Browsing: Starlink
Satellite internet coverage, spanning speeds, pricing, hardware, coverage gaps, astronomy concerns and how it compares with fixed alternatives.
SpaceX has agreed to buy Grain Management’s nationwide 800MHz spectrum portfolio, up to 14MHz paired, and says it will build the world’s most advanced mobile network and become a major US carrier. The low band fills the one gap mid band cannot cover, but analysts point out that reliable indoor coverage in cities still needs a terrestrial network SpaceX has not started building.
Researchers at Kyoto University used the orbital drag of roughly 1,200 Starlink satellites to build the first tomographic map of Earth’s thermosphere, turning a commercial broadband network into a planet-scale atmospheric sensor.
SpaceX told investors it wants to sell phone plans directly to consumers. Here’s what was announced, the spectrum SpaceX now controls, and what a Starlink-branded carrier could mean for your next phone bill.