Telecommunications

Satellite internet

Internet access delivered from space and the systems that make it work.

Terms

3 terms

  • LEO

    LEO, or low Earth orbit, is the orbital region up to about 2,000 km used by satellite internet constellations for low-latency broadband.

  • Satellite internet

    Satellite internet is broadband access delivered by radio links between a user terminal, orbiting satellites and ground stations connected to the internet.

  • Starlink

    Starlink is a satellite internet service from SpaceX that delivers broadband through a constellation of low Earth orbit satellites and flat phased array dishes.