Elon Musk, CEO of rocket spaceflight company SpaceX, wants to launch hundreds of small satellites to orbit Earth in order to deliver Internet access worldwide.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Musk's plan is to launch at least 700 satellites each weighing less than 250 pounds to orbit Earth. The only problem with that is in order to achieve these weight requirements, each satellite would have to be half the size of the smallest commercial satellite currently in use.

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Musk will reportedly team up with WorldVu Satellites founder Greg Wyler to find a way to get all the satellites built. The two are still looking for partners in the industry and are even scouting areas in Florida and Colorado for potential manufacturers.

The biggest reason for Musk taking in Wyler for the big plan is because WorldVu Satellites control a big portion of radio spectrum. The main goal for Musk in this project is to use the radio spectrum to send down Internet access across the globe.

Google and Facebook are attempting to do just that, except by using less practical pilotless aircrafts roaming the skies instead of satellites orbiting the Earth.

The plan should be enticing to many, as the supply of 700 satellites would be nearly ten times larger than anything operated by Iridium Communications, which is currently the world's leading satellite company, according to CNET.

Although it hasn't yet been confirmed, Musk's SpaceX would most likely carry out the procedure to launch the satellites into space, according to the WSJ report. The company has already successfully launched several missions including supply drops to the International Space Station. Just a couple months ago SpaceX received a $2.6 billion contract with NASA to launch manned spacecraft missions. 

TagsSpaceX CEO Elon Musk, WorldVu Satellites founder Greg Wyler, Spaceflight, smallest satellites, NASA