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Soon it will be possible to use Starlink satellite Internet without buying an expensive transmitting and receiving antenna. SpaceX has published a new webpage to promote its upcoming Starlink Direct to Cell service, which plans to offer cellular connectivity to existing 4G LTE phones via satellite. An informational website that went live this month states […]
Amazon launches its first Kuiper satellites into space. The company is ready to launch its first two satellites, KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2, for the Protoflight mission scheduled for October 6. Amazon’s Kuiper project is a response to SpaceX’s Starlink service. The company is currently planning to launch 3,200 satellites over the next six years to create […]
Elon Musk, concerned about SpaceX’s “potential involvement in the war in Ukraine,” launches an alternative satellite Internet network that the US government can use for its own benefit. SpaceX has signed its first contract with the US Space Force to launch the government’s Starshield satellite network, Bloomberg reports. The idea, first announced in December, came […]
Smartphones from the current iPhone 14 lineup have received the Emergency SOS feature. It allows you to call emergency services via satellite. Emergency SOS is especially relevant in the mountains, forest, or at sea, as there are no base stations there. The feature was launched by a North American corporation in partnership with Globalstar. It […]
SpaceX has updated the Starlink coverage map. Satellite Internet is already available in Africa. The first African country where Starlink appeared was Nigeria. The American aerospace company has provided broadband access throughout the country. Starlink is now available in Nigeria – the first African country to receive service! → https://t.co/slZbTmZmAt — SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 30, […]
Taiwan is looking for investors to help it build its own satellite Internet system, similar to the Starlink system that played an important role during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This should help it defend against a possible attack by China, the Financial Times reports, citing its own sources. Talks are currently underway with several […]
The authorities of the European Union are considering the possibility of allocating funds to pay for Starlink provider services in Ukraine. This became known from Gabrielus Landsbergis, who is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania. In an interview with a Politico correspondent, the Lithuanian diplomat said that this topic was raised […]
Starlink Ukraine has received an operator’s license. This was announced by the Ministry of Digital Transformation in the Telegram. “The company has just been entered in the Register of Providers of Electronic Communications Networks and Services at No. 1,” – the statement said. The ministry notes that the SpaceX representative office will soon start active work […]
In a report by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), SpaceX reported that Starlink’s satellite Internet service has more than 400,000 subscribers worldwide (both individuals and businesses). Interestingly, only two months ago there were 250,000, and at the beginning of the year – 145,000. As you can see, Starlink is rapidly gaining subscriber base. In […]
The head of Vodafone Ukraine’s communications department Victoria Ruban said that in the cities of Irpin and Romanivka it was possible to restore part of the mobile operator’s network thanks to Starlink equipment. This is the first such case in the history of Ukraine. As Channel 24 reports with reference to Victoria Ruban, a base […]