Samsung is the latest contender to enter the race to beam down internet from space, but it seems to be getting in the game pretty late. In a research paper titled Mobile Internet from the Heavens, Farooq Khan, president of Samsung research and development in Texas, proposes creating a network of 4,600 micro-satellites, to bring low-cost internet to everyone.
The proposed network of satellites could deliver internet access faster than ground-based networks, writes Khan. These micro-satellites would orbit between 160 kilometers and 2,000 kilometers in altitude and handle traffic up to a zettabyte per month, or about 200GB per month for 5 billion users.
Source: The Verge
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