Communications · Recorded milestone
LEO satellite internet
Recorded year2020
Starlink's thousands of low-orbit satellites bring broadband to remote areas.
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- Information theoryRecorded · 1948requires
- Communications satelliteRecorded · 1962enables
- MicroprocessorRecorded · 1971requires
- TCP/IPRecorded · 1974requires
- Solid-state phased-array antennasRecorded · 1980enables
- Global satellite phoneRecorded · 1998enables
- Ion-engine spacecraftRecorded · 1998enables
- Space laser communicationRecorded · 2001enables
- Reusable orbital boosterRecorded · 2015enables
Led to
- Weather microsatellite swarmRecorded · 2023enables
- Dual-band radar Earth mapperRecorded · 2025enables
- Satellite-to-phone serviceRecorded · 2025enables
- Smart balloon sounding swarmsForecast · ~2028enables
- Space traffic control and debris removalForecast · ~2028enables
- Low-orbit navigation satellitesForecast · ~2029enables
- Rain radar satellite fleetForecast · ~2029enables
- Autonomous cargo shipsForecast · ~2030requires
- Solar AI school in a boxForecast · ~2031enables
- Interplanetary internetForecast · ~2035enables
- Space-based missile defenceForecast · ~2035enables
- Orbital data centresForecast · ~2038requires
- Anywhere seen every few minutesForecast · ~2045enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.