SpaceX Project Starlink internet supplies arrive for Wise County Schools

Wise County Schools has received the first supplies from SpaceX that will provide internet access to homes for select families in the system.

Project Starlink, courtesy of CEO Elon Musk, is connecting homes that do not have reliable internet access with free service through satellite constellations in low orbit in the event schools operate remotely during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The system hopes to expand the service from 45 initial installations to 90, as the initiative works to close the digital divide plaguing portions of rural Southwest Virginia.

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