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Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches ‘direct to cell phones’ Starlink satellites; know what this means for users

3Jan

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches ‘direct to cell phones’ Starlink satellites; know what this means for users

[ad_1] Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX has kicked off 2024 by undertaking yet another endeavour. Aboard the Falcon 9 spacecraft, the first batch of Starlink internet satellites took to the skies on Tuesday, January 2, at 10:44 p.m. EST. These Starlink satellites promise direct-to-cell capabilities, meaning that you could potentially get satellite broadband directly on your smartphone. In theory, this could eliminate the problems caused by geographical features in providing internet facilities.'Direct to cell phones' Starlink satellites: What this meansThe launch featured 21 Starlink satellites lift-off to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. It also included the first six Starlink satellites with Direct to Ce...

Meet Rajeev Badyal, Man Who Heads Amazon’s New Internet Satellite Project

19Dec

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Meet Rajeev Badyal, Man Who Heads Amazon’s New Internet Satellite Project

[ad_1] Rajeev Badyal was born in India and spent much of his childhood in Kuwait.For a harrowing hour or two, after Amazon.com Inc. launched its first satellites, it appeared the company might have lost one of them. The two prototypes had entered orbit over the Atlantic Ocean at 2:24 p.m. Eastern on October 6. An Amazon antenna on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius made contact with both, but during a subsequent handoff to another station, only one vehicle checked in. Amazon scanned the sky behind the first satellite for a signal from the second one but heard silence. The incident threatened to kill the mood for employees who'd gathered to celebrate the launch at Postdoc Brewing, not far from Amazon's Seattle-area space operation. The team had spent years building satellites from scrat...

Musk says Starlink to provide connectivity in Gaza for aid organizations

30Oct

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Musk says Starlink to provide connectivity in Gaza for aid organizations

[ad_1] Elon Musk said on Saturday that SpaceX's Starlink will support communication links in Gaza with "internationally recognized aid organizations", prompting Israel's communication minister to say Israel would fight the move. Musk said in a post on social media platform X that it was not clear who has authority for ground links in Gaza, but we do know that "no terminal has requested a connection in that area". A telephone and internet blackout isolated people in the Gaza Strip from the world and from each other on Saturday, with calls to loved ones, ambulances or colleagues elsewhere all but impossible as Israel widened its air and ground assault. International humanitarian organizations said the blackout, which began late on Friday, was worsening an already desperate situation by ...

Musk’s Starlink Beams to Container Ships So Crews Can Web Surf

22Sep

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Musk’s Starlink Beams to Container Ships So Crews Can Web Surf

[ad_1] Elon Musk's satellite internet service is heading deeper into one of the world's oldest and vast economic frontiers: the high seas.Hapag-Lloyd AG, the biggest container shipping line based in Germany, said Thursday it will install SpaceX's Starlink service aboard the ships it owns and manages after a pilot program involving four vessels proved successful. Charters won't receive the service under the current plan. According to Alphaliner data, 122 of the 259 ships that Hapag-Lloyd operates are company-owned. For crews that spend months at sea, reliable on-board connectivity is a luxury if it's available at all, partly hinging on proximity to land-based networks. During the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, seafarers' sense of isolation only intensified as they kept working...

Elon Musk’s Starlink could soon provide satellite broadband services in India

24Aug

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Elon Musk’s Starlink could soon provide satellite broadband services in India

[ad_1] After years of waiting, India may soon benefit from Elon Musk's Starlink. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO's satellite network has made the internet accessible to even the most remote parts of the world. It has helped provide crucial internet connectivity wirelessly in remote places, war-torn areas as well and places witnessing natural disasters. While Starlink is currently available in nearly 32 countries, users in India were kept away from its services, despite Musk being in talks with the Indian government for years.Now, if the latest report is to be believed, Starlink could soon offer broadband services in India. Starlink in IndiaAccording to a report by the New Indian Express, officials close to the matter revealed that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) officials will meet ...

Jio’s satellite unit favours auction, Airtel joins satcom firm to oppose the method

24Jun

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Jio’s satellite unit favours auction, Airtel joins satcom firm to oppose the method

[ad_1] Jio Satellite Communications is the only satellite communication firm that has favoured auction for the allocation of spectrum while other players in the segment, including telecom operator Bharti Airtel, have opposed it.Elon Musk-owned SpaceX too has suggested an auction model but it is not for the auction of spectrum but bids in the form of a percentage of annual revenue as spectrum value fee in lieu of upfront currency bids. Jio Satellite Communications Limited (JSCL) in its counter-comment submission to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) toed the line of its sister concern Reliance Jio Infocomm to suggest auction as the best and legitimate method to allocate radiowaves frequencies. "We submit that JSCL supports an auction-based process for spectrum assignment fo...

Alert! Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites a THREAT for planes, can cause aviation disasters

21Oct

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Alert! Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites a THREAT for planes, can cause aviation disasters

[ad_1] Starlink satellites are a threat for planes and can cause aviation disasters. Find out how. Elon Musk led Starlink satellite network has made the internet accessible even in the most remote parts of the world. It has helped maintain communication in Ukraine amidst the recent Russia-Ukraine conflict. However, every technology has its downsides and it turns out that Starlink satellites can lead to some tragic consequences. Experts have warned that the vast satellite network in space threaten planes and can cause aviation disasters.According to the Sun UK, Starlink currently has 3000 satellites already up in the sky, with a permission of 12000 more, which are scheduled to launch in the near future. Starlink even submitted paperwork requesting permission to put as many as 30,000 mo...

SpaceX Loses $20 Mn a Month on Starlink Internet Service in Ukraine

19Oct

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SpaceX Loses $20 Mn a Month on Starlink Internet Service in Ukraine

[ad_1] SpaceX is losing about $20 mn a month providing its Starlink satellite internet service to Ukraine, CEO Elon Musk said. SpaceX is losing about $20 million a month providing its Starlink satellite internet service to Ukraine, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Twitter. The company isn't receiving any money from the US Department of Defense for providing the service, “but we'll keep doing it,” Musk said in response to a user on Twitter, adding that several other countries, organizations and people are paying for terminals. Musk backed down from demands for funding Starlink on the weekend, having previously told the Pentagon that the company couldn't indefinitely fund the system that's helped Ukraine combat Russia's invasion. Withdrawing support of Starlink threatene...

4Oct

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Elon Musk Sets Off Uproar in Ukraine

[ad_1] Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk drew the wrath of Ukrainians. Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk drew the wrath of Ukrainians from the president on down for Twitter posts urging Ukraine to seek a negotiated solution to the invasion by Russia and to cede Crimea for good. Musk also launched a Twitter poll asking citizens of occupied areas of eastern Ukraine recently annexed by the Kremlin -- plus Crimea, which Moscow took in 2014 -- to decide if they want to live in Russia or Ukraine. The survey comes as Ukraine, Europe and the US denounce President Vladimir Putin's move to annex four regions and declare them Russian territory. In another post, Musk called for the sham referendums conducted by Russia in occupied areas -- which led to Putin authorizing their anne...