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Detailed explanation-1: -Google Cloud and SpaceX have secured a partnership to provide businesses with ‘seamless, secure’ access – through the former’s cloud infrastructure and the latter’s connectivity. Under the partnership, SpaceX will locate Starlink ground stations within Google’s data centre properties.

Detailed explanation-2: -Elon Musk Announces SpaceX Starlink Cellular Partnership with T-Mobile. Elon Musk and T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert announced SpaceX and T-Mobile’s satellite-to-cell partnership on Aug.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 2022, SpaceX unveiled new variants of the Starlink service. On 23 May 2022, SpaceX rolled out Starlink For RVs, a service that lets customers pay more to skip waitlists to connect to its broadband satellites without a fixed address, although connection speeds for other users will be prioritized.

Detailed explanation-4: -“Starlink’s high-speed, low-latency global connectivity, in conjunction with Azure infrastructure, will enable users to access fiber-like cloud computing access anywhere, anytime, ” Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX’s president and chief operating officer, said in a statement.

Detailed explanation-5: -Google Cloud inked a deal to pair its compute infrastructure with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband service, a move one Google exec told Fierce will help extend the reach of the edge cloud.