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title: "First satellite internet"  
description: "A brief explanation about the first satellite internet and its facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-30  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/3057/first-satellite-internet  
category: "space science"  
tags: ["satellite", "internet", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# First satellite internet

![First satellite internet](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/66910add-ae6f-4a84-a7cf-783bc173af92/images/5ee0646e-db3e-4337-af10-b39f990e3796.jpeg) ![First satellite internet](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/66910add-ae6f-4a84-a7cf-783bc173af92/images/5ee0646e-db3e-4337-af10-b39f990e3796.jpeg) The first satellite internet services, established in the early 1990s, were limited in bandwidth and latency, resulting in low adoption. ![First satellite internet](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/66910add-ae6f-4a84-a7cf-783bc173af92/images/d9a69dfd-60ff-4b27-b23b-f4fb1201497b.jpeg) HughesNet, launched in 1996, was the first commercially successful satellite internet service, orbiting Earth at 22,236 miles and remaining stationary ![First satellite internet](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/66910add-ae6f-4a84-a7cf-783bc173af92/images/39366898-b61a-44c1-8e67-4d6403ed3180.jpeg) Geosynchronous satellites have a high data transmission delay yet cover a huge region with a single satellite. ![First satellite internet](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/66910add-ae6f-4a84-a7cf-783bc173af92/images/081784ba-dfce-4358-b449-3f586deb4014.jpeg) OneWeb launched the first LEO satellite internet network in 2019. Starlink, a satellite constellation created by SpaceX, began operations in 2020. ![First satellite internet](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/66910add-ae6f-4a84-a7cf-783bc173af92/images/47c2eec2-9870-476d-8254-df1a07c41e41.jpeg) In October 2023, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited introduced JioSpaceFiber, India's first satellite-based gigabit broadband service.

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