Elon Musk just shared the first images of new SpaceX satellites that could change the internet

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SpaceX launched two experimental satellites on Thursday.

The satellites are designed to test Starlink, a concept to bathe all of Earth in high-speed broadband internet using a fleet of 12,000 satellites.

Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, posted a video of the new satellites deploying into orbit.

Musk named the satellites "Tintin A" and "Tintin B."

The first pieces of a radical plan to bathe Earth with high-speed internet access just launched into space.

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