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SpaceX has launched a new project to create a Starlink satellite network for T-Mobile, which will provide direct communication with mobile phones (Direct to Cell) without any additional terminals. This will allow subscribers to use ordinary mobile phones to make calls, text messages and surf the web even in places where there is usually no […]
In September 2022, Ukraine first tried to use maritime drones against Russian ships in the Sevastopol Bay, but 70 km from the target, the connection with billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink was lost, UP reports. It was not possible to persuade Musk to turn on the connection, so Ukraine modified the drones. In a secure bunker, […]
SpaceX continues to expand its achievements in the space industry, setting a new record with two rocket launches in two consecutive days. The company successfully sent another batch of its Starlink Internet satellites into orbit on Thursday and Friday, completing its 90th and 91st orbital missions in 2023. The first launch took place on Thursday, […]
Bloomberg reported that SpaceX’s Starlink satellites have successfully completed a nine-month test for the US Department of Defense in the Arctic. The training ended in June. Starlink has proven to be “a reliable and high-performance communications system in the Arctic, including mobile applications,” said Brian Beal, chief engineer of the US Air Force Research Laboratory’s […]
After months of waiting, SpaceX has received partial approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to begin deploying the Starlink cellular system – but only for short tests. The FCC has decided to “partially grant, partially deny” the company’s application to operate a satellite service that is being developed to provide connectivity to T-Mobile smartphones. […]
SpaceX said in the company’s email invitation that its newest Starlink dish will cost $599. A Starlink subscriber posted a screenshot of the email on Reddit. The price of $599 means that the new antenna will cost the same as Starlink’s current hardware kit, which includes a second-generation dish and a Gen 2 Wi-Fi router. […]
Elon Musk’s company plans to start testing satellite cellular services using 840 spacecraft next month. At the end of last year, it became known that SpaceX intends to equip Starlink telecommunications satellites with equipment that will allow them to be used for cellular communication – ordinary smartphones will be able to connect without any modifications. […]
SpaceX has launched 23 more Starlink satellites into orbit, adding to its ever-growing Internet mega constellation, Space reports. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink satellites was launched from Cape Canaveral Spaceport in Florida at 06:20 Kyiv time. The first stage of the Falcon 9 returned to Earth about 8.5 minutes after launch. It landed […]
China fears the expansion of the Starlink satellite Internet, which is already available in dozens of countries. The Chinese authorities want to create their own analog. Earlier in 2023, it was announced that the project was called Guowang. Last week, the first Internet satellite was sent into space. China’s Long March 2D launch vehicle was […]
SpaceX has released the third generation of the Starlink terminal (base station). It became lighter and thinner, and lost the motor for adjusting the location, instead of a stand. For now, the new product will be available only to a “small group of customers in the United States” The field of view of the device […]