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SpaceX has unveiled a new Starlink satellite antenna aimed at residential users and designed to improve the quality of broadband communications. The company has published specifications, images, and a video of the new antenna on its website. The new device is slightly larger and consumes more power, but potentially provides better communication quality. But the […]
Last year, the SpaceX CEO discussed the spin-off of Starlink, and in 2020, he announced an IPO of the satellite Internet business when “revenue growth becomes smooth and predictable.” According to Elon Musk, Starlink has now reached “breakeven cash flow.” “Great work by a great team. Starlink now owns the majority of all active satellites […]
On October 29, 2023, SpaceX launched 22 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit from the Vandenberg Space Force Complex in California, Space reports. The Falcon 9 rocket was launched at 11:00 a.m. Kyiv time. The first stage of the Falcon 9 returned to Earth about 8.5 minutes after launch on the automatic platform Of Course I […]
Israel is in talks with SpaceX to connect the Starlink Internet to strengthen communications during the war and ahead of the expected ground invasion of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Ministry of Communications said in a statement that the move would ensure uninterrupted Internet access in cities on the front line. The ministry representative added […]
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 […]
Starlink plans to launch on 4G LTE mobile devices, SpaceX has launched a website to promote the upcoming Starlink Direct to Cell service. PCMag reports. “Seamless access to text, voice and data for LTE phones around the world,” the statement said. Direct to Cell will enable the transmission of 4G LTE signals from satellites to […]
On October 6, Amazon launched a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral with the first two satellites of the Project Kuiper network – Kuipersat-1 and Kuipersat-2. The satellites deployed into orbit at an altitude of about 500 kilometers about 18 minutes after launch. KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2 will allow the company to […]
A separate military version of Starlink is called Starshield and is already being supplied to the US Armed Forces The US Army has already begun deploying SpaceX’s Starshield satellite communications system, which is a military version of Starlink. And the first four satellite communication terminals were given to the 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade, which […]
Amazon is ready to send the first Internet satellites into space. As part of Project Kuiper, the company will launch two vehicles. Amazon intends to launch the Protoflight mission today, on October 6. The company intends to launch KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2 Internet satellites into orbit. These are prototypes of future spacecraft. They are designed to […]
Satellite Internet services are likely to become the segment that will drive human development in the coming years. But the convenience comes at a significant environmental cost. Already, satellite Internet is ten times more environmentally damaging than terrestrial alternatives, and in the next five years it will be almost a hundred times worse for the […]