SpaceX’s Starlink isn't alone in using space lasers to beam internet data. A Chinese firm is leveraging the same concept for space-to-ground transmissions with a surveillance bent. Chang Guang ...

(Bloomberg) -- Google parent Alphabet Inc. shut down Loon, an audacious project to beam internet service from high-altitude balloons, after the unit failed to develop a viable business model.

New York, Elon Musk-run SpaceX has launched its 12th Starlink Mission which brings its internet-beaming satellite constellation to just under the 800 it needs to deliver moderate coverage in North ...