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The SpaceX satellite development facility, located in Redmond, Washington, is a SpaceX office developing a new, low-cost, high-performance satellite bus to be used to implement a new space-based internet communication system.〔 〕 The facility was announced by SpaceX in January 2015, stating that the communication satellite network would be capable of supporting the bandwidth to carry up to 50 percent of all backhaul communications traffic and up to 10 percent of local internet traffic in high-density cities. SpaceX has plans to also sell satellites that use the same satellite bus, satellites that might be used for scientific or exploratory purposes.〔 , the Seattle-area office planned to initially hire approximately 60 engineers, with the potential to increase to 1000 people in the next several years.〔 There were 45 open positions in October 2015.〔 The company plans to have two test prototypes flying in 2016,〔 and have the initial satellite constellation in orbit and operational by approximately 2020.〔(SpaceX Seattle 2015 ), 16 January 2015.〕 == Internet business opportunity == Two space entrepreneurs announced internet satellite ventures in the same week. In addition to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announcing this project, serial-entrepreneur Richard Branson announced an investment in OneWeb, a similar constellation with approximately 700 satellites that has already procured communication frequency licenses for their broadcast spectrum.〔 〕 After the failure of previous satellite-to-consumer space ventures, satellite industry consultant Roger Rusch said "It's highly unlikely that you can make a successful business out of this."〔 In February 2015, Financial analysts questioned established geosynchronous orbit communications satellite fleet operators as to how they intend to respond to the competitive threat of SpaceX/Google and OneWeb LEO communication satellites.〔 〕 By July 2015, of SpaceX and OneWeb, only OneWeb have announced firm plans to scale up their laboratory development work to manufacturing-scale facilities, funding and launch contracts.〔 In October, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell indicated that while development continues the business case for the long-term rollout of an operational satellite network is still in an early phase.〔(SpaceX’s Gwynne Shotwell signals go-slow approach for Seattle satellite plan ), Alan Boyle, 27 October 2015, retrieved 2015-10-28.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SpaceX satellite development facility」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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