When SpaceX’s broadband service starts mid-2020, the initial experience will be “bumpy,” company President Gwynne Shotwell said Friday. However, she said she expects SpaceX to mature as an internet service provider by 2021. The company will take pre-sales for customer service, similar to what fellow Elon Musk-led company Tesla Inc. has done for new vehicles, Shotwell said during a media roundtable at the company’s Hawthorne headquarters. In addition to the satellite broadband service, SpaceX is also continuing to work on its capsule, which is intended to begin carrying NASA astronauts to the International Space Station as early as February. Currently, only SpaceX and ULA launch spy satellites for the U.S. government.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 07, 2019 12:56 UTC