Tag: Spacex
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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,…
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SpaceX’s Starlink Now Has Over 4,600 Satellites in Orbit As It Updated & Improved Satellites Start Launching
SpaceX is making record progress towards its goal of one hundred launches this year. Last Friday at 11:35 a.m. ET, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 brought 56 Starlink v1.5 satellites to lower Earth orbit from the Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, the 44th launch of 2023. Out of these missions,…
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SpaceX’s Starlink Second-Gen Satellites Are Now Offering Better Speeds & Better Capacity
Yesterday SpaceX announced its Starlink service would start using its second-gen satellites to offer better speed and better capacity. Starlink already has permission to launch 7,500 second-gen satellites. So far SpaceX has launched hundreds of second-gen satellites that are now ready to offer internet. Not only is SpaceX planning to launch more second-gen satellites soon…
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Starlink is One Among Many LEO Constellations Affected by Satellite Signal Jamming
The U.S. Department of Defense announced Russia is still attempting to complicate connections within satellite constellations.
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DISH Network, AT&T, And Others Strongly Object to SpaceX & T-Mobile Partnership
Since April, SpaceX and T-Mobile have been causing waves over satellite spectrum usage. The two companies originally announced a plan last August to work together to provide direct satellite to mobile coverage, much to the dismay of other internet providers. Notably, DISH Network and AT&T have been vocal about their disdain for this partnership, claiming…
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AT&T Wants to Block SpaceX’s Starlink & T-Mobile Satellite Phone Service
AT&T filed a request with the FCC to reject the recently approved proposal between SpaceX and T-Mobile claiming this plan could cause interference with its terrestrial wireless services.
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FCC Gives SpaceX Starlink A Major Win Against Dish Network
Dish Network petitioned the FCC to grant the carrier access to use Starlink’s 12GHz spectrum for ground-based 5G networks.
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SpaceX’s Starlink Internet Service is Now Available at Home Depot
SpaceX is now selling its high-speed satellite internet service at third-party retailers, starting with Home Depot.
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The FCC Agrees to Help SpaceX & T-Mobile Offer Cell Phone Service From Space
This week the FCC voted 4-0 to approve a new effort to help satellite providers like SpaceX offer wireless cell phone service from space. SpaceX’s Starlink service already had a deal in place with T-Mobile to offer phone service in areas that currently does not have it. “The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking adopted today proposes…