Tag: Spacex
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AT&T is Adding Thousands of Customers to its Faster Standalone 5G Network Each Day
AT&T said that it is adding thousands of new customers every single day to its standalone 5G network, which include subscribers to its burgeoning Internet Air home broadband business Standalone 5G is an important step in the evolution of 5G, because the connection runs entirely on a system optimized for the next-generation wireless technology. 5G…
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Ditching YouTube As He Tries to Make X a YouTube Competitor
SpaceX recently broke the record for the most launches in a single year and now appears to be breaking away from YouTube. This comes as Elon Musk has been working to make X a competitor to YouTube. The latest Falcon 9 launch this weekend was absent from its typical spot on SpaceX’s YouTube channel, with…
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SpaceX’s Starlink Service is Improving Its Service to Rural Americans
When SpaceX’s Starlink service first launched, one of the complaints customers had about the service was slow speeds and disconnects. A lot of this was due to the limited number of satellites in space. Now, Starlink has over 5,000 satellites in space, with the first set of second-generation satellites now live. These new satellites are…
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Amazon Sued Over Its New Cheap Home Internet Service As Investors Push Back
Investors filed a lawsuit against Amazon, alleging the company didn’t properly field competing proposals before choosing Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin startup to launch the satellites for its new home internet service, code-named Project Kuiper. Amazon decided to accept Blue Origin’s launch contract after spending less than an hour reviewing it, according to the suit’s plaintiff,…
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Starlink’s Availability Map Now Tells You How Fast Internet is In Your State
SpaceX updated its Starlink coverage map to now let you know how fast its internet connection is in your state. Previously, the availability map let people check if coverage was available as Starlink rolled out across the globe. As more satellites enter low-Earth orbit to widen its coverage area, the map has evolved to help…
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SpaceX’s Starlink Now Has Over 5,000 Internet Satellites in Orbit
SpaceX launched 22 more of its Starlink internet satellites toward orbit on August 26. The Sunday night lift off brought the total number of Starlink satellites in space to over 5,000, according to Space.com, and the spaceflight company isn’t slowing down. Space X has authorization to launch 12,000 more Starlink spacecrafts and is waiting on…
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Everything We Know About T-Mobile and SpaceX’s Starlink 5G Partnership
A year ago today, T-Mobile and SpaceX unveiled a partnership to combine the former’s spectrum with the latter’s network of low orbit satellites for more comprehensive wireless coverage, an initiative they coined “Coverage Above and Beyond.” But what’s happened since that buzzy announcement? After the Federal Communications Commission approved a proposal to help satellite providers…
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SpaceX’s Starlink Is Making Internet On The Oceans A Reality Thanks to a Partnership With Costa Cruises’
SpaceX began installing Starlink satellite internet access to cruise ships, announced late last year. Starlink internet access is now available on Costa Cruises’ massive cruise ship, the Costa Toscana. Guests can enjoy faster internet speeds along with a more secure and reliable connection. Starlink will also enhance communications between ships and land-locked departments. “Costa remains…
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SpaceX’s Rural Starlink Users Boast Crazy Fast Internet Speeds
Starlink continues to demonstrate the true power of its satellite internet constellation during a series of download speed reports by European users. Not long ago, Starlink users were stunned as download speeds reached 300 Mbps. Now, in many rural areas, Starlink can reach download speeds of over 600 Mbps. As reported by WCCFTech, Starlink satellites…
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SpaceX Successfully Tested Starship’s Massive New Engine
SpaceX is prepping for another test launch of its Starship prototype scheduled to blast off in approximately six weeks. Last night, a six-engine static fire test took place at SpaceX’s Starbase launch site in Boca Chica, Texas. Starship is one of the world’s first commercial spaceports designed for orbital missions “service to Earth orbit, moon,…