SpaceX completes Starlink’s first direct-to-cell phone ... - MSN
The rocket successfully deployed the satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO) 61 minutes later. SpaceX launched 20 Starlink satellites, 13 of which are equipped with direct-to-cell technology.
Satellites Are Becoming the New Cellphone Towers
2024年1月29日 · Instead of redesigning mobile phones to be more like satellite phones, companies are redesigning the satellite network to meet mobile phones more than halfway.
Your Cellphone Will Be a Satphone - IEEE Spectrum
2022年12月27日 · The antennas’ surface area—64 square meters—enables the satellite to function as a long-distance cell tower for phones on Earth’s surface.
Mobile Phone Satellite Connectivity: What To Know About Elon ... - Forbes
2024年1月3日 · Six of the 21 Starlink satellites launched on Tuesday are capable of connecting directly to cell phones, SpaceX said.
World's largest communications satellite beams 4G data straight to cell …
2023年6月23日 · World’s largest communications satellite beams 4G data straight to cell phones. BlueWalker 3 is also one of the brightest objects in low Earth orbit, causing concern among astronomers.
Can cell phone signals help land a plane? - ScienceDaily
2024年10月22日 · Dangling from a weather balloon 80,000 feet above New Mexico, a pair of antennas sticks out from a Styrofoam cooler. From that height, the blackness of space presses against Earth's blue skies.
Google's parent company is flying balloons with 'floating cell phone ...
2020年7月19日 · Loon makes solar powered balloons that fly high up in the stratosphere and send internet access down to earth.
New navigation system uses cellphone signals to fly a plane in …
2024年11月25日 · A safety net of balloon-mounted sensors listening for satellites and cell towers could save lives if an airplane's GPS signals were to get jammed or disrupted. ... that uses a floating receiver to ...
Huge ‘Cell Phone Towers in Space’ Pose Major Threat to ... - Gizmodo
2022年11月30日 · The prototype satellite is the initiation of AST SpaceMobile’s attempt to build the first space-based cellular broadband network directly accessible by cell phones.
A Virginia company has connected mobile phones directly to …
2021年9月29日 · The spacecraft successfully managed communications delays from low Earth orbit and the effects of doppler in a satellite-to-ground cellular environment using the 4G-LTE protocol, the company...