After the launch over the weekend Spacex now has over 1600 Starlink satellites in orbit. Now they’ve linked up with Google….
https://www.eetimes.com/spacex-expan...-google-cloud/
SpaceX Expands Starlink to Google Cloud
Starlink, the streak in the night sky launched by SpaceX, will connect with Google’s cloud infrastructure, enabling the satellite broadband network to deliver low-latency applications, data and other cloud services to network edge deployments.
SpaceX earlier signed a similar agreement to connect its Starlink constellation to Microsoft’s Azure cloud….
The cloud deals with Google and Microsoft illustrate the long-term goal of tapping the lucrative enterprise edge market.
Google said last week SpaceX will locate Starlink ground stations within its data centers to deliver applications to the network edge relayed by its growing satellite constellation.
The collaboration combines Google’s private cloud network with a satellite network service eventually aimed at corporate users, including those beyond the reach of terrestrial connections.….
Google and SpaceX said they expect to begin delivering the new edge services to corporate customers beginning in the second half of 2021.
SpaceX and Microsoft announced a partnership last fall that would link the Starlink broadband network to Azure modular data centers via satellite network provider
SES.
Observers note the Google-SpaceX deal would create direct connections between the Starlink constellation via ground stations in Google data centers. Those direct connections would reduce latency and boost performance for streaming video and other enterprise applications……
Others stressed the deal would provide Starlink customers with faster connections to Google cloud servers.