SpaceX applies to test Internet service satellites

lpress writes: Elon Musk's SpaceX and Greg Wyler's OneWeb both hope to provide global Interent access using constellations of low-Earth orbit satellites. Neither company plans to be in operation for several years, but Musk's SpaceX is ready to test two satellites. They have applied for permission to launch two satellites that will orbit at 625 km. They will use them to test two types of terminal at each of three West Coast ground stations.