Starlink and T-Mobile open satellite texting test to all – not just customers
Elon Musk ordered his Starlink satellite communications network to be turned off near the Crimean coast last year to hobble a Ukrainian drone attack on Russian warships, according to a new biography.CNN quoted an excerpt from the biography Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson, which described how armed submarine drones were approaching their targets when they
Home References Skywatching Starlink train visible on March 26, 2020 over the Canadian countryside. (Image credit: Alan Dyer/Stocktrek Images via Getty Images) A vast fleet of Starlink satellites orbits Earth, providing internet coverage on a global scale. On a clear night, you may be able to catch a glimpse of a few satellites in this
The UK government is the latest to test out the Starlink satellite broadband service amid efforts to connect homes and businesses in poorly served areas of the country. A trial was officially launched this week by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to examine how satellite broadband could be used to deliver…
Home News Tech An artist’s illustration of how SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet constellation beams broadband access from orbit. (Image credit: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library) SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said his space company’s Starlink satellite internet service is available in Ukraine and more terminals to use it are on the way. Musk made the statement on Twitter…
With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine’s internet was sent staggering. Georgia Tech’s Internet Outage Detection and Analysis (IODA) project, which monitors the internet, reported serious outages in Ukraine starting late on February 23. In response to this and other internet attacks, Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation, forlornly asked for…