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SpaceX says its Starlink satellite internet can download 100 megabits per second, and 'space lasers' transfer data between satellites

A photo of SpaceX's user terminal, or satellite dish, on a roof. Elon Musk has called such devices "UFOs on a stick" — they're designed to connect to the internet via a fleet of Starlink satellites.
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In private beta testing of its Starlink internet satellites, SpaceX says it has found low latency and high download speeds of 100 megabits per second.
"Space lasers" also transferred hundreds of gigabytes of data between two Starlink satellites during a test, the company said.
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