Elon muskentrepreneur and CEO Tesla and SpaceXwas in Brazil this Friday morning (20th) to meet with the President prison Bolsonaro (PL), other politicians and businessmen in Porto Feliz (SP). The purpose of the visit is to launch starlink – another of its organizations and the “arm” of the space company – in the country and the emergence of the “revolutionary” Internet.

The company’s project, which is already underway in other territories, is to operate low-orbit satellites to provide communications to rural areas more isolated from urban centers, in addition to providing high speed and monitoring of the Amazon.

Musk said the Starlink Internet, which can transmit information through the vacuum of space faster than fiber optic cable, will serve 19,000 schools without a network connection and will be of great help in checking and analyzing the ecological state of the world’s largest rainforest.

“Very happy to be in Brazil to launch Starlink for 19,000 unconnected schools in rural areas and environmental monitoring of the Amazon!” the billionaire wrote on his Twitter account.

In addition to its advantages over fiber, Musk claims that its “constellation” of small satellites orbiting the Earth at a distance of about 550 km will provide better performance than the geostationary devices responsible for most modern Internet services, which are located at a distance of about 35 km. thousand km. height, because the closer, the faster sending and receiving data.

In addition, if consolidated around the world, it will be possible to access the Starlink network from anywhere on the planet with just one antenna thanks to 42,000 satellites that will continue to orbit the globe.

The provider is still in testing in Brazil, and the provider is already in commercial operation in the United States, with plans starting at $99 per month (about R$481.90). You also need to invest in an installation kit (antenna and router) which costs $499 (approximately R$2428.93).

Although the meeting between Ilon, Bolsonaro and other members of the plateau was considered confidential, the South African’s interest in Brazil was nothing new. In the last month Wilson Lima (União Brasil), governor of the state of Amazonas, tweeted that the entrepreneur wanted to bring SpaceX to the country.

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Source: UOL