Foxconn rockets into satellites in search of life beyond iPhone

Launch on SpaceX rocket to lead to tests of car communications links

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Foxconn's satellites were loaded ontp a SpaceX rocket that took off from California in November. (Foxconn)

HIDEAKI RYUGEN and TSUYOSHI TAMEHIRO, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI/TOKYO -- Taiwanese iPhone assembler Foxconn's satellite business ambitions have lifted off with a successful launch that the company sees as an entry point into a space industry forecast to grow to $1 trillion.

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