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

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