Elon’s “DeathStar” Starlink Service Will Beat Fiber Everywhere

4 October 2026 at 23:35

Musk owns space. With the launch a new class of 100,000 satellites, he is on the verge of making all fiber-optic networks on planet Earth obsolete while moving Grok AI into space. This will give him the reins over the global communications backbone and a monopoly on information flow, pricing, and access. Does Musk hold the trump card? It sure is sounding like it. ⁃ Patrick Wood, Editor.

Elon’s 250 kW Starlink satellites will bring multi-gigabit satellite internet and 5G satellite cellphone everywhere even high density cities. 250 kilowatts per satellite, 10 terabits per second in both directions, and a path to more than 100 terabits per second.

I detailed the 250 kilowatt per Starlink satellite as beating the Space Station in my article and youtube video from 9 days ago.

WHY build satellites this powerful? Serving everyone and leveraging the huge solar and thermal radiators of the planned AI satellites.

Read full story here...