TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX could provide “full and continuous” direct-to-smartphone services across much of the globe with less than a third of the 7,500 Gen 2 Starlink satellites approved last week, the company said in a request to add the capability to the broadband constellation.
SpaceX filed an application with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission Dec. 6 to include a “direct-to-cellular” hosted payload on around 2,000 Gen 2 satellites.
The payload would enable these satellites to use spectrum from cellular partners to deliver “voice, messaging, and basic web browsing” to standard phones beyond the reach of terrestrial networks, SpaceX senior regulatory engineer Kyle Wesson wrote in an accompanying letter to the FCC. Read More...
Leonard David has been reporting on space activities for nearly 50 years. He is the 2010 winner of the prestigious National Space Club Press Award and recently co-authored with Apollo 11’s Buzz Aldrin the book “Mission to Mars — My Vision for Space Exploration,” published by the National Geographic Society.
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The Last of Us 2 Factions is an upcoming multiplayer live-service game from Naughty Dog. Here's everything you need to know about it. Factions is the upcoming multiplayer live-service title from Naughty Dog set in The Last of Us universe. The standalone multiplayer title was initially supposed to be a multiplayer mode in The Last of Us 2, but thanks to the team's ambitions, it grew to become its own thing. Read More...
