SpaceX adds 23 satellites to Starlink megaconstellation
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As the number of vessels using satcom services grows to 125,000 by 2034, reliance on GEO capacity will decrease. Vessels are moving their primary bandwidth from GEO to NGSO connectivity. This switch to NGSO bandwidth will fuel a 7-fold growth from 286 Gbps in 2024 to 2 Tbps through the decade, transforming the market.
A trio of heliophysicists and satellite trackers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the Goddard Planetary Heliophysics Institute at the University of Maryland has found evidence showing that Starlink satellites reenter Earth's atmosphere faster during heightened solar activity.
Our ability to study faint radio signals from when the first stars began to form is being threatened by SpaceX's Starlink satellites, which seem to be unintentionally leaking radio signals that overpo
Elon Musk’s Starlink is expected to launch in India within two months, following a licence approval from the Department of Telecommunications.
"The fact that Starlink’s median download speeds nearly doubled from Q3 2022 until Q1 2025 is definitely a notable and impressive development," Sue Marek, editorial director at Ookla, told CNET. "It indicates that their ongoing efforts to expand their satellite constellation’s capacity is making a difference."
Urban airports should use fiber-optic communications while Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite service may be better for rural ones, Senator Ted Cruz said.