Four EU companies are competing to replace Starlink in Ukraine, and one — is the clear leader
The EU governments are negotiating with 4 European satellite companies to provide relevant services to Ukraine instead of Starlink.
Starlink Network as a Climate Monitor — Scientists have figured out how to use signals from Musk’s satellites
Austrian scientists from the Institute of Geodesy at the Graz University of Technology used satellite signals Starlink for climate change monitoring.
Eutelsat instead of Starlink: Ukraine may get a new satellite internet service
Emotional statements, media leaks and the instability in relations between the US and Ukraine that has emerged in recent weeks have raised concerns about the future of Starlink satellite communications in our country. Satellite Internet from Elon Musk’s company plays an important role in meeting the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. And…
iPhone owners will be allowed to «catch» Starlink for free until July — but not all
Mobile operator T-Mobile has announced that their Starlink satellite feature has now been added to the public beta. Approved beta testers in the US will be given free access to the network until July.
«Let them blame Trump»: Starlink loses $100 million contract with Canada due to US tariffs
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has canceled a 100 million Canadian dollar ($68 million) contract with Starlink. He also banned contracts with the US in the province.
Apple unexpectedly introduces Starlink support in iOS 18.3 — satellite connection is already working
Cooperation Starlink and the mobile operator T-Mobile has suddenly spread to the iPhone. Apple has silently added support for Elon Musk’s satellite communication in iOS 18.3.
Direct to Cell in Ukraine: «Kyivstar» and Starlink sign agreement to launch the service
The mobile operator “Kyivstar” has signed a deal with Starlink to introduce the satellite communication Direct to Cell in Ukraine.
Europe launches Starlink competitor — IRIS2 constellation of 290 communications satellites
The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a contract to build the IRIS2 satellite communication network, aiming to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink.
Starlink network as a radar: Chinese use SpaceX satellite signals to search for stealth aircraft and drones
Chinese researchers have learned how to use the radiation from the Starlink satellite network to search for airborne targets.
US Navy commanders «dumped» on Starlink to use prohibited Wi-Fi on a warship to watch movies
In June, the U.S. Navy one of the commanders was fired and demoted. but now it turned out that the woman was not acting alone.
Brazil bans X / Twitter and will be fined $8900 per day for access via VPN — Apple and Google are obliged to remove the app
The Brazilian Supreme Court banned the social network X/Twitter due to its moderation policy. The largest country in South America is home to 227 million people.
Pentagon extends Starlink deal with SpaceX for Ukraine — another 6 months for $14 million
The main contract is now valid until November 30 and is worth a total of $40 million.
Researchers have identified all Starlink on the Russian-Ukrainian front due to Apple’s Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) vulnerability
A key element of Apple’s location services contains a serious privacy vulnerability that allows Starlink to track the movements of a war zone. The vulnerability also allows an attacker to determine the location of anyone with a mobile Wi-Fi router.
Starlink, GPS, and power supply affected by the Northern Lights — solar storm to last for several more days
The powerful geomagnetic storm that led to a night of aurora borealis on Friday across much of Europe and the United States and disrupted Starlink and GPS will continue until at least Sunday. The Space Weather Prediction Center at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Prediction Center notes that as of Saturday morning, G5 extreme conditions…
20 times is not the limit. SpaceX updates Falcon 9 reusability record
Do you still remember the famous SpaceX skeptic meme «then we’ll talk»?
Starlink alternative: «Kyivstar» will provide satellite Internet access services from OneWeb
Ukrainian telecom operator «Kyivstar» will become the official representative of the British company OneWeb in Ukraine. This will allow the company to provide high-speed broadband satellite Internet access. Thus, Ukrainians will get an alternative to SpaceX’s Starlink. Konstantin Vechir, B2B Director of «Kyivstar», told about this at the…
«Black» Starlink — terminals are sold in bulk illegally around the world [Bloomberg investigation]
Starlink advertises its high-speed Internet as «available almost anywhere in the world», but in practice its distribution officially ends in territories where the company does not yet have a permit to operate or in countries with repressive regimes. At the same time Bloomberg investigation has found numerous examples of Elon Musk’s…
Starship reaches orbit for the first time, but fails to «land» in the ocean — SpaceX loses spacecraft on approach
Today’s third test flight of SpaceX’s super-heavy Starship booster (IFT-3 mission) ended in partial success (more than the previous ones) — in fact, the team managed to «go further than ever before». The launch was broadcast live on in the SpaceX account on X/Twitter.
SpaceX has launched three Falcon 9s in less than a day, two of them — in a record-breaking 1 hour and 51 minutes.
In less than a day after the launch of the crew to the ISS, SpaceX delivered 53 commercial satellites (including an innovative spacecraft for tracking methane emissions) and 23 Starlink satellites into orbit.
SpaceX and T-Mobile get 17 Mbps download speeds from Starlink satellite to a regular Samsung Android phone
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter that he has achieved a maximum download speed of 17 Mbps from the Starlink satellite to an unmodified Samsung Android phone.
It is possible to make Russian Starlink not work at the front – Fedorov
Since 2023, a lot of data has emerged about the use of Starlink Internet by Russian occupation forces along the front line. This is creates certain problems for the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
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