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SpaceX Seattle 2015
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Full recording of Elon Musk's January 2015 presentation and Q&A at the SpaceX Seattle office announcement. He lays out plans for a satellite constellation to provide low-latency global internet, tied to funding Mars ambitions. Pauses between questions have been edited out.
It is the primary source for the original Starlink concept, so commenters cite it for Musk's stated goals on latency, hops, pricing and timelines.
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