Elon Musk’s global satellite ambition
The richest man on Earth has a satellite empire but what does he have planned for space?
Elon Musk is the world's richest person. He leads Tesla, Twitter and SpaceX and he owns half the satellites in Earth’s lower orbit; with over 5,000 already operating in space. They make up a global internet constellation called Starlink, which is set to grow rapidly in the coming years.
We explore how big his ambitions for space are with our science correspondent Jonathan Amos and our North America technology reporter James Clayton.
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