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{{Short description|Satellite-provided Internet}} {{Multiple issues| {{Refimprove|date=April 2024}} {{Update|date=April 2024}} }} [[File:WildBlueDish.jpg|thumb|A [[Viasat (American company)|WildBlue]] [[satellite dish]] on the side of a house for receiving Internet]] '''Satellite Internet access''' is [[Internet access]] provided through [[communication satellites]]; if it can sustain [[high-speed Internet|high speeds]], it is termed '''satellite broadband'''. Modern consumer grade satellite Internet service is typically provided to individual users through [[geostationary satellites]] that can offer relatively high data speeds,<ref>{{cite web|title=Satellite Internet: 15 Mbps, no matter where you live in the U.S.|date=7 January 2013|url=https://arstechnica.com/business/2013/01/satellite-internet-15mbps-no-matter-where-you-live-in-the-us/|publisher=Ars Technica|access-date=5 September 2013}}</ref> with newer satellites using the {{Ku band}} to achieve downstream data speeds up to 506 [[Data-rate units#Megabit per second|Mbit/s]].<ref>[https://www.newtec.eu/frontend/files/userfiles/files/App%20Note%20IP%20Trunking%20Rev01.pdf End-to-End Efficiency for Trunking Networks], ''Newtec IP Trunking'', 2013</ref> In addition, new [[satellite internet constellation]]s are being developed in [[Low Earth orbit|low-earth orbit]] to enable [[Network delay|low-latency]] internet access from space.
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