SpaceX wants to put 1 million solar-powered data centers into orbit

SpaceX filed a request with the FCC connected Friday seeking approval to enactment a constellation of 1 cardinal data center satellites into orbit. While the FCC is improbable to o.k. a web that expansive, SpaceX's strategy has been to petition support for unrealistically ample numbers of satellites arsenic a starting point for negotiations.

The filing proposes establishing a web of solar-powered information centers successful debased Earth orbit that pass with 1 different via lasers. The filling speaks of the constellation successful ambitious sci-fi terms, calling it a "first measurement towards becoming a Kardashev II-level civilization - 1 that tin harness the Sun's ful …

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