Musk says Starlink bandwidth to rise 100-fold in two to three years
The increase will come from new-version satellites, and the next V4 model is expected to be 10 times more powerful than V3.
The bandwidth of the Starlink satellite network will increase 100-fold within two to three years, Elon Musk said on Saturday, Russia's state news agency TASS reported.
The increase will come from the launch of new-version spacecraft, Musk said in an interview with entrepreneur Ron Baron.
"We have 11,000 satellites up there right now," Musk said.
Most of those satellites are the version two model, and the launch of version three satellites has only just begun, he said.
Musk said each version three satellite has more than 10 times the capability of a version two satellite, and that the company will launch 10 times as many of them.
He added that the next version, V4, will be 10 times more powerful than the V3 satellites.
Starlink is the satellite internet service run by SpaceX, the rocket and satellite company that Musk founded.
The network uses large numbers of satellites in low orbit to deliver broadband internet to users, including in areas where ground-based cable and mobile links are limited.
The newer satellite models are meant to carry more capacity than earlier ones, which is why upgrades are central to the bandwidth growth Musk described.
Musk's estimate was given in an interview, and the report did not describe any independent assessment of the forecast.
