First satellite internet

The first satellite internet services, established in the early 1990s, were limited in bandwidth and latency, resulting in low adoption.

HughesNet, launched in 1996, was the first commercially successful satellite internet service, orbiting Earth at 22,236 miles and remaining stationary

Geosynchronous satellites have a high data transmission delay yet cover a huge region with a single satellite.

OneWeb launched the first LEO satellite internet network in 2019. Starlink, a satellite constellation created by SpaceX, began operations in 2020.

In October 2023, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited introduced JioSpaceFiber, India's first satellite-based gigabit broadband service.