Satellite Internet access Satellite Internet access Satellite Internet access is Internet access provided through communications satellites. Modern consumer grade satellite Internet service is typically provided to individual users through geostationary satellites that can offer relatively high data speeds, with newer satellites using to achieve downstream data speeds up to 506 Mbps. Following the launch of the first satellite, Sputnik 1, by the Soviet Union in October 1957, the US successfully launched the Explorer 1 satellite in 1958. The first commercial communications satellite was Telstar 1, built by Bell Labs and launched in July 1962. The idea of a geosynchronous satellite—one that could orbit
ABS (satellite operator) estimated 3,700 high tech jobs," according to the bank. Originally founded as in 1996 as Asia Broadcast Satellite, the company was renamed "ABS" in 2014. In September 2012, the CEO of ABS received the "Satellite Executive of the Year in Asia Pacific Award" by APSCC (Asia Pacific Satellite Communications Council). The following year, Via Satellite announced the CEO of ABS as the "Satellite Executive of the year 2012". In 2017, the co-founder and CEO of ABS, Thomas Choi, was inducted into the "Satellite Hall of Fame, 2017" by the Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI). ABS, a newly formed satellite