Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin announced Thursday, January 31 that it has signed an agreement to launch satellites for Canadian telecommunications company Telesat. A number of other companies including SpaceX and OneWeb, are also involved in this race to develop a functioning global space internet. “Blue Origin is honored that Telesat has selected our powerful New Glenn rocket to launch Telesat’s innovative LEO satellite constellation into space,” Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith said in a statement. As for when we might see space internet become a reality, OneWeb is hoping to begin its service in 2019 or 2020. Telesat already has satellites in orbit, and plans to start offering a first generation space internet service in the early 2020s.

Source: Forbes February 01, 2019 16:26 UTC