches, expanding the reach of Starlink, an internet provider via satellite for the businessman, which could become literally mobile soon, making it possible to use the internet from anywhere . Anatel authenticated two of the company's antennas.

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Although this news from Elon Musk has not yet arrived in Brazilian territory officially, the internet company Starlink is already preparing to reach the national market. The National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) authenticated two of the company's satellite antennas, which will be installed in the provider's stations on land, and may arrive in the country in test phases in the last half of this year. There were two versions of the Gateway V3 antenna certified by Anatel, in which the only difference was the frequency of their operations.

The equipment was classified by Anatel as a transceiver for an earth station. In the certificate issued by Anatel for the antenna, it is possible to observe that it operates in the Ku band and has a transmission capacity of up to 4 Gb/s.

Anatel's certification in relation to equipment is just the first step towards the arrival of Elon Musk's company in Brazil, however, it will still be necessary for Starlink to request Anatel's certification for the antennas that will be installed in customers' homes.

Understand the news of entrepreneur Elon Musk better

There are already approximately 1,6 satellites launched into space and more than 10 service subscribers in six countries that are taking part in the Starkink and SpaceX testing phase. Pre-orders have reached over half a million orders in Canada, UK, New Zealand, US, Mexico and Australia.

In Brazil, despite the beta arriving only at the end of the semester of this year, it is already possible to order the installation of Starlink with SpaceX. To register, it will be necessary to pay a fee of US$ 99 and for the purchase of the router and antenna kit, with the value is US$ 499. SpaceX commented that Starlink's internet must reach speeds of 50 Mb/ sa 150 Mb/s and ping reaching 20 ms and a maximum of 40 ms.

Meet billionaire Elon Musk's company

The billionaire's company that provides space services, SpaceX, emerged in 2002 with the mission to reduce the costs of space transportation. It was the first private company to take a space shuttle into space, in 2010, and also the first to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station (IEE) in 2012.

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Valdemar Medeiros

Journalist in training, specialist in creating content with a focus on SEO actions. Writes about the Automotive Industry, Renewable Energy and Science and Technology

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